Education
School of Advanced Study, University of London | London, UKInstitute of Languages, Cultures & Societies
Part-Time by Distance-Learning
PhD Topic: Pacific Island(er)s on the move? Eco-criticism and mobility in Pacific short-form writing, 1976 – 2021
PhD Supervisors: Dr Joseph Ford (SAS) & Dr Benjamin Hiramatsu Ireland (TCU)
Horizons University | Paris, France
Dean’s List with Distinction
Part-Time by Distance-Learning
MA Topic: How an author’s cultural background influences their work: A comparative study of cultural variations in Australian literature
MA Supervisor: Dr Gordana Dobrijević
University of Cumbria /
conferred by University of Central Lancashire | Carlisle, UK
Cumbria Business School & Cumbria Institute of the Arts
Joint Honours Journalism & Tourism Management
Full Time
BA Topic: In what ways do travel magazines define their readership and how does their style and content reflect this? An analysis of the travel market
BA Final Project: Shoestring Travel Magazine
BA Supervisor: Dr John Luffrum
Gymnasium Schwertstrasse Solingen | Solingen, Germany
Grammar School diploma & German university entrance qualification
Bilingual Certificate for Additional German & English Studies
Exam Subjects: Advanced English (Bilingual class), Advanced German, Biology & Geography (Bilingual class)
Attended 1997-2006, member of the first-ever bilingual (English/German) class at Gymnasium Schwertstrasse
2001/2002: Participated in school exchange programme with our partner school Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls in the UK
Waitākere College | Auckland, New Zealand
Attended the second semester of 6th Form/Year 12 and the first semester of 7th Form/Year 13. NCEA Levels 2 & 3 achieved with merit.
Due to different school start ages in Germany and New Zealand, this would have been my Year 11 in Germany, which I “skipped”. I left for New Zealand at the end of my Year 10 and started Year 12 in Germany upon my return.
Employment History
09/2020 – present: The English Specialist | Solingen, Germany
English teacher at The English Specialist for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation
07/2020 – present: TalkStory | Solingen, Germany
Founded TalkStory to offer German (DaF) and English (ESL) classes from A1 to C1 and exam prep, proofreading and editing services (including academic texts), as well as German-English translations
Berufsförderungswerk Köln, Diakonie Michaelshoven e.V. | Cologne, Germany
Principal English Instructor for professional retraining / professional rehabilitation apprenticeship programmes in the commercial-technical and IT sectors. Adult education on levels A1 – B1.
Advanx School of Languages | Solingen, Germany
English (ESL) and German (DaF) teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation for Goethe Zertifikat, TEFL, IELTS & Cambridge Certificates
Advanx School of Languages | Solingen, Germany
Freelance English (ESL) and German (DaF) teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation for Goethe Zertifikat, TEFL, IELTS & Cambridge Certificates
Steuerbüro Kaufmann | Solingen, Germany
Office Assistant in a tax consultancy, covering all admin tasks and basic accounting/book-keeping as well as tax returns.
Solinger Tageblatt | Solingen, Germany
Reporter for the local daily newspaper, covering local news, local politics, business, culture, and social sections. Foreign correspondence from the UK. Permanent member and reporter of the Youth Editorial Team for the twice weekly youth page Karl. (formerly known as Klartext).
2013 – 2014: Substitute editor of Karl.
NCO Europe | Preston, UK
06/2012 – 03/2013: Consolidated Statement Services CCPM Lead EMEA / CCLA
Promoted to Complex Collections Project Manager. Set up and established the CSS Collection for EMEA & CCLA on behalf of AT&T with German & English language support
01/2011 – 05/2012: EMEA AT&T Account Representative for German/English
Winner: AT&T Account Representative of the Year 2011 – NCO Awards
Champion Media Group | Southport, UK
Freelance reporter and photographer for the Southport Champion and sister papers, as well as feature photographer for Gr8 Life Magazine.
Arvato | Liverpool, UK
Fixed-term contract. Provided German-language customer service as a complaint manager for Easyjet, dealing with the backlog of the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland
Life on Cars | Southport, UK
Feature and product photography for the online and print versions of Life on Cars automotive magazine
W.H.Smith | Carlisle, UK
Weekend job during my BA studies, responsible for front till, lottery, and inventory
Teaching Experience
Principal English Instructor for professional retraining / professional rehabilitation apprenticeship programmes in the commercial-technical and IT sectors. Adult education on levels A1 – B1.
I teach grammar as well as technical terms and usage to adults retraining to become industrial mechanics, technical product designers, architectural draftsmen, electricians, IT systems engineers, and related professions.
English teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1 and all ages. One-on-one or small group instructions, both in-person and online, which included extra tuition, test preparation and general conversation classes. Together with owner Linda Hess, I hosted a popular monthly English Conversation Club until Covid-19 restrictions prohibited group gatherings.
English (ESL) and German (DaF) teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation for Goethe Zertifikat, TEFL, IELTS & Cambridge Certificates. My courses were one-on-one or small groups, mainly in-person (until the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020). Students ranged in age from 8 – 55, and included recent immigrants who wanted to learn German or pass their B2 test, young professionals improving their language skills, as well as managers of internationally-renowned companies and foreign doctors preparing for their state-recognized exam of German for Medical Purposes (Fachsprachenprüfung Medizin). While the school is based in Solingen, we had clients across the Bergisch Land, including in Burscheid and Langenfeld.
This high school is located in Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. I was asked to be their substitute English teacher for Years 10 -13, as their regular English teacher had not arrived on the island. Taught English for 4 weeks, with a focus on tourism-related vocabulary and usage, as tourism is the main employment sector on the island.
This school is located in Reiger Park/Boksburg, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. As part of my volunteer placement with STAESA, I taught English to Grade 2 students as a substitute teacher. Main focus was basic literacy.
Located in Achimota, Accra, Ghana, Little Angels Early Childhood Development Centre catered to 1 to 5-year-olds. I taught Lily Class, who were 5 years old, and focused on basic numeracy and literacy skills, teaching the alphabet and numbers 0-20.
Internships
Gained a two-week internship at Wanderlust Publications HQ in Windsor while working on my BA dissertation and final project for my Travel Journalism degree. I was responsible for writing editorial copy for the June 2010 issue of Wanderlust, and helped on the online and photo desks to organise photography to go on the newly relaunched website.
In the summers of 2008 and 2009, I did six-week internships at my local daily newpspaper Solinger Tageblatt. I was attached to the local newsdesk and wrote articles for the Social & Family Business, Health, Education and Culture sections. After my 2008 internship, became a freelance reporter for the paper and helped train new interns and trainees in how to use the editorial systems and how to do vox pops. On personal invitation by the editor-in-chief, I was the only Tageblatt intern or trainee featured in the film celebrating the paper’s 200th anniversary in 2009.
For 7 weeks from April to May 2007, I was a photography intern attached to the Oficina Tecnica of the National Park Galápagos Islands in Puerto Villamil on Isla Isabela, Ecuador. This was a Spanish-speaking position, and I accompanied the park rangers to build up a photography archive for Isla Isabela, including photos of endemic fauna and flora. While there, I also got the chance to volunteer at the Giant Turtle Breeding Centre in Puerto Villamil, accompany the coast guard on patrol, and work with the Charles Darwin Research Centre in Puerto Ayora on Isla Santa Cruz.
For two weeks I learned all the skills necessary to be an Australian jackaroo or jillaroo (cowboy or cowgirl) and worked as a sation hand. This job included milking dairy cows, mustering cattle and sheep on horseback, building fences, tagging and branding livestock, shearing sheep, and general animal care, including cold-shoeing horses.
8-week internship at Daily Voice, a tabloid local newspaper based in Cape Town and part of the Cape Argus Group. The newpaper was bilingual English/Afrikaans, although I mainly wrote English articles.
My entire stay in Ghana and South Africa was organised by Students Travel And Exposure South Africa (STAESA). For three weeks I was based as a volunteer at STAESA HQ in Reiger Park, Johannesburg, where I translated the website into German and volunteered in the local community. While at STAESA, I also completed an intensive three-week Afrikaans language course.
Located in Achimota, Accra, Ghana, Little Angels Early Childhood Development Centre catered to 1 to 5-year-olds. I taught Lily Class, who were 5 years old, and focused on basic numeracy and literacy skills, teaching the alphabet and number 0-20. I taught at Little Angels for 4 weeks.
P&P newspaper was a private paper located in Abeka, Accra, Ghana. The paper was published twice-weekly and articles were both in English and Twi. I stayed with P&P for 2 weeks but had to cut this inernship short due to lacking Twi language skills.
4-week summer internship at womens’ lifestyle magazine Frau Aktuell in Düsseldorf. I gained my first interview experience during this internship and had my first articles published. Focus of the magazine is celebrity and royal gossip as well as womens’ lifestyle and German folklore musicians.
Publications
Editorial Experience
I was the first Editor-in-Chief for SASiety, the student association at the School of Advanced Study. I built and ran the website sasiety.co.uk and was responsible for all copy appearing on the website.
Established the London in Literature series, as well as the 2020 Advent Calendar and 2021 April A-Z Challenge.
I was substitute editor of Karl., the youth page in the Solinger Tageblatt newspaper, whenever editor Lilian Muscutt was unavailable to run the newsroom meetings (weekly on Wednesday nights).
Shoestring started as my Final Project for my BA (Hons) Travel Journalism as a 12-page magazine. It grew as a free travel magazine to 6 PDF & online issues, each running 28 or 32-pages.
As founder and editor-in-chief, I established house style, layout, wrote copy, liaised with volunteer contributors from around the world, ran the website and did all marketing for the magazine.
Click on a cover to read the issue.
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The Informer was the student newspaper of the University of Cumbria, run by BA Journalism students at Brampton Road campus (formerly Cumbria Institute of the Arts) and printed by Cumbria Newspapers. Lecturer and former editor of the Times & Star, Terry Kirton, was editor-in-chief.
All students help run the paper and cycle through different editing jobs. Each issue had two assigned editors running the magazine and reporting to the editor-in-chief. Over the course of my undergrad degree I’ve had the following positions:
- staff writer
- sub editor
- page proofreader
- travel editor
- photo editor
- webmaster for Informer Online
- webmaster for Write On! (Words by the Water Festival magazine)
- editor for one issue of The Informer
- editor for Horizons (travel magazine)
The Informer was published every 8 weeks. Next to the regularly scheduled issues, we were also responsible for special issues, such as magazines for festivals held in Cumbria.
Die Schwertstrasse is the student newspaper at Gymnasium Schwertstrasse Solingen. I was on the editorial team for the newspaper from Year 7 until graduation, and was the newspaper editor in Year 10. I was also on the editorial team of the 2006 Abizeitung (Graduation Yearbook).
Journalistic Experience (selection)
sasiety.co.uk is the website of the student association SASiety at School of Advanced Study, University of London.
- “How I study“, 9 February 2021
- “Can ICwS be saved?”, 23 January 2021
“ICwS and ILAS under threat”, 27 October 2020
Study.Read.Write was a blog I ran from 2014 – 2016 while studying for my MA. It combined study tips with creative writing and book & theatre reviews and a few interviews.
- “Charming restoration piece – The Beaux’ Stratagem at National Theatre, London“, 4 September 2015
- “Drama, romance and a comedy genius: Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre, London“, 15 August 2015
- “Hilarious, deep-reaching & charming: Constellations at Trafalgar Studios, London“, 13 August 2015
- “Intense theatre with unexpected hilarity – Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre, London“, 11 August 2015
- “Sceneframing: TV locations, an iPad, and two Finnish girls“, 24 July 2015
- “Von Budapest nach Solingen: Solo-Konzert für Pianist Elöd Ambrusz“, 4 July 2015
- “Quick interview with Róisín O“, 11 January 2015
- “Menschen mit Meer – Interview mit Autorin Alex Hofmann“, 18 December 2014
- “Interview with Alex Hofmann, author of Menschen mit Meer“, 18 December 2014
- “A sick work of art – Interview with author Claire Lewis“, 11 December 2014
- “Interview with Wild Wolf Publishing“, 9 December 2014
- “National Theatre’s Frankenstein: The Role Reversal“, 21 November 2014
- “Thrilling and thought-provoking: Frankenstein at the National Theatre“, 14 November 2014
- “25 years since the Berlin Wall came tumbling down“, 9 November 2014
- “Energetic and intimate theatre – Richard III at Trafalgar Studios, London“, 9 October 2014
The Solinger Tageblatt is a local daily newspaper based in Solingen, Germany. My bylines were Cornelia Kaufmann, Conny Kaufmann, or simply coka.
- “Dornröschen, lass das Haar herab“, 23 January 2014
- “Modellbahnen ziehen Besucher an“, 3 December 2013
- “Schauriges Hexenfest im Wald“, 31 October 2013
- “Der Kandidat ist geistlich und menschlich authentisch“, 14 October 2013
- “Die Zuhörer gruselten sich begeistert“, 14 October 2013
- “Die große Kieserling-Familie“, 8 October 2013
- “Theater verwandelt sich in ‘Club Rössel’“, 30 September 2013
- “Feith: Klares Bekenntnis zur Kultur“, 13 May 2013
- “Terrorverdächtige bekennen sich schuldig“, 3 February 2012
- “Kaum noch Polizisten in der Stadt“, 11 August 2011
- “Zeltlager und ein Haarschnitt namens Kate“, 3 May 2011
- “Mode-Träume in einem Keller-Gewölbe“, 3 August 2009
- “‘Forum:Beruf’: Da bahnt sich im Theater und Konzerthaus etwas an“, 4 July 2009
- “Mensch ist doch Mensch – für Gleichberechtigung ins Gefängnis“ – Interview with Denis Goldberg, 23 June 2009
- “Bordsteine und andere Probleme“, 15 June 2009
- “21 frische Gesichter, frische Ideen“, 26 May 2009
- “Trotz Erblindung bleibt er Ritter“, 23 May 2009
- “Mit Solinger Hilfe ab ins Weltall“, 20 May 2009
- “Mountainbiker im Koma“, 14 May 2009
Karl. is the youth page of the Solinger Tageblatt, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
- “Mit Kreidestaub für ein buntes Solingen“, 21 May 2013
- “Mein Leben allein unter Hobbits“, 15 December 2012
- “So packe ich für die Weltreise“, 20 September 2011
- “Für das Studium ins Ausland“, 24 May 2011
- “So plane ich mein Gap Year“, 22 January 2011
- “Laptops mit Latte Macchiato gefällig?“, 5 October 2010
- “Im virtuellen Express auf Weltreise“, 10 April 2010
- “Mit Hilfe durch den Uni-Dschungel“, 3 October 2009
- “Bei Hempels auf dem Sofa“, 11 August 2009
- “Selbst Kinder greifen schon zur Flasche“, 20 June 2009
- “Ein ganz verschmitzter Kerl” – Interview mit Ralf Schmitz, 23 September 2008
- “Junge Leute planen ‘ihr’ Kombi-Bad“, 15 August 2008
Wanderlust is a UK-based travel magazine
“30 short-hop summer adventures”, Issue #112, pp. 43-56, June 2010
Shoestring was my final project during my BA (Hons) Travel Journalism.
Issue #6, February 2012
- “Feels like Cuba Libre”
- “Boosting your CV with work experience abroad”
- “Build castles in your dreams at the Fort Hostel”
Issue #5, August 2011
- “Into Australia’s Red Centre”
- “Trekking America on the Northern Trail”
- “Being a Willing Worker on Organic Farms”
Issue #4, April 2011
- “Smartphone application guides around Oxford”
- “What benefits does a Gap Year really bring?”
Issue #3, January 2011
- “Kindness of strangers – Breakdown in Australia”
- “Kapa Haka and Thermal Wonderlands”
Issue #2, October 2010
- “Guide to European Air Passenger Rights”
- “Walking among Lions – Encounters in Zimbabwe”
- “GPS treasure hunts in the great outdoors”
Issue #1, May 2010
- “Successfully breaking the language barrier”
- “‘A way to bypass the tourist routes’ Seeing the world – one sofa at a time” – Interview with Brian Thacker
- “Rule #1: It’s a truck, not a bus”
- “Saddle up, cowboys, for a real Working Holiday”
- “How do you plan a Gap Year?”
The Informer is the student newspaper produced by BA Journalism students at the University of Cumbria. We also produced various special editions and festival magazines for events throughout Cumbria in collaboration with CN Newsgroup.
Horizons, April 2009 (Informer Travel Issue)
Write On!, February 2009 (Special edition for the Words by the Water Literature Festival in Keswick)
- “A new Bluebird comes to the Lakes” – Interview with Vesna Maric
- “Where the streets have no name” – Interview with Kapka Kassabova
C.A.F.ine, May 2008 (Special edition for the Carlisle Arts Festival)
The Informer
- “PM gone in sixty seconds“, November 2009
- “When the Wall came tumbling down“, November 2009
- “Kirsty’s a no holds barred champion“, November 2009
- “Author’s dream comes true“, November 2009
- “Quirky design proves to be a winner“, October 2009
- “Berlin’s past rekindled“, November 2008
- “Students reject ID pilot scheme“, April 2008
- “Ready, steady, dough“, October 2007
- “Globetrotter Palin’s breathtaking Europe“, October 2007
Itchy Feet was a Germany-based, multilingual magazine, aimed at people interested in joining student exchanges, Gap Years, working abroad programmes, and international study. series about my Gap Year was the first multi-issue series run by the magazine.
Issue #5, November 2007
- “Gap Year concluded – Cowgirls, Roadtrips and Evolution”
Issue #4, April 2007
- “Gap Year continued – In and out of Africa”
Issue #3, November 2006
- “Gap Year – Working to see the world”
Daily Voice is a Cape Town-based tabloid newspaper.
- “Drive, or I’ll shoot your brains out”, 23 November 2006
- “Train to Tragedy”, 14 November 2006
- “My Great Escape”, 14 November 2006
Photography (selection)
GR8 Life was a lifestyle magazine for Merseyside, Sefton and West Lancashire, published by the Champion Media Group in Southport. I was contributing feature photographer for GR8 Life.
Issue #19, Winter 2012
- “A Weekend in Wales”
Issue #17, Summer 2011
- “Life in the Fast Lane”
- “Lancashire’s best kept secret”
Issue #15, Winter 2010
- “A Weekend in London Town”
Issue #14, Autumn 2010
- “Just a stone’s throw away”
Issue #13, Summer 2010
- “Road versus Rail”
Issue #12, Spring 2010
- “Another World”
Life On Cars was a motoring blog based in Southport. I provided photography and was creative consultant for issues and blog posts published between 2010 – 2012.
- “The supercar to drive all day”
Ormskirk MotorFest Magazine 2012
- “A Champion Read every Week”
Issue #9, April 2012
- “Confessions of a supercar driver”
- “No Pain, No Gain”
Issue #5, June 2011
- “Life On Cars, Issue 5 Cover”
- “Britain’s got Talent”
Issue #1, August 2010
- “Life On Cars, Issue #1, Cover”
- “Birthday Bash”
As part of my summer session in Visual Communication at the University of Nevada, Reno in May 2007, we had to complete a photojournalism assignment.
I chose to attend an election rally for Barack Obama in Reno.
Kaufmann, C. (2008). “There’s no business like…” in J. Tanner (Ed.) Collected Impressions. Owings Mill, USA: The International Library of Photography, p. 232
I was stationed in Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela and attached to the Oficina Tecnica to help build up a photo archive for the National Park Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.
Organisation of Seminars
SASiety, School of Advanced Study, University of London | London, UK
The SASiety committee organised a sold-out International Women’s Day Symposium with three expert panels and a keynote speaker.
Panel 1: Retrieving Women from the Archives
- Prof Sarah Churchwell: “In Search of Fugitive Histories – Re-reading the Mass Archive”
- Author Francesca Wade: “Laundry Lists and Manifestos”
- Prof Godela Weiss-Sussex: “‘But are they any good?’ Researching German-Jewish Women Writers of the Early 20th Century”
- Prof Sophie-Grace Chappell: “Adoptions, Co-Options, and Welcomes – Making Social Space for Transgender People”
- Dr Ruvani Ranasinha: “Women Writers of Colour”
- Prof Lisa Webley: “The enduring relevance of gender, race & class within the legal profession in England & Wales”
- Artist Karimah Hassan: “Creativity and Catharsis – Using art to advocate for change”
- Dr Eliane Glaser: “Blind spots and backslidings – Motherhood and feminism”
- Author Miracle Olatunji
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Topic: Krise europäischer Flüchtlingspolitik – Ursachen von Flucht und Vertreibung
Speaker: Prof Dr Wolfgang Saggau
Two-day seminar/workshops about the European refugee policy.
Collaboration between Naturfreunde Deutschland, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung NRW & Solinger Ökofonds
Ferien(s)pass Solingen & Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
The Naturfreunde Youth Group organised and supervised a multi-day & overnight holiday activity for children aged 6 – 14 on behalf of Ferien(s)pass Solingen . Focus was on cutures of the world with activities, games, learning modules and food specific to the cultures discussed.
Invited Talks & Workshops
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
One day workshop about cross-cultural communication
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Invited speaker at a talk discussing the politics involved that led from Hawaii being a monarchy to being annexed by the US and becoming the 50th state.
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Invited speaker discussing the political landscape of South Africa and societal changes after the end of Apartheid.
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Invited speaker at a discussion and photo presentation about evolution, my work with the Parque Nacional Galápagos, and environmental protection.
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Invited speaker discussing colonialism, the Slave Trade and postcolonialism in Ghana.
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
Topic: “Nationalpark & UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe – Umweltschutz im britischen Lake District”
Invited speaker discussing the pros and cons of national parks and UNESCO World Heritage Status, including a photo presentation, using the Lake District as example.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
- 2020: Golden Key International Honours Society
- 2016: Dean's List - Horizons University
- 2012: Finalist - Duden Open (Young Journalist Competition) 2011/12
- 2011: AT&T Account Representative of the Year - NCO Awards
- 2011: Finalist - Duden Open (Young Journalist Competition) 2010/11
- 2003: Judges' Commendation Prize - Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen Mehrsprachenwettbewerb (English & French)
- 2002: Judges' Commendation Prize - Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen (Federal Foreign Language Competition) - English
Funding
- 2009: Cumbria Bursary, University of Cumbria, £ 250
Administration & Voluntary Work
School of Advanced Study, University of London | London, UK
SASiety is the student-led social body of the School of Advanced Study. It was founded in 2018, but the first SASiety committee was established in September 2020.
2021 – present: Committee Member – President
- All admin aspects of SASiety
- Organisation of social & academic events as part of committee
2020 – 2021: Inaugural Committee Member – Editor-in-Chief & Publicity Officer
- Set-up and management of sasiety.co.uk and related social media channels
- Organisation of social & academic events as part of committee
Naturfreunde Solingen-Theegarten | Solingen, Germany
2022 – present: Board Member – Vice-President
2020 – 2022: Executive Board Member – Secretary & Vice-President
2018 – 2020: Board Member – Vice-President
2016 – 2018: Board Member – Deputy Secretary
2004 – 2006: Youth Group President (Naturfreundejugend Deutschland)
2002 – 2003: Youth Group Secretary (Naturfreundejugend Deutschland)
University of Cumbria | Carlisle, UK
- Student Ambassador
- Open Day Guide
- Aim Higher Cumbria Ambassador
Parque Nacional Galápagos | Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela, Ecuador
Waitakere College | Auckland, New Zealand
- Student Librarian
- Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) Ambassador
- Peer Supporter for Year 9
- Cultural Diversity Ambassador
Memberships
Academic Organisations & Societies
- 2021 - present: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
- 2021 - present: Österreichisch-Südpazifische Gesellschaft (OSPG)
- 2021 - present: European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, & Environment (EASLCE)
- 2021 - present: Pazifik-Netzwerk e.V.
- 2020 - present: SASiety
- 2020 - present: Golden Key International Honours Society
- 2010 - present: University of Central Lancashire Alumni Network
- 2010 - present: University of Cumbria Alumni Association
Professional
Volunteer
Courses & Qualifications
University of Glasgow, Scotland | via FutureLearn
NCO Europe | Preston, UK
06/2012 – 03/2013: Consolidated Statement Services CCPM Lead EMEA / CCLA
Promoted to Complex Collections Project Manager. Set up and established the CSS Collection for EMEA & CCLA on behalf of AT&T with German & English language support
01/2011 – 05/2012: EMEA AT&T Account Representative for German/English
Winner: AT&T Account Representative of the Year 2011 – NCO Awards
Life on Cars | Southport, UK
Feature and product photography for the online and print versions of Life on Cars automotive magazine
W.H.Smith | Carlisle, UK
Weekend job during my BA studies, responsible for front till, lottery, and inventory
09/2020 – present: The English Specialist | Solingen, Germany
English teacher at The English Specialist for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation
07/2020 – present: TalkStory | Solingen, Germany
Founded TalkStory to offer German (DaF) and English (ESL) classes from A1 to C1 and exam prep, proofreading and editing services (including academic texts), as well as German-English translations
Advanx School of Languages | Solingen, Germany
English (ESL) and German (DaF) teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation for Goethe Zertifikat, TEFL, IELTS & Cambridge Certificates
Advanx School of Languages | Solingen, Germany
Freelance English (ESL) and German (DaF) teacher for CEFR levels A1 – C1, including exam preparation for Goethe Zertifikat, TEFL, IELTS & Cambridge Certificates
Steuerbüro Kaufmann | Solingen, Germany
Office Assistant in a tax consultancy, covering all admin tasks and basic accounting/book-keeping as well as tax returns.
Solinger Tageblatt | Solingen, Germany
Reporter for the local daily newspaper, covering local news, local politics, business, culture, and social sections. Foreign correspondence from the UK. Permanent member and reporter of the Youth Editorial Team for the twice weekly youth page Karl. (formerly known as Klartext).
2013 – 2014: Substitute editor of Karl.
Arvato | Liverpool, UK
Fixed-term contract. Provided German-language customer service as a complaint manager for Easyjet, dealing with the backlog of the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland
Champion Media Group | Southport, UK
Freelance reporter and photographer for the Southport Champion and sister papers, as well as feature photographer for Gr8 Life Magazine.