Also engage in private tutoring in spare time 

Certificate TEFL, Via Lingua 

June 2006: 120 hour English teaching course completed and passed at the American Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy

Education

2004-2008                  MA International Policy and Diplomacy (Merit)

University of Staffordshire, via Distance Learning 

2001-2004 BA International Relations (2.1)

University of Lincoln, Full time study

1999-2001                HND Media Production (Merit), Grimsby College, Full time study

1997-1999                 A Levels Art, Media and General Studies, Brigg Sixth Form College, Full time

1992-1997                 GCSEs achieved at Sir John Nelthorpe School, Brigg, Mathematics (C), English Language (C), English Literature (B), Geography (C), Business Studies (C), Art (B), Religious Studies (A)

Work Experience

April 2008-October 2009              Lloyds TSB Mortgage Operations, Customer Service Administrator

January 2007 –March 2008     EAP Refinishing- Administrator 

September 2004-January 2007, Arties Mill, Brigg-Duty Manager 

June 2006                                        Florence, Italy - Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, 120 hour Course

June-September 2003                    South Carolina, USA, Candy Maker in Myrtle Beach Tourist Resort 

Extra Curricular Activities

June-July 2000 Attended a course on American Culture at Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts

April 2002, Attended Lecture at London School of Economics by former US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara

January 2003, Visited Krakow, Poland with University of Lincoln, including a visit to Auschwitz

June 2003, Solo visit to Washington DC, visiting US Capitol, National Archives, Smithsonian, and various monuments

June-September 2003, 3 month J1 visa working holiday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

July 2006, 1 month stay in Florence Italy, as part of TEFL course

November 2005 & February 2007, self guided city break in Paris

Language Skills 

Italian – Intermediate

French – Intermediate

Russian – Intermediate

Chinese – Elementary

Japanese - Intermediate