Work Experience

Period

09/12 – 01/13

Company name

The Carlton Hotel – Edinburgh

Business / Sector

Catering

Type of employment

Food and Beverage Assistant

Principal subjects-occupational skills covered

Clearing, cleaning and resetting tables. Taking orders from and bringing food to customers.

Period

2 weeks, summer 2010 (Rottweil, Germany); 2 weeks, summer 2009 (Greifswald, Germany); 08 – 25/08/2008 (Saint Petersburg, Russia); 3 weeks, summer 2007 (Kiel, Germany); 2 weeks, summer 2006 (Butzbach, Germany); 2 weeks, summer 2005 (Ysselsteyn, Holland); 2 weeks, summer 2004 (Zeithain, Germany).

Company name

Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.

Business / Sector

Maintenance of war memorials

Type of employment

Voluntary Work

Principal subjects-occupational skills covered

Mowing the meadow, clipping hedges, lopping branches off trees, removing the weed from gravestones, uprooting weeds from and levelling paths.

Education and Training

Period

01/13 – 06/13

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Edinburgh College – Edinburgh

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

English Teacher Training Course

Title and professional qualification obtained

Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

Period

09/11 – 03/12

Name and type of organization providing education and training

International House London – London

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

English Language for 'University of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations':

FCE and CAE

Title and professional qualification obtained

Cambridge ESOL Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International (Common European Framework of Reference C1)

Period

10/04 – 11/10

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Oriental Studies University of Naples – Naples (Italy)

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

Chinese Language (3-year course); English Language (3-year course); Russian Language (2-year course).

Chinese Literature (3-year course); English Literature (3-year course); Humanistic Literature; Contemporary Italian Literature.

History of China; Social History of Communication; History of Eastern Europe; History of Russia.

Chinese Art History and Archaeology; German Philological Studies; General Linguistics; Semiotics.

Degree Thesis 'V. Bering - The Russian Discovery of America'. 

Title and professional qualification obtained

Bachelor's Degree in 'Comparative Languages, Literature and Culture'

Period

10/07 – 11/07

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Mandarin House – Hang Zhou (China)

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

Chinese Language

Title and professional qualification obtained

Certificate

Period

09/00 – 07/04

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Liceo Artistico Statale di Benevento:

High School Specializing in Artistic Education – Benevento (Italy)

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

Italian Language and Literature; English Language and Literature.

Sculpture (Design and Practice); Descriptive Geometry; Painting.

History; History of Art; Philosophy.

Physics; Mathematics; Chemistry.

Earth Science; Human Rights and Economy.

Title and professional qualification obtained

School leaving Certificate

Period

07/03 – 08/03   /   06/00 – 07/00

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Edinburgh   /   Southampton

Main subjects and professional skills related to the education awarded

English Language

Title and professional qualification obtained

Certificate