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I moved to Guildford in '97, studying at the University of Surrey for 3
years to gain a degree in Music and during this time I worked in student
radio, chaired the Students' Union Entertainments Committee and sat on the
Students' Union Executive. I worked at Surrey University as vice-president
of the Students' Union during 2000-2001, hence my continued interest in
supporting learners and getting out and having fun! My interests are
wide-ranging, from music to computers and web design, speaking a bit of
French to reading loads of novels and playing piano.
I've been studying with the OU since Spring 2003 and have just finished my
second course, TT280 'Web Basics: Design, Development and
Management'. Before that I studied T171 which is a first year
undergraduate technology module on the history of computing, the internet
and e-commerce models. Rather scarily, I've signed up for E845 to start in
February 2004, which is a postgraduate course in supporting lifelong
learning - one of three courses I need to complete in order to get a
masters degree in education, which is my end goal for now, but will
probably take until 2007 at this rate!
As far as work goes, I am the Community Learning Advisor for Guildford and
Waverley, employed by Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership, working on
projects to reduce barriers to learning, improve basic skills and capture
the voices of real learners in the area to improve local services for
them. Before this, I worked at a charity called Surrey Community Action
where I was project manager and assistant trainer for a UK Online computer
project called Tech-IT-up. This project involved taking laptop computers
to community venues to offer non-threatening basic computer days and
internet and email tuition to the general public for free.
I hope I can use my experience of learning with the OU, together with my
experience of working to support learners, along with my love of beer, pubs
and socialising to their full capacity this year to make sure Guildford
OUSA students have a laugh and get the most out of their learning too.
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