Profile

Achievements

Research placement with Voluntary Action Leeds funded by Leeds Social Sciences Institute

Duration 130hours parttime. 2021-2022. The final published report can be found here.

Opera North, Arts Together, Best Practice Guidelines

Guidelines for Opera North and the Arts Together Network on best practice when working with individuals who have refugee and asylum seeker experiences. 2021. Guidelines can be viewed here.

Opera North Briefing Document for external staff

Guidelines outlining Opera North’s principles when interacting with their audiences, specifically their audiences who have additional requirements or are more vulnerable. 2020.

Qualifications

Postgraduate researcher September 2019 - present

University of Leeds, The School of Politics and International Studies

Substance Misuse Awareness May 2019 

NewLink Wales 

EdX Harvard University December 2018 

Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster 

University of Wales Trinity Saint David September 2015 – June 2017 

Philosophy Integrated Masters – 1^st class hons

Open Mind's Alliance CIC February 2014 

Suicide Prevention Seminar    

University of Wales Trinity Saint David September 2011 – June 2015 

Creative Writing and Philosophy – 1^st class hons

Herefordshire College of Art and Design September 2010 – May 2011 

Foundation in Art & Design          Merit     FHEQ Level 5 

Awards and Grants

WRoCAH Large Award Funding – 02/05/2024 – £442.78

WRoCAH Large Award Funding – 12/12/2023 – £374.97

WRoCAH Large Award Funding – 17/06/2021 – £1099.94

Leeds Social Sciences Institute – 08/04/2021 – £1950

WRoCAH Small Award Funding – 10/09/2020 – £355

Collaborative Doctoral Award Scholarship, AHRC, WRoCAH – October 2019 – ≈£65,000

Integrated Masters Bursary 2015/16

University of Wales Trinity Saint David, INSPIRE Internship, 15/06/2013

University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Departmental Scholarship, 15/06/2012

Other experience

MAFWA Trustee Board Member, Leeds, 2024-present.

Creative Writing workshop facilitator, Deer Shed Festival, 2024.

Teaching assistant, University of Leeds, 09/2023-01/2024.

City of Sanctuary, Leeds, Board Member and Treasurer, 2023-present.

The Huggard, Cardiff, Homeless Shelter Support Worker, 2019.

Llamau, Cardiff, volunteer on the Shoreline Project (working with adults facing substance misuse), 2019.

MIND, Suffolk, Research Assistant, 2018-2019.

Research interests

Publications

In Conversation with Hope Bachmann, an interview with Elizabeth Simmonds, Opera North, 09/2019.

Academic partnership in practice, an interview with Elizabeth Simmonds, Opera North, 04/2024.

Reflections on working with refugees, online publication, Opera North, 06/2024.

Deer Shed 2024, online publication, Leeds City of Sanctuary, 08/2024.

Research interests

Solidarity • Lived experience • Refugees and asylum seekers • Political theory • Applied ethics • Arts engagement • Arts based practices • Community engagement • Feminist critical theory • Hospitality • Membership

Qualifications

• Foundation in Art & Design
• BA Creative Writing & Philosophy
• Integrated Masters Philosophy

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Contemporary Political Theory