PhD Student and Trained Teaching Assistant Offering English/Essay Writing Help to Students

Justine's CV

EMPLOYMENT

University of Manchester
(September 2019-present) Doctoral Researcher (PhD student): I am currently researching the emerging smart mobility trend ‘Mobility as a Service’ (MaaS). I also attended a weekly taught class in research methods and took additional courses in the statistical tool, R, and quantitative analysis. I also assisted my supervisors with a number of prestigious projects funded by RICS, including facilitating a day-long workshop for industry professionals to gain their views on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in Greater Manchester and I wrote a piece on the emerging mobility trends of young adults in a paper submitted for an academic journal.

University of Manchester
(October 2019-present) Graduate Teaching Assistant: After having completed an intensive 2 and half days of training, I was able to start working as a graduate teaching assistant alongside my PhD studies, assisting with 1st year undergraduate GIS computer classes.

Manchester City Council
(October 2018-April 2019) Project Coordinator: Alongside my Masters I started working as a placement student at Manchester City Council, becoming a lead on their ‘Nature of Hulme’ project.

Freedom Bakery C.I.C
Glasgow
(May 2017-September-2017) Social Enterprise Intern


ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS


University of Manchester
(September 2018-December 2019) Master of Science in Planning – Grade: Distinction
Fully accredited by the RTPI and RICS.
I graduated in December 2019 with an MSc in Planning with Distinction from the University of Manchester. I graduated with the highest overall GPA of over 200 Masters students in the Department of Planning and Environmental Management 2018/2019 and was therefore awarded the RTPI prize, achieving the highest grade in 3 of my 8 modules. Modules included:
- Land and Development (85)
- Neighbourhood Planning Project (83)
- Local Economic Development (72)
- Applied Spatial Analysis (ArcGIS, QGIS, SPSS) (68)
- Urban Theory, Planning Theory and Professional Ethics (66)
- Planning Powers and Procedures (UK Planning System) (75)
- Urban Regeneration (85)
- Infrastructure Planning (68)
- Postgraduate Dissertation (82)

I also obtained a certificate of commendation for my performance in my postgraduate dissertation entitled ‘Exploring the Theory and Application of Multi-Dimensional Walkability as a Strategy of Local Economic Development’, gaining an 82 (‘Outstanding First-class’).

University of Glasgow
(September 2014-June 2018) MA (Hons [joint]) Economics and Public Policy – Grade: 1st Class

I received no grades lower than a B3 and none lower than B2 over my final two honours years. Overall, 55% of my grades were an ‘A’ with 45% ‘B’.
I was awarded a distinction (A5) for my dissertation entitled ‘Analysing Walkability of Glasgow Neighbourhoods Using a Unique GIS-Based Multi-Variate Index’ which was supervised within the Urban Big Data Centre. I also gained the highest overall grade in 3 of my 12 honours modules. My honours modules were as follows:
- Quantitative Data Analysis (B1)
- Qualitative Data Analysis (B2)
- Microeconomic Analysis (B1)
- Macroeconomic Analysis (B2)
- Economics of Team Sport (A3)
- Public Economics (B2)
- Heterodox Economics (B2)
- Labour Economics (B2)
- Economics of Inequality and Poverty (A4)
- Collective Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory (A5)
- Remaking Cities in the modern era (A2)
- Paying for Public Policy (B2)

I also took modules in French, Spanish and Entrepreneurship in 1st and 2nd year.

I was awarded a scholarship by the Scottish Funding Council to cover my Masters tuition fees on account of my academic performance.
Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen

(August 2012-June 2014) Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers –
- 6As at Higher and 2As at Advanced Higher
(English, Maths, Physics, Economics, French and Spanish)