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Staff Profile

Carla Benstead

Education Assistant

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Background

Roles and Responsibilities 

I am an Education Assistant in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, with responsibility for the Biology and Marine Sciences cluster.

I perform administrative duties, pertaining to attendance, PEC forms, DPD transfer forms, and exams. I also liaise with students, academics and other professional services staff, providing administrative support and responding to student and academic queries. 

 

My responsibilities also include acting as secretary to the PEC Committees, and as a facilitator to the Student Staff Committee.

 

 

Career History

I joined the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences in April 2022.

I recently returned to the North East after teaching ESL in Hamamatsu, Japan for several years.

Prior to this, I worked at Hays Travel Head Office as part of their tour operations team.  


 

Education, Qualifications and Achievements

BA (Hons) Media Production, University of Sunderland.