Staff Profile
Craig Hinds
Postgraduate Research Administrator
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 8888
- Address: School of Natural & Environmental Sciences
School Office
Second Floor
Agriculture Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Role and Responsibilities
In 2020, I took over the role as Postgraduate Research Administrator in the School of Natural and Environmental Science (SNES) with responsibility for PhD and MPhil students across our many programmes. After completing a secondment as Manager for the Molecular Sciences for Medicine Centre for Doctoral Training from August 2022 to July 2023, I am now back on the SNES PGR Team, supporting all postgraduate research activities within the School.
Career History:
Before my current role, I joined SNES in 2018 as the Learning and Teaching Assistant with responsibility for undergraduate Chemistry. Preceding this, I worked as the roving Learning and Teaching Assistant for the SAgE faculty, mainly working on the Postgraduate Research Development Programme.
2016-2018: Before joining Newcastle University, I worked as an Administrative Assistant across various departments in Fenwick.
Education, Qualifications and Achievements
I have a BA Honours degree in English Literature (first class), and an MA in English Literature 1500-1900 (Distinction) from Newcastle University. In regard to the latter, I won both an Excellence Scholarship and the prestigious School Bursary Award. My short fiction has appeared in Lackington's Magazine, The Icarus Writing Collective, and The Broken Spine.
I received a Spotlight Award for my work at Newcastle University.