Sarah Holland
2010 PG Diploma Careers Guidancce
Current Occupation: Personal Advisor, Connexions
Last year I completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Careers Guidance at UEL. I really enjoyed this course, learnt a lot and gained many new skills. One of the best features of the course was the work placements. I undertook 4 placements which were at a range of different settings, from higher education to specialist training providers. It was great to go in to the work place and put the skills I had learnt in lectures into practice. I also believe that the scope of experience I gained throughout the course has helped me to gain employment.
I am now working for Connexions as a Personal Adviser. I work with young people aged 13-19 supporting them in making career and education decisions and offering information, advice and guidance on a range of issues that affect young people. I really enjoy helping young people to fulfill their potential and supporting them into positive outcomes. I find my role interesting, varied and very rewarding. From studying at UEL I was able to make decisions about what I wanted from my own career and it gave me the skills and confidence to gain a job I really enjoy.
Renny Adejuwon
2005 BSc (Hons) Psychology
Current Occupation: Founder and Director, Eden Mobile Creche
Eden Mobile Crèche was founded by Renny Adejuwon a childcare practitioner with several years of experience in the child care profession. She has a Diploma in childcare and Education (NNEB) alongside her degree in Psychology.
After graduating from UEL Renny went on to work with various childcare establishments and companies. Some of these companies had good childcare policies, while some of them, she thought, needed to make a change to their policies. From the variety of work experience Renny had obtained, she was able to decide that if, one day, she was to start a childcare company she would want it to demonstrate a high standard of professional service. Renny says “the best way of doing that is making the staff within the company happy and always willing to come to work”. One of the reasons Renny decided to set up her own business was because she felt she had reached a point in her career where she was not being challenged anymore. Another factor was that she felt the pay package was not enough, especially as someone who has children.
”I have worked with companies like Virgin active, Leap frog, Camp Beaumont, Government and private schools/ organisations and with the NHS. All these companies have helped me in developing in various areas of Childcare. Presently, I am focusing on Eden Mobile Crèche and taking it to the next level. The future is for us to have a permanent childcare facility and premises. My advice to future students is to get the work experience in whatever professional field they want to be in - this can be done by volunteering, registering with an agency or getting work experience within companies.”
“The most positive aspect of my experience at UEL was that the lecturers saw you as an individual. My lecturers in the School of Psychology gave me
an insight into understanding the Western society better”.
For more information about Eden Mobile Crèche, please visit www.edenmobilecreche.com
Saddaf Syed
1993 BSc (Hons) Psychology
Current Occupation: Researcher
Saddaf graduated with a BSc.in Psychology in 1993 with a 2:1 (hons) She says; “I owe UEL a lot for getting me where I am. When I was studying at the university I was constantly told that UEL was recognised as being one of the best universities to get a Psychology degree from. I didn't believe it till I graduated and began working as a researcher”.
After graduating from UEL, Saddaf then went on to do a PGCE at University of London, Goldsmiths College. She then began some research with Kings College London- Institute of Psychiatry.
In 1998 Saddaf migrated to Canada where she began some research work with York University on teenage relationships and bullying. She then coordinated community development project with The Distress Centres of Toronto. Following this she was able to secure a Research Project Coordination position at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences. Saddaf coordinated the project on and off from 2002- 2008.Details of the project can be found here www.hospitalcommunitycollaboration.ca
At present, Saddaf is Coordinating the Concurrent Teacher Education Program at the University of Toronto Scarborough www.utsc.utoronto.ca
She has released a number of publications and was a Partnership Coordinator with the Toronto Training Board http://ttb.on.ca/downloads/TOPSReport2008.pdf
Saddaf currently lives in Canada and is keen to start an alumni group in Canada, so if there are any Canadian alumni who would be interested, please get in touch with the Alumni Office
Sarah Davidson MBE
1999 PhD Clinical Psychology
Current Occupation: Deputy Clinical Director, School of Psychology, Psychological Advisor - Red Cross
Dr Sarah Davidson, a psychologist from our School of Psychology, was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list last year in recognition of her 30 year service to the British Red Cross. Sarah is Deputy Clinical Director on our doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. She acts as Psychosocial Advisor for the Red Cross, guiding the delivery of emotional support to people in crises through a range of services in the UK and internationally. Sarah is also a former Vice-Chair of the charity and has been involved in countless crisis response programmes at home and abroad.
In recent years, Sarah has aided recovery after the Asian Tsunami, the 7/7 bombings, and the capsizing of a dhow in Bahrain, among many other traumatic events. She has also advised on numerous smaller scale incidents, including the Biggin Hill air crash, and regularly works with staff and volunteers providing services to refugees. Sarah said: “I feel very humbled to have been awarded this honor; what I’ve been doing is really no more than what many others do for a cause they feel passionate about. I’m very proud to have been part of the British Red Cross for the last. 30 years. I’ve also been at the University of East London for exactly 10 years and with the NHS for 20, so 2008 was clearly a very significant year for me.”
Sarah originally qualified as a registered nurse before completing a BSc (Hons) in Psychology (First Class) at the University of Westminster and then a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UEL. She has undertaken further training in Systemic Family Therapy and Group Analysis
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