Claire Furlong
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| 2011-2015: |
University of Exeter PhD in English Literature Thesis Topic: Science in Popular Periodicals 1832-1850: Authority, Class and Gender Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Studentship Examiners: Professor Sally Shuttleworth (Oxford) and Professor Staffan Müller-Wille (Exeter) |
| 2005-2006: |
College of Law Legal Practice Course - Distinction |
| 2004-2005: |
College of Law Graduate Diploma in Law - Distinction |
| 2003-2004: |
University of Sussex MA in English Literature (Colonial and Postcolonial Cultures) - 71 Dissertation Topic: Pioneer Women and Imperial Ideology 1850-1902 Arts and Humanities Research Board Postgraduate Funding Award |
| 1998-2001: |
University of Liverpool Degree in English (First Class Honours) Dissertation Topic: Charlotte Brontë and Nineteenth-Century Science Bertram White Essay Prize for Dissertation Holder of University Undergraduate Scholarships: 1999-2000 and 2000-2001
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Professional/research experience |
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| April 2015: |
University of the West of England I am a Research Administrator in the Post-Award team within Research, Business and Innovation. I support academics in all faculties of the University with the administrative and project management aspects of their research, including arranging and clerking executive-level meetings, assisting with reporting and repository requirements, organising conferences and events, monitoring successful bid applications, and knowledge exchange. |
| September 2006 - September 2011: |
DLA Piper UK LLP, London I worked as a solicitor in the Projects department, following two years as a trainee solicitor in a variety of departments. Specialising in large government projects, I drafted contracts and legal correspondence, negotiated on behalf of clients, carried out research and advised clients on issues relating to commercial, procurement and contract law. I supervised trainees and was also a mentor for the Black Lawyers' Directory student mentoring scheme, providing support and guidance on career development to a minority ethnic student through meetings and regular contact. I volunteered regularly at a community legal advice clinic and from 2006 to 2008 took part in the Right to Read scheme, giving one-to-one reading support to local children. |
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CV: Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications |
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| 2015-present: |
Higher Education Academy |
| 2012-present: |
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals |
| 2012-present: |
Victorian Popular Fiction Association |
| 2011-present: |
British Society for Literature and Science |
| 2011-present: |
British Association for Victorian Studies |
