United Kingdom
- Delivered fast, friendly bar service across three high-volume Students’ Union venues, Huntleys, Mully’s, and Phineas, while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere for a diverse student customer base. - Balanced part-time work with a full academic timetable, collaborating with managers to arrange shifts around lectures, exams, and society commitments. - Built strong time-management and organisational skills by structuring study and social life around shift patterns, consistently meeting workplace and university deadlines. - Developed communication, teamwork, and decision-making abilities in a busy, pressurised environment, handling peak service, customer queries, and till operations confidently. - Earned London Living Wage and contributed to a tight-knit team culture, forming lasting friendships and deepening connection to the wider UCL community.
- Managed end-to-end logistics for high-profile events, including the annual Heilbron Lecture. - Utilised digital marketing and social media management skills to enhance the project’s online presence, significantly increasing • LinkedIn impressions by 15,311 more weekly impressions. - Applied event planning and coordination skills to manage the annual Heilbron Lecture, selling 100 tickets and generating approximately £2,175 in profit for this project by promoting the importance of donations. - Generated approximately 1200 views on our Eventbrite page solely through social media promotions. - Maintained sponsor relationships and created tailored communications to strengthen donor engagement. - Promoted to Project Coordinator post-internship based on initiative and performance.
- Selected for City Solicitors Horizons, a competitive social mobility initiative supported by the City of London Solicitors’ Company and leading law firms, designed to improve access to the legal profession for undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds. - Received dedicated one-to-one and small-group mentorship from three legal professionals at Sullivan & Cromwell, gaining practical insight into commercial law, application strategies, and career pathways in the City. - Demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion within the legal sector while building a professional network and deepening knowledge of the recruitment process through sustained mentor engagement.
- Researched and authored a published case-study essay, Lala Rajput Rai’s Second American Tour, drawing on archival materials from the Bodleian Library and online collections to examine world touring as a form of political network-building and imperial knowledge-making; published as part of the project’s research outputs. - Collaborated in an international academic workshop and seminar discussions alongside scholars from the UK, USA, and Australia, and visiting graduate students from the Kinder Institute’s Atlantic History summer school. - Developed expertise in transnational and imperial history under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Tuffnell, strengthening skills in archival research, historical argumentation, and interdisciplinary engagement with global mobility.
- Attended an exclusive in-person Masterclass at Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office, selected through the City Solicitors Horizons social mobility programme, gaining early exposure to one of the UK’s most prestigious law firms ahead of vacation scheme applications. - Participated in a trainee panel, client visit, application workshop, and an interview hints and tips session with an HSF partner, strengthening interview technique, commercial awareness, and professional networking skills.