Curriculum Vitae

Personal details

Education

Qualifications & Awards

Work Experience

Summary/Extra

Personal details

Full name: Christopher Martin Jones

Date of birth 19th April 1980

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Education

Primary:
Brampton Ellis Infants School

Brampton Ellis C of E Junior School

Secondary:
                Wath Comprehensive School
                    September 1991 - July 1998

Higher:

                Manchester University
September 1998 - June 2002

Qualifications & Awards

Brampton Ellis Junior School

Awarded the Field Bible prize for Excellent Endeavour

Wath Comprehensive School

G.C.S.E.s Summer 1996:

English	A
English Literature	A*
French	A*
History	A*
Mathematics	B
Religious Studies	A*
Science (Double Award)	A, A
Spanish	A*

Summer 1997:

General Studies

A-Levels (Summer 1998)

English Language	A
French	A
General Studies	A
Spanish	A

Awarded Deputy Head's Prize for GCSE results
Awarded Godfrey Memorial Prize for Overall Contribution to School life

Manchester University

1998-1999 Session

11th Oct 1999: Awarded 1st Year Instituto Cervantes' Prize for performance in Hispanic Studies.

1999-2000 Session

Awarded Philip & Zilla Wadsworth Prize (worth £300) for French
Awarded Walters Scholarship for Spanish

2000-2001 Session

Awarded John Rees Prize for Hispanic Studies

2001-2002 Session

Graduated in BA(Hons) Double Honours Spanish/French: 1:1
(Firsts in Spanish and French, with Distinctions in spoken Spanish and French)

Work experience

7th-11th July 1997 French Work Experience
(8.30-12.00,1.30-5.30)

I worked as an administrative assistant in the Languages department of 'AFIDA' an education college in Saint Quentin (Rotherham's twin town).

I worked with the departmental secretary and dealt mainly with the teaching staff, carrying out general office management, filing and organisational work. I prepared some material on computer (in French) and used large-scale photocopying equipment as part of the job. Communication was mainly in French, but also in Spanish.

19th June - 7th July 1995 Trident Work Experience
(8.30am-5.30pm)

I worked as a Depot Traffic Clerk at the Yorkshire Traction Co. Ltd. (Rawmarsh).

Responsibilities included organizing the drivers' daily duties, preparing their timetables and listing attendance. I also handled some weekly accounting and completed fuel/mileage computer files. Communicating with drivers and the garage staff was an important part of the job, as well as dealing with enquiries from the general public.

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Summary/Extra

I am computer literate, using computers both in and out of school, and now at University where I had to complete a basic computer skills course as part of my attendance. I am familiar with several Operating Systems, including the latest versions of Windows (95/98/ME/NT4.0), and can use most word processors, spreadsheets and databases and other office packages. Furthermore I have had some personal experience of imputing, archiving and retrieving large amounts of data.

I am proficient in office administration skills, including filing and dealing and processing with enquiries/queries. I have good communications skills and am able to work in groups as well as handle delegated tasks.

My punctuality and attendance levels at school and University have been, and are, very good and I always endeavour to be polite and courteous.

Extra-curricular

As well as my basic work experience, I have also had experience of working in various small concerns whilst in school, including a junior school school bank and bookshop, and later I helped with the daily running of the Stationery Shop at Wath Comprehensive (until the end of the Upper Sixth (1998)).

Since leaving for Manchester, I have endeavoured to keep active both in and outside University. Particularly important to me are The TAS (Targetted Access) and Virtual Mentoring Schemes whose principal aim is to inform and encourage young people from non-traditional backgrounds to consider higher education as a realistic option. Participation in these projects has involved giving group presentations in the schools, assisting teachers in the classroom, and also acting as a guide on 'visit days' to the university, or 'HE Awareness Days'(HEAD), as they are also known.

Interests

I have a wide range of general interests. I enjoy reading, walking and many sports, though I cannot claim to be more than a recreational sportsman. I have a strong interest in current world affairs and in modern scientific and technological developments. On a less formal level, I am also involved in local and family history.

See also my personal page for more details.

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