Events

Talent officers

Teach First’s talent officers will be at our campus events to answer your questions and tell you more about the programme. Many of them are Teach First Ambassadors having been through the Leadership Development Programme themselves and can share their own experiences directly. Meeting them is your chance to hear stories from the frontline in our mission to address educational disadvantage – and to reflect on the personal qualities you will need to succeed.

• Liz Brewer

  

  Liz is a Teach First Ambassador and spent two years teaching Science at St. Augustine’s CE High School in Kilburn before joining Graduate Recruitment at Teach First. During her time in St. Augustine’s, Liz coordinated physics teaching for the school, ran a primary school science club and extra-curricular Welsh lessons for staff and pupils. As an Ambassador, Liz is now a HEAPS mentor and continues to support her school when she can. She graduated in 2006 from Durham University with a Masters in Physics and Astronomy.

  Works with: University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Essex, Queen Mary, University of London, University of Kent, University of East Anglia

• Claire Cawthorn

  

  Claire is a Teach First Ambassador, having taught English at Crown Woods School in South East London, which she found the most challenging and rewarding two years of her life so far. Prior to her current role, Claire was responsible for activity at Universities across Yorkshire and the North West and also supported Teach First’s 2009 expansion to the Yorkshire region. Claire graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BA in English Literature.

• Joanne Fordham

  

  Jo has joined Teach First with a wealth of graduate recruitment experience, most recently from Barclays Capital, where she had a hybrid role for five years both recruiting and developing graduates. Prior to working at Barclays Capital, Jo also held positions at a variety of well known organisations including Muddy Fox and the Halifax. Jo will be looking after the Scotland portfolio as part of the Talent team.

  Works with: University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, University of Aberdeen

• Rachel Kershaw

  

  Rachel joined Teach First in 2009 having graduated from Nottingham University with a BSc in Psychology. Prior to Teach First, Rachel has most recently worked as a Recruitment Consultant dealing with high level recruitment for the finance sector. Rachel is based in the East Midlands office, where she is able to work closely with the East Midlands team and enjoys being a part of this new region.

  Works with: University of Nottingham, Loughborough University, University of Leicester, Queen’s University Belfast, Kingston University, Nottingham Trent University, Keele University

• Claire Marshall

  

  Claire has joined Teach First with a rage of experience of graduate recruitment both from the public sector at the National Audit Office and more recently Barclays Capital where she worked in the recruitment and development of graduates. Claire will be looking after relationships with Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham and closer to home, City, Goldsmiths and Surrey.

  Works with: Durham University, Newcastle University, Goldsmiths, University of London, City University, University of Surrey, Northumbria University

• Daniel Massey

  

  Dan was a member of the ’07 cohort, teaching Science at Uxbridge High School in West London. During his time on the programme, he took advantage of completing a summer project with Google and having a coach from Shell. Dan graduated from Oxford in 2007 with a BA in Physics.

  Works with: University of Oxford, University College London, University of Southampton, University of Westminster, University of Reading, Trinity College Dublin

• Elin Morris

  

  Elin joined the Teach First 2006 cohort after graduating from the University of Durham with a BSc in Psychology. She spent two challenging but incredibly rewarding years teaching Science and Psychology at Uxbridge High School in London. Elin completed a Teach First summer project working for ‘Promoting Equality in African Schools’ (PEAS) in Uganda at the end of her first year of teaching.

• Laura Muir

  

  Laura graduated from Bristol University with a BSc in Geography. After graduating Laura took some time out to travel in Thailand, the South Pacific and New Zealand, and lived and worked in Sydney before returning to the UK. Laura began her career in Graduate Recruitment at Northern Foods where she supported a small team of Graduate Recruitment Managers. She joined the Graduate Recruitment Team at Teach First in 2005 and is responsible for recruiting graduates from the universities in the South West as well as supporting the recruitment and training of Teach First Brand Managers.

  Works with: Bristol University, Bath University, Cardiff University, University of Exeter, Royal College of Music

• Lorna Robins

  

  Lorna completed the Teach First Programme teaching at the Business Academy Bexley as Citizenship and Sociology subject leader. After a challenging, rewarding and unforgettable two years Lorna left the classroom to work for a human rights charity as their education officer before joining the Teach First team.

  Works with: University of Sheffield, University of Leeds, University of York, Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds Metropolitan University, University of Bradford

• Hannah Venn

  

  Hannah is a Teach First Ambassador and spent two years teaching History and English at Wembley High Technology College in London. Whilst in school she acted as Aim Higher Co-ordinator working to widen access to higher education and raise aspirations with disengaged pupils, and ran INSET training groups on independent learning. She is now a Talent Officer recruiting from universities in the Midlands and London.

  Works with: University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, Aston University, London School of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London

• Jennifer Williams

  

  Jennifer joined Teach First in 2009 having worked in graduate recruitment for over three years. Prior to Teach First, Jennifer recruited graduates for an international Recruitment Consultancy and was most recently working as a recruiter for The Corporate Executive Board, which provides best practice research and decision support tools for a range of global organisations, government agencies and not-for-profit institutions. She is excited about building upon this experience and representing Teach First on campus. Jennifer graduated in 2005 from Nottingham University with a degree in English Studies.

  Works with: University of Manchester, Lancaster University, Kings College London, University of Liverpool, Brunel University, University of Sussex