Janine Braithwaite

Janine started her journey in higher education back in 2015 as a mature student at the University of West London (UWL). Whilst elected as Vice President of Education for two years running, she facilitated BAME women in leadership sessions, focused on student financial hardships, made links with local childcare providers to support student parents/carers, had many public speaking opportunities including becoming the first student ever speak at UWL graduation ceremony and much so more.
Institution
University of West London
Job Title
Study Support Advisor

Since then, she has started a Masters, landed roles at UWL within student experience/retention/support, whilst also undertaking a PgCert in Professional Academic Practice and a Fellowship (FHEA). Her journey has become centred around her aim of delivering supportive and engaging teaching to widening participation (WP) students as the next step in her career whilst currently supporting students to improve their academic writing and study techniques.