applications and professional environments. This experience has certainly confirmed my love of the heritage sector and my desire to work with historic houses in some capacity. The collections work, particularly the research for the exhibition also confirmed my interest in pursuing further research in this sector. Whilst I am still very much interested in curation as a career choice, I now also have a greater understanding that that is not the only way to work with historic houses and collections and I am eager to explore a range of career options.
CITIZENS ADVICE OXFORD Second Year Undergraduate, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Remote working Work Projects This role was project-based, looking to blend pandemic and post-pandemic working for Citizens Advice in the future. It involved determining models of engagement that worked best for the client base of Oxford's charities. Consulting and contacting other charitable organisations in Oxford enabled the gathering of qualitative and quantitative research on how charities believe their client base behaves in order to achieve the most efficient and useful service for those who need. Taking into account digital exclusion and the drop of non-native English speakers and refugees engaging with these kinds of services during the pandemic meant that people were slipping between the cracks of support. A model of pandemic working is not sustainable in this sense long term, as it is more exclusionary that what preceded it. At the same time, young people engage more with charities digitally, so the project and final report was about striking a balance to engineer a model of service that serves everyone. Citizens Advice Oxford was very encouraging and provided us with plenty of opportunities to meet the team and get involved in day-to-day work. I even took part in the annual Oxford Legal Walk!
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