Meet the Team

Meet your Res. Life Team for 2021/22!
Jonny Davies
Position |
Residence Life Manager |
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Aber Graduate |
Department of International Politics |
Hobbies |
Skateboarding, football (watching and playing), watching films/tv shows, ParkRun |
Favourite film |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
Faith Imeson-Wood
Degree Subject |
English Literature/Education Joint Honours. |
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Year of Study |
Second Year |
Hobbies |
Sewing, Dancing, Baking |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
The Princess Bride, Detective Anna, Bones |
Favourite book(s) |
Virals - by Kathy Reichs |
Fun Fact |
I am the Social sec of Showdance this year |
Proudest achievement |
Coming first in my category for Aerial Varsity. |
Flora Stanbridge
Degree Subject |
International Politics |
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Year of Study |
Third Year |
Hobbies |
Reading, watching documentaries & playing The |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
Brooklyn Nine Nine, Parks & Recreation, Superstore |
Favourite book(s) |
Midnight in Chernobyl, Ghosts of the Tsunami, Dare Me |
Fun Fact |
I swap postcards internationally |
Proudest achievement |
Passing Driving Test |
Francesca Vukovic
Degree Subject |
Zoology |
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Year of Study |
Third Year |
Hobbies |
Dancing & gym, visiting historical and natural sites, games, music and volunteering |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Stranger Things, Once upon a time |
Favourite book(s) |
Harry Potter series |
Fun Fact |
I lost my walking boot on my practice Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award |
Proudest achievement |
Getting through second year of Uni during a pandemic |
Hannah Francis
Degree Subject |
International politics & Drama & Theatre |
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Year of Study |
Second year |
Hobbies |
Walking, rock climbing & going to the theatre |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
MCU and Star Wars Films & TV Shows |
Favourite book(s) |
All Harry Potter |
Fun Fact |
I own 8 different editions of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
Proudest achievement |
Walking to top of Ben Nevis |
Hia Alhasheemi
Degree Subject |
English Literature, Film & Television |
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Year of Study |
Second Year |
Hobbies |
Swimming, dance and bingewatching Netflix |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
Shrek 2, Bojack Horseman |
Favourite book(s) |
The Kite Runner |
Fun Fact |
I used to be in the Royal Navy |
Proudest achievement |
Getting into University |
Jack Gannon
Degree Subject |
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics |
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Year of Study |
Second Year |
Hobbies |
Rugby, guitar, coding, DJing, beer pong & festivals/gigs |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
Forest Gump, Full Metal Jacket, Misfits & How I Met Your Mother |
Favourite book(s) |
Stephan Hawkin Theory of Everything, RouReynolds Dear Future Historians |
Fun Fact |
When I was younger I was in Midsummer Murders as an extra |
Proudest achievement |
Climbing Scafel Pike on a horribly windy and rainy day |
Kyerra Grasedyck
Degree Subject |
English Literature and Creative Writing |
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Year of Study |
Third Year |
Hobbies |
Reading, Baking, Dancing |
Favourite film(s)/tv show(s) |
New Girl, Criminal Minds, Brooklyn nine-nine |
Favourite book(s) |
I don't have one. I love almost everything I read! |
Fun Fact |
I can't watch a Disney or Pixar Film without crying |
Proudest achievement |
I make the best chocolate chip cookies (on this planet) and they're vegan |
Lucie Andrews
Degree subject | English Literature |
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Year of study | Third year |
Hobbies | Reading, hiking and trips to the cinema |
Favourite film(s)/TV show(s) | The Kite Runner, Coronation Street |
Favourite book | The Road by Cormac McCarthy |
Fun fact | I have been an Aston Villa season ticket holder for 9 years |
Proudest achievement | Getting into Aberystwyth University and making it this far into my degree |
Rachel Crooks
Degree Subject |
Economics with Human Geography |
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Year of Study |
Second Year |
Hobbies |
Reading, knitting and embroidery |
Favourite film(s) / TV show(s) |
Paddington, The Lion King |
Favourite book |
Silas Marner |
Fun Fact |
I was once the lead in an Irish dancing performance in Her Majesty's Theatre London |
Proudest achievement |
Receiving the highest result in GCSE Economics in Northern Ireland |
Rae Hughes
Degree Subject |
Mathematics |
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Year of Study |
Third year |
Hobbies |
Reading, running, violin, archery, climbing, hiking, D&D, gaming |
Favourite film(s) / TV show(s) |
Shawshank Redemption |
Favourite book |
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell, The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
Fun Fact |
I eat crisps with chopsticks |
Proudest achievement |
Completing my Gold DofE |
Tom Bennett
Degree Subject |
Biology |
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Year of Study |
Second year |
Hobbies |
Playing video games, watching Netflix |
Favourite film(s) / TV show(s) |
The James Bond movies, Bojack Horseman |
Favourite book |
The Jolly Postman, or other people's letters |
Fun Fact |
I have visited 15 countries |
Proudest achievement |
Making it this far through my degree |
Tristan Wood
Degree Subject |
Medieval and Early Modern History |
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Year of Study |
Second year |
Hobbies |
Playing video games and reading, I'm also interested in politics, philosophy and classics |
Favourite film(s) / TV show(s) |
The Umbrella Academy |
Favourite book |
The Secret History by Donna Tartt |
Fun Fact |
can speak both Russian and Latin |
Proudest achievement |
I was Just Like Us' National Student Role Model of the Year 2020 (they're an LGBTQ+ charity) |