About me:

Heather Makin has been at the University of Exeter Business School since 2006 as PA to Professor Gareth Shaw. In this role she supports Professor Shaw in all aspects of his work and assists with a wide range of research projects and applications including; ESRC, AHRC, Leverhulme, H20:20 Erasmus+, EU ETN and TWNN.  

From 2012-2024 she was a Project Administrator for projects such as the COST Action IS1204 an EU project on Tourism, Wellbeing and Ecosystem Services - TObeWELL. Heather liaised with the members of the Action which consisted of Academics and Stakeholders from over 30 EU Countries. As Project Administrator she co-ordinated meetings across the EU network and facilitated Meetings, Working Groups along with Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for Early Career investigators and also the annual Training School.  She also worked on another significant project on The Rowntree Business Lectures and the Interwar British Management Movement co-ordinating the collection of materials for the database, working in numerous archives across the UK.