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Vivienne provides administrative support to Research Projects on a part time basis. She has been working at the University since January 2013, working on a number of research projects, mainly based in the History department.

Currently Vivienne works on the following projects

Connecting 3 Worlds with Dora Vargha (40%)

Vivienne works two days a week to provide support to the Team. She started working on the project November 2021

Vivienne organises travel and accommodation for Conference and Research trips. She will make sure everyone’s expense claims go through the system and chase them up if things get stuck. She also will help to organise events, such as the Conference held in Berlin and China. While looking at the budget to make sure things run smoothly, along with other administration tasks, like the monthly newsletter.

Delivering a Shame Competent Plymouth with Luna Dolezal and The Shame Lab (20%)

Vivienne is the Project Administrator and works one day a week to support the team.

Vivienne has been a contact point for people wishing to attend the Shame Competence for Trauma-Informed Practitioners Training based in Plymouth. She has been sending the delegates the information needed to attend and is contacting them with the evaluation surveys at each suitable point. This will help us to gather as much data as possible and ensure the final survey is sent two months after the training for each delegate. She is also supporting the trainers with regard to the venue and resources.

Vivienne has previously been involved with the following projects

Forms of Labour with Jane Whittle (October 2019- August 2024)

Understanding Insurgencies

Mrs Vivienne Bates