{"id":5759,"date":"2021-11-11T05:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/staff\/melissa-adams-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:54:59","slug":"melissa-adams","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/profile\/melissa-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"lead--6808\" class=\"acf-block acf-block--lead align    \">\n<style>\n\t#lead--6808::before,#lead--6808::after{background-color:!important;}\n<\/style>\n<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" version=\"1.2\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" overflow=\"visible\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 117.99999 146\" width=\"117.99999\" height=\"146\"><g transform=\"translate(0, 0)\"><g transform=\"translate(0, 9.298117831235686e-16) rotate(0)\"><path fill=\"\" d=\"M61.26887,146h-61.26887l55.69763,-73.0111l-55.64577,-72.926l61.26887,-0.0629l56.67926,73.15169zM6.20468,142.6372l53.60471,-0.0518l54.30111,-69.73311l-0.06297,-0.08139l-54.23444,-69.99209l-53.56396,0.0555l53.31207,69.8626z\" style=\"stroke-width: 0; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter;\" vector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\/><\/g><defs><path id=\"path-1677255449551573141\" d=\"M61.26887,146h-61.26887l55.69763,-73.0111l-55.64577,-72.926l61.26887,-0.0629l56.67926,73.15169zM6.20468,142.6372l53.60471,-0.0518l54.30111,-69.73311l-0.06297,-0.08139l-54.23444,-69.99209l-53.56396,0.0555l53.31207,69.8626z\" vector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\/><\/defs><\/g><\/svg>\n\t<div class=\"columns is-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-paddingless\">\n\t\t\tI am very passionate about the student journey, including helping students to develop their skills through work experience and getting them to articulate and talk confidently about their skills in their applications and at interview. It feels such a privilege, and I feel so lucky to do the role I do.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have worked in careers advice and guidance since 2010, having worked in a number of roles in the community, job centres, schools and a local further education college before joining University of Gloucestershire in 2019- a place I always wanted to work and proud to do &#8211; having been a student, I was keen to give something back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Qualifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7) Career Development and Coaching Studies (Warwick University, 2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">BA (Hons) Hospitality Management (University of Gloucestershire, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) (first module completed, 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Membership of Professional Bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of Graduate Futures Institute (GFI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Other Work and Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of work and busy family life- I have a personal and professional interest in mental health and wellbeing. 2 charities that are close to my heart are Teckles animal shelter who I have recently volunteered with and also the Alzheimer&#8217;s Society, having completed a 13k charity walk for them in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very passionate about the student journey, including helping students to develop their skills through work experience and getting them to articulate and talk confidently about their skills in their applications and at interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":129000008768,"parent":0,"template":"","schools":[108],"subject_area":[],"staff_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5759","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schools-student-futures"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/5759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=5759"},{"taxonomy":"subject_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject_area?post=5759"},{"taxonomy":"staff_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_tag?post=5759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}