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EDUCATION
2015–2016 University of Southampton, MSc Sustainable Waste Management
• Relevant modules: bio-processing of waste; integrated waste management;
monitoring, aftercare and residuals management.
• Group project on the processing of hazardous waste.
2011–2015 University of Manchester, MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering (2.1)
• Relevant modules: environmental science; biotechnology; fluid mechanics.
2004–2011 Newton Heath School, Abingdon
• A level Physics (A), Mathematics (A), Chemistry (B)
• 10 GCSEs (grades A* and A)
TRAINING
2015 (October–November) Southampton University Research Institute for a
Sustainable Environment (SUnRISE) – waste management in business course
Attended evening and weekend lectures and tutorials over a six-week period.
• Learned about different elements of a business, working with
departments, implementing ideas and getting people to work with you.
• Networked with key figures in the industry.
INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENTS
2016 (January–March) Three-month masters placement with BioChem
• Completed calculations and subsequent analysis into how the organisation
disposed of the by-products produced.
• Produced a report based on the results that outlined how the organisation
could imple
ment very simple and cost-effective measures to streamline this
work and reduce waste by 40 per cent.
2013–2014 (July–June) Industrial placement with Eastern Electric
• Helped project manage an internal campaign to reduce the amount
of residual energy and workplace waste produced across all of the
organisation’s plants.
• Spent time at each plant planning trials (deciding what should be tested
and how t
o do it), assisting with the trial, making sure that all the
necessary data was collected and the safety procedures followed, and then
analysing the data.
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Benjamin Jeffries
123 Oak Grove, Southampton SO11 5DK
Phone: 07970 394739


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