Meher Shiblee

I am a PhD candidate who has passed her viva, pending corrections, at University of the Arts London, with over 4 years of teaching, administrative and volunteering experience in a HE setting. I also have around 3 years of operations and managerial experience within the academic publishing industry.

Associate Lecturer - University of the Arts London - London

(2022-08 - 2025-12)

• Worked across Camberwell, Chelsea, and Wimbledon College of Arts (CCW) and London College of Communication (LCC) with their MA Students (300+ students overall).
• Non-Student Facing Roles: Planning the outline for the individual units, curating the reading lists, maintenance of the student facing ‘Moodle’ page, producing learning materials like presentations, podcasts and posters etc. as well as general administrative duties.
• Student Facing Roles: Teaching and presenting at lectures, seminars and workshops.

Postgraduate Student Intern - Arts’ Student Union - London

(2023-01 - 2023-07)

• Researching student experience with isolation and inclusivity.
• Worked with a team of student interns conducting surveys, focus groups and interviews across the six UAL colleges and producing a report based on our findings for the Students Union.

Publishing Editor - Ubiquity Press - London

(2021-04 - 2022-08)

• Managing and overseeing external suppliers work to optimise the book and journal indexing process to the appropriate indexes.
• Researching and establishing relationships with new indexes to maximise visibility of books and journals.
• Writing workflow documents for suppliers and team members to maintain consistency and clarity between various teams in terms of the different eligibility criteria for indexes and their unique application methods.

Publishing Assistant - Ubiquity Press - London

(2019-11 - 2021-04)

• Carried out book and journal indexing, distribution and archival processes.
• Liaised with internal and external teams to understand the goals and requirements of different university presses for their book and journal publications.

PhD - University of the Arts London (2021)

MA - Shakespeare Studies - King’s College London (2018)

BA (Hons.) - English Literature - Aberystwyth University (2017)