Amanda Chua

A highly motivated and creative problem solver postgraduate in Care of Collections student at Cardiff University who is seeking opportunities in the Museum and Heritage sector. I am passionate about using research and best practice in collection care. I enjoy connecting with people through stories and conversation.

Private Tutor for IGCSE History and Accounting, Firm Foundations Tuition, Kuala Lumpur

January 2021 – Present

• Plan, prepare and deliver lessons for History and Accounting
• Grade students’ work
• Update parents on the progress of their child and advise them on how we can work together to support the student

• Create Twitter postings on a weekly basis to promote new content on the ExChangewales website
• Update and reorganize website content on website platforms such as Wordpress and Wix for CASCADE and ExChange, two social care research organizations 
• Communicate and organize research and poster presentations for over 140 researchers for the 2020 Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC) 
• Manage the CASCADE email inbox by attending to queries, liaising with external stakeholders and following up on matters

• Engaged with visitors to educate and inform them about the importance and work of preventive conservation 
• Conducted integrated pest monitoring by laying down traps, identifying insect species and compiling data for analysis for over 210 different areas around the museum
• Microclimate conditioning for over 120 archaeological objects and 15 geological cases
• Carried out preventive conservation for the Dippy enclosure during the Dippy on Tour exhibition, the entire Evolution of Wales gallery and the Art galleries 

• Communicated with media contacts and successfully confirmed 45 guests, including the Minister of Tourism Malaysia, as attendees of the Eid festival media launch
• Created a variety of promotional posts, live broadcasts and highlights for Avenue K’s Instagram page
• Drafted and edited the General Manager’s speech for the Eid festival media launch
• Researched and contacted suppliers for mall campaign giveaways and events
• Coordinated and initiated the start of a community project which integrated all departments in the mall management team

• Subject Head for Accounting and Head of the Sound team
• Created and delivered lesson plans for Y11 and Y10 in accordance with the standards set by the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum 
• Scheduled examinations for the entire lower secondary school and conducted briefings to ensure teachers were well versed in examination procedures
• Supervised and guided the activities of the senior drama club, the school magazine team, international culture club and the squash team

• Catalogued and rehoused over 5000 artifacts
• Packed and unpacked artifacts for international and local travelling exhibitions
• Gave tours to the European Osteopathic group and potential osteopathic doctorate candidates 

• Conserved over 200 WWI posters for the Missouri ‘Over there’ state exhibition
• Wrote condition assessments and photographed 200 WWI posters
• Entered 
• Created an exhibit of 19th to early 20th century cooking utensils and appliances for display at the special collections area

MSc Care of Collections, Cardiff University 2019 – September 2020

Modules taken

• Assessment & Design for Collections Care 
• Formulated strategies for collections care decision making based on critical evaluation, risk assessment and environment surveys
• Collection Care in the Museum Environment
• Developed knowledge and understood the relationship between the 10 agents of deterioration and collections care 
• Materials in the Museum Environment
• Identified materials that compose cultural objects, variables in their decay and threats environmental parameters pose to them to develop preservation strategies 
• Designing Research in Heritage Science
• Learned key skills needed to design research in heritage science 
• Postgraduate Skills in Archaeology and Conservation
• Refined skills in selecting and analyzing data for research and advanced self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems at a professional level 

BA of Arts, History, Truman State University, USA 2015

• Graduated with First Class Honours
• President of the Historical Society