Thomas Whitehead

Mr. Thomas Whitehead

Master candidate
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Biography

I am currently a Masters student at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, studying my MA in Global Studies, with a specialisation in Development. My main areas of interest is the education sector and other issues, including health issues, that affect adolescents. Previously I worked as a Chartered Accountant (2015-2020), qualified in the United Kingdom (2017) and carried out projects in Iceland, Sweden, Mexico and Ghana in an accounting capacity. During the summer of 2020, I worked in collaboration with others at the University of Iceland on a paper regarding digital technology access and usage in Guinea-Bissau. My role in this paper was researching the background, writing up a summary of the current situation within the Sub-Saharan African region and using some statistical analysis techniques on raw data that had been collected in the form of surveys, from the field, 3 years prior. From this I then linked our data from Guinea-Bissau and compared it to existing literature on the topic in other countries, and draw conclusions about uneven access in the region and the detrimental effects this may have. I am currently open to more research opportunities within the field of Global Development.

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Experience

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

University of Iceland

01 Jan 2020 - present

University Educator/Researcher

University of Iceland

01 Jun 2020 - 01 Nov 2020

Others

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2020