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Matthew Francis Richard Dickenson

Curriculum Vitae (provisional)

This page last updated: September 2013


Personal:

Full Name: Matthew Francis Richard DICKENSON
DOB: 26 April 1993
mail: 10 Simons Walk, Englefield Green, Surrey TW20 9SQ
tel: +44 (0) 7957 863 603 / +44 (0) 1784 433 226
email: matthew@dickenson.com

Personal Statement:
I am an outgoing, confident person who enjoys new challenges and likes making new friends, being given responsibility and simply being outdoors and helping people who are less fortunate than myself.
I am a strong team player and attended three Round Square trips (Costa Rica 2008, Nepal 2009, Guatemala 2010). I was awarded the King Constantine Medal for my work with Round Square.
I was the Warrant Officer leading the RAF CCF at Wellington College and have attained my wings in both gliding and powered scholarships with the RAF where in both cases I flew solo at the end of the course.
I am a fully qualified RYA sailing and windsurfing instructor teaching at the Queen Mother Reservoir as well as a Padi qualified scuba diver.
I played regularly in the college sports teams (including rugby, football and sailing). I have also completed my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver and Gold awards. I'm now in the first rowing eight at University.
I attended an independently run leadership course during the Summer of 2008. I have reached RSM grade three playing the violin since I started from the age of 13.
At the end of my prep school career, I was awarded the Fellowship cup for giving my all in all my ten years at the school, I was also a school prefect and a boarding monitor.
I was a College Ambassador for Wellington which means that I regularly guided prospective parents around the College.

Education:
1996 - 2006 Bishopsgate preparatory school, Englefield Green, Surrey
2006 - 2011 Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire
2013 - 2015 Salford University, Manchester

GCSEs
8 - Maths (A*), Physics(A*), Chemistry(A*), Biology(A*), Spanish(A), English(B), French(B), Geography(B), DT(B)

A Levels
Maths(C), Physics(C), Economics(C), Spainish (D)

University Degree (started Sept 2013)
Sports Rehabilitation B.Sc.Hons.

Sport:
Regularly represented school in Rugby, Football and Sailing teams.
Takes part in cross country running, is a keen cyclist and spends at least 3 evenings a week in the gym. In spare time works as an instructor at local sailing club.
Rowing - currently in Salford University 1st 8-man rowing team.

Music:
Plays the violin, currently RSM grade three.

Other Extra Curricular:

Date: Event/Venue Qualification
Mar '03 Water-skiing Learnt to water-ski (two skis)
Mar '05 Alpine skiing Learnt to alpine ski
May '05 Water-skiing Learnt to monoski (water-skiing)
Mar '06 Norway Team building leadership trip and learnt cross country skiing
Sept '05 Bishopsgate Prep School Prefect and Boarding Monitor
Jul '06 Bishopsgate Prep School Fellowship Cup (the highest school acolade) to "the pupil who gave his all during his years at Bishopsgate"
Jul '06 Home Learnt to Unicycle
Apr '07 Private Flying Course First flying lesson (light aircraft)
Jun '07 Datchet Watersports RYA Dinghy Assistant Sailing Instructor
Jun '07 Egypt Scuba diving in Red Sea
Sep '07 Start of RAF CCF Cadet
Mar '08 4x4 driving Half day off road training, (Toyota manual 4x4)
Apr '08 Costa Rica Round Square : 10 days living in an Eco Village
Jun '08 Private Flying Course Package of 5 flying lessons
Jun '08 D of E Bronze Sailing in Greece, Diving, team work
Aug '08 Datchet Water Sports RYA Powerboat level 2
Aug '08 Leadership Week Residential course attended
Jun '09 D of E Silver Hiking in Forest of Dean
Jun '09 Padi Open Water Diving Padi scuba diving qualification
Aug '09 RAF Gliding Scholarship Silver Wings : Solo flight
Aug '09 Ireland Hiking 6 islands, 6 days
Oct '09 Nepal Round Square: charitable trip to aid underdeveloped school
May '10 Datchet Watersports Nautical First Aid Certificate
May '10 Datchet Watersports RYA Dinghy Sailing Instructor
Jul '10 D o E Gold Lake District
Aug '10 RAF Powered Flying 2 week Scholarship Powered Flying Dundee : Solo Wings
Aug '10 Guatemala Round Square: 22 days "Fog Catching" project
Sept '10 Home Driving Theory, Passed
Sept '10 CCF RAF Flight Sergeant, Head of Section, Wellington College
Oct '10 CCF RAF Nominated for the John Thomson Memorial Sword , and reached "final ten" interview stage.
May '11 Round Square Winner of the King Constantine Medal. Presented for "unusual and outstanding service within the ideals of Round Square".
May '11 CCF RAF Warrant Officer, Head of Section, Wellington College
Jun '11 Home Driving Practical
Aug '11 Egypt Advanced PADI open water scuba diving in Red Sea
Dec '11 Gap Year Travelled extensively and worked in Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Iceland
Dec '12 D o E Awarded DoE gold award at St. James Palace, London
Jan '13 Rowing Awarded place in University 1st 8-man boat
Jun '13 Datchet Watersports RYA Watersports instructor qualification (sailing and windsurfing)
Jun '13 Salford University Completed and passed year 1 of Aircraft Engineering
Jun '14 Salford University Completed and passed year 1 of Sports Rehabilitation


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