Summary
Andrea Fhea is a careers consultant with 12 years’ experience helping PhDs, early career researchers and students translate academic strengths into impactful careers across social, environmental and tech sectors. After five years in the open data tech world she transitioned into higher education, designing in-curriculum employability tools, leading careers teams and delivering coaching and training for institutions including SOAS, King's College and the University of London. She combines practical programme design (from interactive skills-mapping tools to consultancy schemes linking researchers with SMEs) with one-to-one coaching on career change, AI trends and strategic networking. Passionate about social justice and sustainability, Andrea co-founded a careers-for-social-justice community across the University of London and has campaigned on fossil-free careers while living intentionally to lower her carbon footprint. Her mix of startup, higher-education and grassroots experience gives her a rare perspective on building careers that serve people and planet.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Modern History, 1:1 First Class Honours, Bachelor's degree, Modern History, 1:1 First Class Honours at University of Oxford
CCS Career Coaching and Counselling Core Skills Training, Career Coaching and Counselling, Honours, CCS Career Coaching and Counselling Core Skills Training, Career Coaching and Counselling, Honours at Career Counselling Services
PGCE, Secondary Education and Teaching, Outstanding, PGCE, Secondary Education and Teaching, Outstanding at Canterbury Christ Church University
English, French, Spanish, Catalan