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Piper Stewart

Piper Stewart
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Glasgow
Expertise

I constantly allow myself to indulge in new interests one being, linguistic determinism; the ideal that a language, limits and determines the thought process of individuals. Due to this concept I picked up French, and am exploring new languages constantly.

  • Piper is undertaking her undergraduate, Master of Arts in English Literature and Business & Management at The University of Glasgow. Whilst in her gap year, she began her first novel, releasing chapters weekly on her own website. Amassing 4,853 views and 40 followers with only 3 chapters out.
  • Going back, I was my primary school's librarian. My use of alliteration allowed me to win a 'Name The Gritter' competition set by Scotland Transerv for; The Snow Solution. In my final year of secondary, I set up the school's first Book Club, and to become an English Ambassador.
  • I thrive on giving back to my community, logging over 80 hours volunteering with the Saltire Award. During The Duke of Edinburgh’ award, I did 7 months volunteering at Shelter Scotland. Achieving Bronze and Silver DOFE, working independently and as part of a team.

Experience

Monthly, I submit an entry to '50 Word Fiction' by the Scottish Book Trust and 'The Solstice Prize' by Writing East Midlands. Likewise, I was also a member of the Pupil Leadership Team as an SCQF Gold Pupil Ambassador and Class Representative in Highschool which led me to become the English Literature Representative in my first year of University.

Education

To explore the shift from Highschool to University I completed and passed both Focus West's Top-Up programme, ran by the University of Glasgow, and Step Up To University's Foundation Academy ran by UWS. I too achieved an 'Excellence' award for English, History, Modern Languages, Music, RMPS, and Science from 2018-19. On coming to University, I was awarded 2 scholarships for my dedication and "talent&#34.

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