Dr Mark Heath
Mark is a technology specialist and author, having over 30 years of experience in the telecoms industry. He started his career in research and development at BT’s Adastral Park. He then went on to strategy and business development roles in O2 and Nokia. He co-founded telecoms consultancy Unwired Insight. He also co-authored over 40 reports assessing the commercial impact of emerging technologies, published by Analysys Mason.
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Having developed his own websites over many years, Mark has expertise in web development, search engine optimisation and pay-per-click advertising. Mark helps commercial and not-for-profit organisations develop their online presence, with revenue-sharing partnerships with businesses across Cambridgeshire.
In his spare time, Mark founded the Increase Broadband Speed website to help people improve their broadband speeds. The site has been visited by millions of people worldwide, with more than a quadrupling in the number of visitors in the past year. Mark was awarded a volunteering award from the UK Prime Minister for his work on community broadband.
Mark has enjoyed photography as a hobby for many years and you can view his Photo Galleries. Mark tries to regularly update his blog, which provides information on recent projects and activities. Mark has supported youth theatre group Spotlight Productions for seven years, setting up its new website and expanding its costume scenery/costume hiring activity to raise money for productions.
For photographic assignments, Mark is often joined by his daughters Rebecca and Bethany.
Rebecca Heath
Rebecca Heath tries to do as much photography as she can between studying, and enjoys taking photographs of university events.
After graduating from King’s College, Cambridge with an Economics degree in 2019, she undertook an MPhil in Economic Research at Churchill College, Cambridge and was awarded the Møller Masters Scholarship.
In October 2020, Rebecca commenced her Ph.D studies at Cambridge, as part of the Microeconomic Theory Research Group. She is undertaking research involving the mathematical analysis and modelling of online behaviour on social networks. Rebecca has been awarded the three-year Møller Ph.D Scholarship and the Vice-Chancellor’s Award, which is awarded to the 250 highest-ranked students across the University.
Rebecca is currently a Supervisor, helping Economics undergraduates with their studies at St John’s College, Cambridge. In October 2021, Rebecca will become a College Teaching Associate at St John’s College.
Rebecca is part of the Churchill College MCR Committee and writes for student newspapers The Tab and Varsity, and has also written for The Cambridge Student. She recently founded the Churchill Mallard – the new student newspaper of Churchill College.
Other pages you may be interested in:
- Disability Resource Centre ‘At Breaking Point’ by Rebecca Heath (The Tab, Jan 2021)
- The Cambridge Economics Faculty Addresses Challenges and Diversity – Interview of Professor Leonardo Felli by Rebecca Heath
- Rebecca Heath, Churchill College feature on the Møller Masters Scholarship
- Rebecca Heath – Research Page on the Faculty of Economics website
- The Churchill Mallard (Student Newspaper of Churchill College)
- Disabled Access Report: “In short, help is there, but it isn’t enough” by Rebecca Heath (Varsity)
- ‘Cambridge Must Improve Its Mental Heath Support’ by Rebecca Heath (Varsity)
- ‘This is the Year to Take Another Look at the Tripos Gender Attainment Gap’ by Rebecca Heath (The Cambridge Student)
- College Teaching Associates at St John’s College, Cambridge
- Rebecca Heath Photography website
Bethany Heath
Bethany Heath enjoys photographing a range of subjects while at university.
Bethany recently graduated with a First Class Masters degree in Mathematics (MMath) from Durham University. She commences her Ph.D studies at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in October 2021.
Bethany was awarded a Laidlaw Research and Leadership Scholarship at Durham. As part of this, she undertook research on dementia, investigating the link between level of education and the risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Her systematic literature review identified a clear benefit from education, potentially opening the door to the development of brain training applications to reduce the risk of getting the disease.
For her final year project at Durham, Bethany modelled the spread of coronavirus in student households to identify optimum isolation periods and testing strategies. While at Durham, Bethany sat on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Durham, and is very keen to encourage more women into maths and science.
In her spare time, Bethany enjoys maths tutoring. As well as volunteering at a local school, she has supported Rotary International by remotely tutoring two orphans in Zambia – Kelvin and Choolwe – through their maths degrees.
In October 2021, Bethany will commence her studies at Christ’s College, Cambridge towards a Ph.D in Biostatistics. Fully funded by the Medical Research Council, Bethany will be undertaking research on COVID-19, in the University’s School of Medicine.
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