Overview

Profile

Cecilia Mañosa Nyblon worked as an anthropologist/archaeologist educator in Uruguay, the USA and Panama before moving to Exeter.

During her time at the Kentucky Archaeolgical Survey (USA) she was responsible for leading and developing a portfolio of public archaeology outreach initiatives of national and international scope.

As an education consultant for the Indigenous Geography project of the Smithsonian Institution she developed bilingual (English and Spanish) educational resources about the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Whilst at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution in Panama she was responsible for planning, managing and leading different public outreach initiatives on biodiversity. She completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Exeter and joined what was then the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in 2010 working in different professional services’ roles.

In her role as Education and Skills Partnership Development Manager (IIB) she leads on the development of an external facing portfolio of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. She is also directly engaged in shaping our CPD/Executive Education provision at a university wide level. She is passionate about working collaboratively and in interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful, innovative, and inspirational lifelong learning courses and training for learners. She champions interdisciplinary collaborations on local / global levels, such as for COP26 and COP27 Climate Conferences. She is an active member of the Planetary Health Alliance and Healthcare Ocean. In 2019, her CPD contribution was recognised with an Ambition Award by the University of Exeter.

Qualifications

2009 - Postgraduate Certificate in Education,  University of Exeter

2000 - MA in Archaeology, University of Kentucky, USA

1996 -  Licenciatura degree in Anthropological Sciences - Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay.

1995 - Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language,  Anglo Institute. Uruguay

Links

• University of Exeter Medical School
• Continuing Professional Development - University of Exeter Medical School
• Project Lead - One Chance Left interdisciplinary initiative at the intersection of climate science, health and the arts launched at Science Pavilion, COP26, Glasgow 2021
• Project Lead - We Still Have a Chance interdisciplinary international project connecting climate science, health and the arts at COP27, Egypt 2022