Ben Hales 班·黑爾斯

Member of The Board of Advisors at Oxford University Silk Road Think Tank
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(386) 825-5501
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United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • Chinese Professional working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Limited working proficiency
  • Rstudio Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Member of The Board of Advisors
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tutor and Admissions Consultant
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      Currently an accredited part-time tutor on VIPtutor, a site aiming to aid international university applicants applying to UK and US universities. This role includes both subject tutoring and admissions consulting on the Oxbridge application process Currently an accredited part-time tutor on VIPtutor, a site aiming to aid international university applicants applying to UK and US universities. This role includes both subject tutoring and admissions consulting on the Oxbridge application process

    • United Kingdom
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
      • Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

      • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

      Promoted to Vice President and Research Lead on Central Asian Green Development Project. Managed a team to produce a report on BRI’s implications for Central Asian green development in partnership with the Green BRI Center.

      • Oct 2020 - Jan 2021

      Led a diverse team of students, alumni and external individuals to produce the inaugural Social Equity report for Oxford University Silk Road Society’s non-partisan think tank project on the Belt and Road Initiative/One Belt One Road. This report was then presented to numerous Western and non-Western industry professionals in spheres ranging from foreign policy to sustainable trade.

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Class and Individual Tutor
      • Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

      Gained valuable experience on the ground floor of an education start-up. Was scouted to design course materials and act as a tutor to promising students aged 12-18. Educational programme focussed on bringing Oxford-style skills development in critical thinking to a wider audience. Gained valuable experience on the ground floor of an education start-up. Was scouted to design course materials and act as a tutor to promising students aged 12-18. Educational programme focussed on bringing Oxford-style skills development in critical thinking to a wider audience.

    • Think Tanks
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Hudson Institute Political Studies Summer Fellow
      • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

      Selected from a large pool of international applicants for a prestigious Hudson Fellowship, a policy internship studying the interlinking between political thought and American public and foreign policy in the modern age. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this fellowship was moved online into a series of “In Conversion” briefings and discussions with distinguished academics and policy professionals. Selected from a large pool of international applicants for a prestigious Hudson Fellowship, a policy internship studying the interlinking between political thought and American public and foreign policy in the modern age. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this fellowship was moved online into a series of “In Conversion” briefings and discussions with distinguished academics and policy professionals.

    • United Kingdom
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Events Assistant Intern
      • Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

      Worked as an Events Assistant Intern with an additional Strategic Relations brief at The Henry Jackson Society, a foreign policy think tank with an interest in robust defence of the liberal-democratic order and the Anglo-American partnership. My role included Strategic Relations; the writing of reports on political events of salience and international significance in order to further embassy links and inform future events. My Events brief had me managing a team of other interns to put on public events and closed policy roundtables inviting leading academics and political figures to provide their insights and analysis on the issues of the day. Show less

    • China
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Experiencing China Summer Programme
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

      Scholarship candidate to Tsinghua University’s flagship summer programme offering immersion into Chinese history, politics, economics and culture. Led a team to present research on the geopolitical implications of China’s use of history to entire student body at closing presentation. Scholarship candidate to Tsinghua University’s flagship summer programme offering immersion into Chinese history, politics, economics and culture. Led a team to present research on the geopolitical implications of China’s use of history to entire student body at closing presentation.

    • United Kingdom
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Shadower
      • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

      Shadowed criminal barristers working at this high profile-firm Shadowed criminal barristers working at this high profile-firm

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal University
    Intensive Chinese as a Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Recipient
    2022 - 2023
  • University of Oxford
    Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Modern Chinese Studies
    2020 - 2022
  • National Taiwan Normal University
    Semester Abroad, Mandarin Chinese
    2021 - 2022
  • University of Oxford
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Ancient and Modern History
    2017 - 2020

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