{"id":572,"date":"2023-02-10T09:28:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T09:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:59:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">We think the Tees Valley is one of the UK\u2019s best-kept secrets. That\u2019s one of the reasons why we\u2019ve created Talking Teesside &#8211; to share it with you. We celebrate the people, places and potential our little part of the world has to offer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Created by Teesside University, Talking Teesside brings you life and style inspo, health and wellness tips, home advice and regional highlights, as well as inspiring guest blogs from alumni, staff and students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Whether you\u2019re a current or former student, a colleague or a member of the community, there\u2019s something for everyone here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Meet the team who\u2019ll be bringing you fresh content every week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3132 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/Copy-of-lauren.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 19px\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Lauren <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Lauren knows a thing or two about student life, as she\u2019s currently working towards achieving her master\u2019s degree at Teesside University. Alongside her studies, she works as <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19px\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Communications Assistant (Content Production).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-591 size-medium alignleft\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle-300x300.png\" alt=\"Michelle\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2023\/01\/michelle.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 19px\">Michelle<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 19px\">Michelle is a former regional newspaper journalist now working as a Communications Co-ordinator at Teesside University. She\u2019s happiest when listening to music and has a soft spot for indie-rock, house and 90s rave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2791 size-medium\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/talkingteesside\/files\/2024\/02\/narelle.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;font-size: 18px\">Narelle<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;font-size: 18px\">After graduating with a Marketing degree at Teesside, Narelle joined the University\u2019s Communications and Development team as a Social Media Co-ordinator. Outside of work, she enjoys live music, exploring Teesside\u2019s indie food scene, and sunny days out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We think the Tees Valley is one of the UK\u2019s best-kept secrets. That\u2019s one of the reasons why we\u2019ve created Talking Teesside &#8211; to share it with you. We celebrate the people, places and potential our little part of the world has to offer. 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