Hailing from Berlin in Germany, Sabrina Willekens has been resident in Scotland for over 20 years, obtaining valuable experiences, qualifications and insight into the Scottish tourism product, heritage, history and education on her path to becoming an Interpreter.
Her passion for delivering an exciting, engaging and sound product for heritage sites has been guiding her approach towards developing and delivering attractive content and packaging for the German- and English-speaking heritage tourism market.
Her previous involvement in education and tourism management has laid sound foundations in approaching projects in a constructive, orderly and structured way to obtain satisfying outcomes.
Sabrina’s engaging high-energy delivery of content through applied storytelling methods have enhanced encounters with Scottish attractions for visitors from all over the world for years.
Sabrina holds a recent basic Disclosure Scotland clearance, and a current First Aid at Work certificate.
Interests and Interpretation Areas
- Scottish history and heritage
- myths and legends
- ecology and biology
- natural heritage
- arts and architecture
- landscapes
- literature
- photography (see also www.sabrinawillekens.co.uk )
Qualifications
- MSc Interpretation: Management and Practice – University of the Highlands and Islands
- Group Training Certificate – Stonebow
- HND Tourism – Perth College
- 2nd (vocational) State Exam for Secondary Education – Berlin school authority, Germany [MEd equivalent]
- 1st (scientific) State Exam for Secondary Education – Technical University Berlin, Germany [BA equivalent]
- Abitur – Albert-Schweitzer-Oberschule, Berlin, Germany
Vocational Affiliations
- AHI: Association of Heritage Interpretation, associate
- IE: Interpret Europe, member
- MA: Museum Association, member
- GEM: Group of Education in Museums, member
Vocational Experiences
- front of house for Perth Museum
- heritage interpretive guiding at Scone Palace
- stewarding and guiding at Stirling Castle, Historic Environment Scotland
- teaching in Germany and Scotland
- pastoral care as housemistress in a boarding school
- line management in Visitor Information Centres for VisitScotland
- hospitality and customer care as head receptionist in a hotel
Languages
- English (bilingual level)
- German (native speaker)
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