The PIE, UK. Mariyah Mandhu has joined the PIE News as Business Development Executive. Before joining The PIE, Mariyah worked as an international officer for De Montfort University, covering Europe and the Americas. She visited 52 countries over this time, and enjoys the diversity and opportunity of international education. Mariyah studied English Literature at Bachelors and Masters levels, and is currently undertaking a PhD in the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Naturally she enjoys reading, alongside baking and travelling. Mariyah also has an interest in interior design, attending the annual London Interior Show and Eindhoven Design Week in the Netherlands.