Month: July 2018

First the TES and now a second article in the I - Newspaper, print and t'internet. Lovely stuff and all about the top 5 education hacks that students of any stripe can and should be doing with their summer... https://inews.co.uk/news/education/how-teenagers-can-use-summer-holidays-to-get-ahead-in-career-ambitions/

As a kid I was quite arty, I used to have long hair and wear clothes from charity shops and oddments stolen from the school's costume department. I did plays and read poetry. Now in an exclusive single sex public school that's pretty much all the evidence needed to tar and feather a chap and … Continue reading End of term talent shows aren’t a drag after all… →

After years of bleating from the side-lines with no one listening or caring what I, a rank outsider, thought about any of this education lark I now have a cast iron defence against claims of woolly headedness.  No more shall I be cowed by others within the careers establishment, particularly he who actively sought me … Continue reading Oooh check out my bona fides… →

What do you get when you cross free training, almost guaranteed job and some pocket money? Something that is more compelling than a third rate degree from a failing institution. I've issued caution and sagacious words to a small but disinterested audience on this matter for some years now but it does seem that the … Continue reading Don’t look over there, degrees are where it’s at, all the cool kids are doing them… →