A quick internet search on leadership will throw up a plethora of quotes with colourful backgrounds and ‘inspiring’ fonts. The kind of thing David Brent would have on his wall. And perhaps David Brent sums up a lot of the …
I have a confession to make. My name is Jassel Majevadia, and I'm an imposter. Or at least, I think I am. In recent weeks I have encountered a strange phenomenon, both widespread and yet commonly unrecognised: imposter syndrome. Imposter …
Looking back over the last five years, it’s good to see that employers have learnt an important lesson from the previous recession – and that’s the value of their staff. Back in the early 1990s, a relatively shallow recession led …
Although as a child I watched just about every piece of animation that you could imagine, my interest in it creatively didn't really occur to me until much later. I was always artistic and very interested in drawing and the …
It was a real challenge for me leaving my 18 year career in the Royal Air Force. I enjoy working with, and leading, groups of people and my preference was to work in some kind of operations / project management …
After leaving school at 16, I enrolled onto a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Construction at Chelmsford College. During these two years I made many attempts to gain work experience but all fell through. Towards the end of my second …
Getting selected for the BBC Academy’s Expert Women Day was one of the most exciting things that has happened to me in a long time, and was totally unexpected. In September my mum sent me a link to an advert …
I first started being able to study Law when I began my A-levels at college in September of 2011. I had always had an interest in the law, mainly from watching TV programmes and hearing interesting cases on the news, …
Having reached the end of a six week Cogent summer placement with the BIA as a Policy and Public Affairs Intern, Hana Janebdar, an Imperial College Biology student, reflects on her experience. Spending this summer as part of a trade association representing …
I left school at 16 without maths and English qualifications and it’s been really difficult for me and my friends to find opportunities in Wythenshawe. When I left school I found temporary work through Connexions, but it only lasted three …
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