Character, Empathy and Integrity. At the end of September 2022 I was asked to deliver a new session at my old school…a school I left in 1985 with terrible results, under a cloud and with a ‘to whom it may … Continued
Recently I’ve watched my daughters and their friends looking for jobs, grad schemes, changing jobs and scouring websites and Linked In looking for opportunities for work. A chance to put their new skills and knowledge to good use in the … Continued
Research published in the TES[1] recently highlighted that the pupils who spent their final years of primary school in lockdown will find the step up to secondary school “extraordinarily challenging”, with many unlikely to make the transition smoothly, school leaders have warned. … Continued
I don’t often do book reviews – I mean, there will obviously be one of my own book The Ladder as we approach its launch in February – but I feel compelled to tell you about this one. I’ve just … Continued
Apprenticeships and benefits. Earlier this week I chanced upon a discussion in the Careers Leaders UK Facebook group regarding apprenticeship choices and benefits. In essence, a student at the school of one of the careers advisors on the group was … Continued
Picture a young person living in a major town or city in today’s Britain. They will know what they want or need as a teenager, some will have them all: a smartphone which gives them access to anything on the … Continued
I often hear the quote “There’s no I in team” or see it as a nice graphic on social media. It means two things to me: There’s no room for big egos in a team (see The Apprentice’s manufactured … Continued
Procrastination…I’ve been putting this blog off for a while. Some of us like to get ahead. Some of us like to get things done ‘in good time’. Some of us like to ‘cut it fine’. But…some of us wait until … Continued
Boys DO Try. I’ve just started reading Boys Don’t Try? By Matt Pinkett and Mark Roberts and by Page 5 and after the introduction by Mary Myatt I was already thinking about the Title…do boys try? If so, what do … Continued
Hello, How can you LAUNCH your Resilience? Recently there’s been a lot of talk about stress, wellbeing and resilience in education – there’s a lot of stress about generally due to austerity, uncertainty and changes in the social and political … Continued