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Learning vs The Hustle

  Learn – To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation Oxford Dictionary Hustle – Obtain illicitly or by forceful action: Linda hustled money from men she met Oxford Dictionary Whether it was via reading, watching TV, listening to the radio or simply speaking to …Read

S-I-Martin

New Platform for Young Writers and Illustrators

  Shoutaboutmagazine.com is a site dedicated to encouraging children to make their own stories, illustrations and have them published on the site. Created by the Children’s Writers and Illustrators in South London (CWISL) the site also provides free stories and a section where Authors  give an insight on how, where …Read

Blank paper and pen

5 Tips for writing personal statements

Whenever I think about writing personal statements I remember how hard it was to sit down and decide just what I needed to say about myself to get into university. I looked at a blank sheet of paper for a very long time, not knowing where to start or even …Read

Hands up

Just what are soft skills?

When you talk to careers advisors in schools or specialist centres you might hear the phrase ‘soft skills’ time and time again, but nobody really teaches these skills, so how do we know what they are? If there is an easy way to define soft-skills, it’s this: “The ability to …Read

Businessman Sleeping on the Job

How to stay Focused Part 1 – Eyes on the Prize

Whether its in order to meet that deadline for a piece of work or follow that film with lots of twists, our ability to stay focused on one single activity appears to be getting shorter. The key reasons for these scenarios are: a) Our inability to control our minds as …Read

les-brown

Your Potential Dies with you

  If you have watched the video of Denzel Washington speaking about prefereing to fall forward rather then backwards, you would no doubt of heard him refer to Les Brown and the ghosts of potential. Well who is Les Brown? Les Brown has been noted as being one of the …Read

Free

Experience comes at a Price

‘Work for Free!?! Me?’ – is a response I have heard often when the word ‘volunteering’ comes up in conversation but what is the true value of working for free? In a competitive jobs market,  with school leavers and graduates bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, Voluntary work is …Read

downsolong

Good Finances = Good Sense

Through secondary school and college I had always been quite careful with my money (perhaps as my parents did not believe in the format of weekly pocket money!). On arriving at university I did the usual of opening a student account with some format of freeness (cinema/rail tickets etc) and …Read

Mechanic

Getting technical at school

What if you had the opportunity at school to learn how to take a car engine apart, learn how to install electrical wiring for a building or learn the principles of constructing a bridge? Well, the introduction of Technical Colleges which will teach students these practical skills means you could …Read

chasing money

Learning vs The Hustle

  Learn – To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation Oxford Dictionary Hustle – Obtain illicitly or by forceful action: Linda hustled money from men she met Oxford Dictionary Whether it was via reading, watching TV, listening to the radio or simply speaking to …Read

S-I-Martin

New Platform for Young Writers and Illustrators

  Shoutaboutmagazine.com is a site dedicated to encouraging children to make their own stories, illustrations and have them published on the site. Created by the Children’s Writers and Illustrators in South London (CWISL) the site also provides free stories and a section where Authors  give an insight on how, where …Read

Blank paper and pen

5 Tips for writing personal statements

Whenever I think about writing personal statements I remember how hard it was to sit down and decide just what I needed to say about myself to get into university. I looked at a blank sheet of paper for a very long time, not knowing where to start or even …Read

Hands up

Just what are soft skills?

When you talk to careers advisors in schools or specialist centres you might hear the phrase ‘soft skills’ time and time again, but nobody really teaches these skills, so how do we know what they are? If there is an easy way to define soft-skills, it’s this: “The ability to …Read

Businessman Sleeping on the Job

How to stay Focused Part 1 – Eyes on the Prize

Whether its in order to meet that deadline for a piece of work or follow that film with lots of twists, our ability to stay focused on one single activity appears to be getting shorter. The key reasons for these scenarios are: a) Our inability to control our minds as …Read

les-brown

Your Potential Dies with you

  If you have watched the video of Denzel Washington speaking about prefereing to fall forward rather then backwards, you would no doubt of heard him refer to Les Brown and the ghosts of potential. Well who is Les Brown? Les Brown has been noted as being one of the …Read

Free

Experience comes at a Price

‘Work for Free!?! Me?’ – is a response I have heard often when the word ‘volunteering’ comes up in conversation but what is the true value of working for free? In a competitive jobs market,  with school leavers and graduates bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, Voluntary work is …Read

downsolong

Good Finances = Good Sense

Through secondary school and college I had always been quite careful with my money (perhaps as my parents did not believe in the format of weekly pocket money!). On arriving at university I did the usual of opening a student account with some format of freeness (cinema/rail tickets etc) and …Read

Mechanic

Getting technical at school

What if you had the opportunity at school to learn how to take a car engine apart, learn how to install electrical wiring for a building or learn the principles of constructing a bridge? Well, the introduction of Technical Colleges which will teach students these practical skills means you could …Read