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Episode 21 – How to apply to Oxford or Cambridge University (part 1)

Posted on March 5, 2021April 13, 2023 by Emily
  • General
  • Podcast
  • Post-16

Dr. Mark King is the admissions director for Lucy College at Cambridge University. In this 2-part podcast, he talks through the admissions process from start to finish. How important are GCSE grades? What post-16 subjects should be studied? What are the stages to an Oxbridge application? In these two episodes, he leaves no stone unturned…

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Episode 20 – Kim Ward Difficult (but important) conversations: Bereavement

Posted on March 5, 2021June 21, 2021 by Emily
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Podcast

Kim Ward is the CEO of Katie’s Mission, a non profit organisation that focuses on suicide prevention. In this episode she shares her powerful story about her sister Katie and the work she does with mental health and suicide awareness.

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Difficult conversations

Episode 19 – Viv Quick Difficult (but important) conversations: Sex and Pornography

Posted on March 5, 2021June 21, 2021 by Emily
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Podcast

As part of our ‘difficult (but important) conversations series, Viv Quick talks to us about the common issues that teenagers have when it comes to sex and pornography. Viv has worked for the NHS since 1960 and more recently has been a school nurse and a young persons sexual health worker. She was awarded an…

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gender and sexuality

Episode 18 – Tash Walker – Difficult (but important) conversations: Gender and Identity

Posted on March 5, 2021June 21, 2021 by Emily
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Podcast

Tash Walker has been helping and supporting people to understand their gender identity through her work with the Switchboard LGBT organisation. Here she offers advice to parents with teens who have identified as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Episode 17 – Tammy Banks Difficult (but important) conversations: Abusive relationships

Posted on March 5, 2021June 21, 2021 by Emily
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Podcast

Tammy has over 20 years of experience working across the criminal justice and social care sectors. This experience includes operational and management roles in statutory and charitable homelessness services, and as CEO of a charity working to prevent sexual abuse. 

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GCSE Survival Guide for Parents

Posted on February 9, 2021June 21, 2021 by Emily
  • Blog

We as parents don’t like to feel helpless, and it makes us feel like that when we don’t know how to help our child. Luckily, there are ways to make it all feel easier.

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The recipe for GCSE success

The recipe for GCSE success

Posted on February 8, 2021July 17, 2021 by Emily
  • Blog
  • Exams
  • Revision
  • Y11

There are two vital ingredients to success at GCSE. The ‘Why’ and the ‘How’.
Here’s why they’re so important to put together.

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Exams (but not exams) in 2021; why Gavin, why?

Posted on January 17, 2021January 24, 2021 by Emily
  • Blog
  • Exams
  • Y11

The proposed alternative to ‘exams’ this year is seriously problematic. Here’s why.
First let me state for the record that there’s no easy answer. Nothing is going to be able to fairly ‘grade’ students and take into account the different experiences they’ve had this year of education and keep everyone happy.
What Gavin Williamson has asked of Ofqual is an impossible task.

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Schools are in crisis: here’s why

Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 by Emily
  • Blog

There should be no doubt that schools are doing their absolute best under incredibly difficult circumstances. The challenges they are facing have been largely downplayed by the media, and outright ignored by the government. We are stretching our schools to breaking point.

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Episode 16 – Clare Josa – Beating Exam Stress

Posted on November 6, 2020April 13, 2023 by Emily
  • Exams
  • General
  • Podcast
  • Post-16
  • Y11

Clare Josa is considered the UK’s leading authority on Imposter Syndrome, having spent nearly 20 years specialising in the field, including publishing the landmark 2019 Imposter Syndrome Research Study and her new book: Ditching Imposter Syndrome, which already has readers in over 30 countries. She is the author of eight books and has been interviewed by…

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