Tag: Life Lessons
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22 March, 2023Women in The Automotive Industry With Paula Cooper, Director, Consumer One, Toyota GB
Tuesday 21st March KS4-5 / S4-6 In this broadcast, Paula talks about Women In The Automotive Industry with the hope to encourage all students to consider a career in this industry and to aim high. Paula has a keen interest in supporting the development of people and participates as a mentor or coach in a number of Toyota (GB) programmes.
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21 March, 2023Strengthen Your Skills Set With Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor at Bloomberg and Head of Bloomberg Economics
Thursday 16th March KS4-5 / S4-6 In this broadcast, economist, Stephanie Flanders who has the position as the Senior Executive Editor and Head of Economics for the financial, software, data, and media company, Bloomberg talks to us about the basics of being an economist, transferable skills, and strengthening your skill set through practical and educational means.
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Matt Griffiths, CEO, The National Foundation for Youth Music
Friday 17th March KS3-5 / S1-6 Matt Griffiths is the CEO of Youth Music, a charity investing in music-making projects for young people experiencing challenges. Matt originally trained as a percussionist and was a professional musician and music educator. This work included leading workshops and projects in prisons, young offender institutions, and more. In this session, we hear about how music careers and passion for music can create a vibrant successful, and fulling career and how you don’t have to just be a musician.
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3 March, 2023Celebrate World Book Day With Kit de Waal, Author
Thursday 2nd March KS3-5 / S1-6 In this World Book Day broadcast, we heard from Author Kit de Waal who was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother, who was a childminder and foster carer, and a Caribbean father. Her writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader’s Choice Prize 2014 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. MY NAME IS LEON, her first novel was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award.
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27 February, 2023The diary of a young girl from Ukraine – Yeva Skalietska, Author of “You Don’t Know What War Is”
Friday 24th February KS3-5 / S1-6 Yeva Skalietska is a 13-year-old girl from Ukraine who kept a diary detailing her experience of the Russian invasion and her journey to safety. This was later turned into the book ‘You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine.’ Watch this interview with Yeva and hear about her journey first-hand. Content Warning: This broadcast contains some mature subject matter around violence, war, and its consequences which some attendees may find upsetting
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Women in Leadership with Christine Hodgson, Chair Severn Trent
Monday 20th February KS4-5 / S4-6 Hear from Christine Hodgson as she talks about her career and what it’s like to be a woman in leadership and more.
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30 January, 2023How I Became an Entrepreneur with Rajeeb Dey, CEO, Learnerbly
Thursday 26th January KS4-5 / S4-6 Rajeeb is passionate about helping people connect to opportunities and flourish in their careers. Most recently he launched Learnerbly which helps people be their best selves at work. Rajeeb answers questions about starting your own company and being an entrepreneur.
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A Deep Dive into Volunteering and Charity Work With Tom Wright, CEO, Guide DogsA Deep Dive into Volunteering and Charity Work With
Friday 20th January KS3-5 / S1-6 Over the years Tom has worked for many Charities and is currently the CEO of Guide Dogs. In this broadcast Tom gives a presentation about this career and about the role of the voluntary sector and how we support society through charitable work.
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18 January, 2023Phil Parker, Screenwriter and Co-Founder, BCre8ive
Wednesday 11th January KS3-5 Phil Parker is also one of Europe’s leading content development consultants – productions include ‘Wallace and Gromit – Curse of the Were Rabbit’ ; ‘Terry Prachett’s – Hogfather’ and “Bach In Brazil’ for Disney International. Phil is also co-founder of BCre8ive, an online content development network and consultation body and He founded the UK’s most successful screenwriting course.
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18 November, 2022Clare Gilmartin, Former CEO, Trainline and Board Director of Wise and Get your Guide
Content Warning – 2:48 a mild swear word is used – this may be inappropriate for some younger viewers Tuesday 8th November KS3-5 / S1-6 Join us and Clare Gilmartin on World STEAM Day when we explore Clare’s opinions on developing technologies and how they connect and impact businesses