Continuing our series of interviews, I had the pleasure of talking with an ex-dancer, Drue Green. Her journey to professionalism started in the UK in the late 1960s and took her to Spain and America. Now working in America as a paralegal, Drue discusses her joys and the pitfalls associated with having pursued her passion. [...]
Often people who achieve great success in life display a dizzying array of traits that most of us do not innately have. Focus, drive, ingenuity, discipline and an uncanny intuition about the “next big thing”. However, most of those traits are the result of developing personal habits that enable those traits to develop and grow. [...]
Anybody who has ever expressed an interest in becoming an “artist” has probably dealt with a slew of well-meaning people trying to dash their hopes and kill their dreams; quietly. By artist I mean any of the many creative fields such as writing, dancing, acting, music, sculpting. Not all careers have marked paths. Creative careers [...]
The new Wonder Woman movie, with its images of sword-wielding is reported to be progressive yet crowd pleasing, faithful to the tenets of the genre yet wise to its own absurdities. Like Orange is the New Black, Frozen, and The Princess and the Frog, Wonder Woman features a principal strong female character who demonstrates the [...]
For thousands of students across the country, A Level results day will be the first step on the path to independence. Some of you are the 'top dogs,' achieving the best results, outperforming your peers and being accepted into the top-rated universities. But being a “top dog” has its drawbacks if you can also be [...]
The propaganda is that graduating from university is the first step to making the world your own; the world is your oyster. However, this idea can become stressful when you graduate with a “Desmond,” otherwise known as a 2:2. With big companies and popular postgraduate courses requiring a 2:1 and above, it's not surprising that [...]
In recent years a new verb has become part of our popular lexicon. Adult. As in, how to adult. As millennials graduate and move away from the world of academia, it is becoming increasingly difficult to gauge whether we are busy making progress or just busy. In previous generations the goalposts by which adults judged [...]
Journey’s end. I have finished my degree or postgraduate qualification. No more studying for me. A huge sigh of relief. Now I need a job, or am I after a career? If truth be told I just need to start earning and start living my life. Does all this sound familiar? It does to me, [...]
Deciding what to do after you have handed in your final assignment is never easy. Choosing between one or another graduate scheme, comparing the pros and cons, is difficult at the best of times. However, this can be more challenging when having to also choose between graduate schemes and further education. I was fortunate to [...]
One of the key characteristics of people who master a craft, who are frequently promoted and/or have longevity in their careers is their commitment to learning. Most graduates leave the university environment hoping to put the books and classrooms behind them; expressing their unwillingness to ever return to studying if they can avoid it. As [...]
