Start Investing In Your Estate of Mind

Our minds are a fertile land waiting to be built upon, yet without the books and mortarboards the value of our lives can depreciate greatly and our capacity for growth and understanding can become extremely under utilised. Humans are composed of a series of “states of minds,” a cluster of neural firing patterns that create a persons behaviours, feelings and … Read More

The University Killer: Online Peer–to-Peer Learning

According to a recent YouGov SixthSense report, the debt of UK university students adds up to nearly £20bn. Students starting university this year could end up paying a whopping £60k for their education. Having graduated myself just a few years ago, the prospect of paying three times the amount my Mum paid for her first home may have been enough to … Read More

5 Things Graduates Can Learn from Tree Roots

When I graduated from university to pursue a career in television the first thing the manager of a well-known production house told me was, “We don’t hire people with media degrees.” Having just spent the best part of £21,000 and now having to sign on to Job Seekers Allowance you can guess I wasn’t feeling too great. This summer, thousands … Read More

The education guarantee

I don’t understand why so many graduates leave university and then blame their education for not equipping them with the skills to find employment. Education is not a guarantee and never was (it was just very efficient at working for the old system). Education was created to help the industrial economy recruit ‘made to order’ workers who could take on … Read More

Don’t blame your people, blame your plan.

I went to Tech hubs Creative Tech Meet up today to listen to Ping Fu – CEO of Geomagic who talked about her own 3D printing start up business. One thing she said really resonated with me, “If things aren’t working, don’t blame your people, blame your plan.” Although this is great advice in terms of business start-ups, I think … Read More

Why do you want a job anyway?

This is a question more young people really need to ask themselves before they starts firing their CVs out into the world. Just because it’s the done thing after education and feels like the necessary step forward in your life doesn’t always mean it’s the right step, especially if you’re focusing on the wrong goals. Work should never be a … Read More