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I went from state to private school. It gave me lifelong imposter syndrome
36+ min ago (531+ words) I routinely felt like I was scrambling at the bottom of the pile. I felt like a failure In my local comprehensive primary school, my exercise books were held up as perfect examples in my younger brothers" classes. I was…...
Six easy ways to instantly improve your CV - and the one thing to avoid
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (519+ words) Joanna Whitehead is a freelance journalist who has written for The Independent, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, Stylist, Positive News and DIVA magazine. She has been writing for The i Paper since 2018. IMPARTIAL NEWS + INTELLIGENT DEBATE Six easy ways to instantly…...
Private school fee rises 'to be lowest in years' as they scramble to keep pupils
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (1068+ words) 'Incredibly cautious' schools aim to avoid turning parents off with big hikes in fees, say experts Parents will enjoy the lowest rise to private school fees for many years " in a scramble to keep pupils after Labour's VAT charge, The…...
SEND training to be rolled out for teachers in further education colleges
21+ hour, 21+ min ago (646+ words) Training changes will be viewed as forerunner to wider reforms to teacher training on special educational needs Teachers training to work in the further education (FE) sector will be explicitly required to learn how to support students with special educational…...
I quit university and earn more than £50,000 at 30. You don't need a degree for a career
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (802+ words) Jonny Nealis says at 18, school-leavers are often told that university is the only route to a good career At age 18, Jonny Nealis was one of the top students in his school and says he felt "pushed" towards higher education. When…...
At 33, I'm about to qualify as a doctor - but I didn't go to university
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (652+ words) I've had eight career pivots, from celebrity fashion stylist to patisserie chef. Now I'm back studying while my friends all hit adult life milestones "I don't even want to go to sixth form," I protested. "Fine," said my mum, calling…...
I went to private school, my sister didn't - 20 years on, it was a waste of money
2+ day, 36+ min ago (464+ words) When I compare my life with my sister's, I don't see the result of private schooling - our path into adulthood became almost identical But now " both far enough into our careers to claim some level of stability " it's hard to…...
SEND training will pull thousands of 'strained teachers away from classrooms"
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (730+ words) A major shake-up to make 'all teachers SEND teachers' fails to address understaffing issues, it has been warned Giving every teacher extra SEND training under the Government's major education shake-up could pull them "away from the classroom" when resources are…...
Private schools cut religious ties in bid to survive 'second wave' of closures
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1261+ words) Some schools are forming unlikely alliances and even going co-ed in the post-VAT world Private schools are severing religious ties, forming unlikely alliances and going co-educational to survive a "second wave" of closures in the aftermath of VAT. The sector…...
My job left me burned out at 24 – how I rebuilt and became an entrepreneur
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (912+ words) A few months after landing the law job I had worked so hard for, I quit. What followed was a tonne of difficult conversations and a lot of odd jobs We're still seeing the effects of the post-pandemic Great Resignation…...