List/Grid Monthly Archives: April 2011
My Advice to University of Gloucestershire Freshers 2011
I joined the University of Gloucestershire September 2008 and will graduate in 2012. This year you are starting the first part of your life’s journey whilst my time at the…
BBC: The Prison Restaurant
A little while ago I explained my involvement with The Clink Restaurant. The task was simply to renovate the charity’s website ahead of the scheduled BBC Documentary, The Prison Restaurant,…
Research for Dissertation
With the hustle of contracted work it is rare that I find myself in a delightfully sunny garden with little weight upon my shoulders. Yet as I sit here now…
Microsoft’s “Young Britain Works” Wins EMEA 2011 PR Award
Yesterday I was delighted to find out that the Microsoft Young Britain Works citizen project has been awarded a bronze medal in the 2011 Microsoft EMEA PR awards! A…
NEET
For the last couple of weeks I have been required to offer job searching advice for young people. I say “young people” but actually the crowd I got to speak…
Lazy Journalism: I was targeted
The biggest challenge for the modern day Journalist is the speed to deliver. Investigative Journalism for the most part has taken a backseat as many who have the opportunity to…
How to use the Internet to get a Job
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to have the chance to present to a group of young people instructing them online methods in which they could find a job….
Social Networks: Personal Data Spending Habits
Wired Magazine made a fantastic point concerning online privacy in their February issue by uniquely constructing front covers containing personal details aimed at some of their readers. Channel 4’s Benjamin…
For Mum
Last year I visited the Sutton Dyslexia Association on basis of assisting them with PR locally. I was fortunate enough to attend one of their weekly monthly meetings when parents…
I’m Back on Facebook #FAIL
A word of advice: If you are ever going to make a commitment then keep the sentiment to yourself. Never write it down. I wanted to leave Facebook, I left…
Students… Sell Yourselves Online (Have a Humble Ego)
If you are a student then it is time to sell yourself. You might be academically bright but nobody is going to hire you if they can’t find you. It…
