By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement.
As well as teaching and researching, Sonia is a published poet with a keen interest in contemporary poetry, revisionary fiction, feminism and gender studies, postcolonial theory, linguistics and the construction of meaning, and creativity and culture.
I write this in response to Kirsty Allsopp’s latest interview […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement.
As well as teaching and researching, Sonia is a published poet with a keen interest in contemporary poetry, revisionary fiction, feminism and gender studies, postcolonial theory, linguistics and the construction of meaning, and creativity and culture.
Some might argue it’s been a landmark few years for […]
How many times have you heard this whilst debating your decision to go to university? It’s something of a cliché surely, but I can say that it’s one of those truths that sit within the cliché for a number of reasons.
Firstly, university isn’t just about knowledge – knowledge is everywhere – and most of it […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement
1st March 2013 marks another anniversary of the TUC’s Work Your Proper Hours Day – so will you be adopting its mantra and leaving on time, having had appropriate breaks throughout your working day? I can already hear the chorus of ‘the chance would be […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement
This may seem a little harsh, but ‘beyond the oblivious’ is probably a fairer title; we spend far too much time treading the familiar paths of ‘networking’ that more often than not we’re oblivious to the subtleties of the actual definition. When you pull networking […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement
In the current economic climate it’s difficult to find new ways to stand out from the crowd when applying for jobs and even more difficult to root out jobs that aren’t advertised through traditional means! Some companies have started advertising their vacancies almost exclusively through […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac – Senior Lecturer, Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement
Promotion is the key to unlocking new opportunities and experiences – easy, right? If you are able to develop a clear strategy for your promotional pathway – yes, actually, it can be!
First things first – understand your environment; it is essential when planning promotion to […]
By Sonia Hendy-Isaac, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum Design for Employer Engagement
It’s easy to say that volunteering is a good thing to do; by its very nature, it demonstrates that you are charitable, thoughtful and prepared to give time in order to help and/or support others – but for me, that view is a little outdated, […]
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