Internships: Experience or Exploitation?

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Jodie in Business, Education, Finance & Investments, Network

Competition in the workplace is probably at an all time high for graduates everywhere. Internships are arguably the best way to get your foot in the door or so they say. As a graduate I am aware of employers pushing the envelope on what is deemed as fair and not. I guess I am one [...]

The F Word…

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by E.Carmel in Education, Inspiration

…is ‘FOCUS’.
Everyone has a dream; a vision.
Everyone has a mission.
We walk through life on roads; some choose the narrow that leads to eternity while most of us choose the wide, broad road that leads to destruction…
Like roads however, without ‘focus’, you create your own destruction. Without focus you lose control; without focus your world [...]

5 Ways to start Doing instead of Dreaming in 2010

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by AndrewSmiles in Education, Inspiration

At the start of the year many people have been pondering on what their new year resolutions should be. Some will make one, others maybe 20 resolutions. Regardless wouldn’t you like this year to be the one whereby you meet  the resolutions you set yourself? Let’s do it right and let’s do it now. Shell [...]

Poetry: In Dreams

Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by Cheryl Frances in Education, Poetry

In dreams I walk with you…
In the park; fragrant fresh grass, radiant flowers in bloom, cumulus clouds…freedom.
On the beach; free flowing tides, luminous horizons fading to the iridescent moon…reflection.
In life; spiralling scenarios, clocks tick, happy days…forever.

In dreams I talk with you…
In easy conversation; good vibes resonate, heightened intonation, facial animation…exhilaration.
In therapy; stress dissipates, fears diminish, [...]

Throwback Poetry: A Thin Line Between Love & Hate

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Broadband in Education, Poetry

There’s a thin line between love and hate they say
How’s that possible if they’re opposites we say
It’s true, coz you must love someone to hate them he says
Nah bruv, that’s not logical I say
Leon think about all the people you truthfully hate he says
I’ve thought about it what’s your point I say
Now is that person [...]

The Ideas Of Serendipity

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Broadband in Education, Inspiration

Serendipity - “The faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident”

A year ago  I had an interesting and unprompted conversation with a close friend (call it an ironic form of serendipity if you will) about the idea of serendipity, it’s connotations and the wider perspective surrounding it’s meaning. I myself like the idea of [...]

Must Read Books Of The Last Decade

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by admin in Education, Literature

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Published: 2003
The Kite Runner is the story of strained family relationships between a father and a son, and between two brothers, how they deal with guilt and forgiveness, and how they weather the political and social transformations of Afghanistan from the 1970s to 2001. Starting in 2001, the narrator Amir [...]

Throwback: Why All Black schools are not the answer to failing black pupils

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by GoRealer in Education, Politics, UK

A recent study carried out at Warwick University claims that teachers have a lower level of expectation for afro-caribbean kids than their white counterparts.
The study conducted by Dr Steve Strand concluded that Caribbean pupils are less likely to be entered into the higher tier Maths and Science tests against equally able white pupils. It is [...]

Poetry: Multi-Syllable Criminal

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Broadband in Education, Poetry

Description: 6′8 mixed race; Police have distaste for his face, he’s labelled a mixed-race shit face, whose morals are misplaced and a disgrace to his race, they vow to handle his case and put him in his place
I wouldn’t take this from these racists but lets face it, the guy’s a rapist who takes kids, [...]

Jay-Z’s Lyrics

Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by admin in Education, Inspiration

Undoubtedly one of the best (maybe thee best) lyricists to ever touch a mic, Jay-Z has been a man on a mission ever since he first broke on to the scene commercially with the album Reasonable Doubt. Now an entrepreneur, Sean Carter’s growth + maturity = experience has given him awareness and wisdom and he [...]