For my apprenticeship, I am doing media, communications, and content creation for a high school. When I first saw the role advertised, I thought it was unusual for a school to essentially have a marketing department and such an established social media presence. To give you an idea, our Facebook account has 4,496 followers, Instagram has 2,135 and Twitter has 2,046. We have two main audience groups, parents of students and the students themselves (based in Calderdale). The pa

A great number of people dive straight into a university course right after finishing their college education. Couldn’t be me. I went through a few years of umming and ahing before I took my next steps after college. If like me, you weren’t sure what you were meant to be, where you were meant to go or how to get there - then read on, my friend. I might just have a solution for you. And if you’re already in the process of applying to university but still have doubts lingering,

Wow we can’t quite believe it but we’ve now reached Cohort 35! After the usual tough process of vetting many talented applications and video CV’s, and the best candidates making their way to interviews with the employers, we finally introduced Cohort 35 into The Academy at the end of April. The shiny new apprentices have settled in nicely to their workplaces, so now we can’t wait to introduce you to them all. Drum roll please… 🥁 🥁 🥁 Kieron Vanderkamp Courageous What emoji

We’ve all been there - leaving work every day feeling drained. Noticing your mental health is slipping down a steep slope. Is it your job? Should you quit? You tell everyone that you love what you do, so why are you feeling like this? It’s not always work; it’s how you work. If you’re not putting all the right systems into place to look after your mind, you’re going to start feeling the effects. In my older jobs, I used to only consider my mental health outside of work. I con