Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Class teacher, year 5.

Teaching various subjects, specialising in PE, English and computing. Subject leader for science across the school. Running extra curricular clubs and activities. Marking, assessment, monitoring, curriculum development, resources and lesson preparation. Dealing with social, behaviour and learning difficulties of students.

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Teaching children. Getting kids, who are withdrawn, have low self-confidence or reluctant learners engaged in learning.

Huge workload and hours. Constant paperwork and government changes and initiatives.

I've always worked in education and sport in a number of roles. Changing aspirations of children.

PGCE Which I completed part time whilst working in my previous study support teaching job.

In house courses via the county council including HR, finance, appraisals, CPD. Regional and national training including assessment, evaluation and monitoring, writing a business plan, curriculum development, specific topics, finance, planning new projects.

* TEFL Teacher.
* Mentor with children.
* Study centre manager.
* Higher level teaching assistant qualification.
* PFS Curriculum Practitioner.
* Teacher

It depends on what happens with schools and the teaching profession on a government level - although I like my job and school. Unfortunately the pressures of teaching generally have increased negatively for years.

You do not have to have a ‘career plan’ or ‘life plan’ set in stone. Most people / graduates take 4-5 years to get the job they really want / they are trained in.

Do what you want at the time and do it well; don’t worry about the future so much. You can do different, less traditional jobs.

Do some volunteer work; it may help you decide what you do like or more importantly, what you don’t like, whilst also being very rewarding.