Tennille Melbourne - Teacher
Tennille Melbourne is a teacher at the Michael Tippett School - a school for students with complex needs. She came to England from Australia and says "it's almost a rite of passage for us to come over...
Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE - Space Scientist and Science Communicator
Dr Aderin Pocock is a Space Scientist and a Science Communicator, "I actually build satellites that go up in space". She has overcome dyslexia, and an 'interesting' education involving 13 different...
Elizabeth Vokurka - Intellectual Property Management and Innovation Consultant
Elizabeth Vokurka is an intellectual property management innovation consultant, "It means that I advise businesses, predominantly software companies... on how they should manage their intellectual property;...
Davina McCall - TV Presenter
Davina McCall is a TV presenter. "Bizarrely, I never thought that TV presenting was a job when I was little." She had to try hard and not be put off by setbacks. She had 37 letters of rejection before...
Julie-Anne Whittaker - Skills For Life Lecturer
Julie-Anne Whittaker is a Skills for Life lecturer at Cambridge Regional College. She started off towards a career in accountancy, but after a serious accident at a swimming pool put her out of action...
Dave Nichols - Business Development Manager
Dave Nichols is Business Development Manager for Birmingham Centre for Inclusive Living. He's done a wide range of jobs and collected a lot of qualifications, and he's survived cancer, which has left...
Tracey Bennett - Employment & Training Officer
Tracey Bennett is an employment and training officer at Birmingham Disability Resource Centre. She left school at fifteen because of bullying, and went to college to do GNVQ Health & Social Care. She doesn't...
Lisa Ball - Research and Communications Manager
Lisa Ball finds and tells the stories of people who have benefitted from money raised by Comic Relief. "I think my wanderlust probably came from growing up in a town outside Croyden with absolutely nothing...
Marcus Sedgwick - Author
Marcus Sedgwick is a successful children's author. When he was young he was told he wouldn't be able to make a living as an author, and that left an impression on him, so much so that he did maths and...
Rachel Elder - Agricultural Lecturer
Rachel Elder is an agricultural lecturer and also runs a farm part time. She says, "My day starts at six o'clock, I get up and check the stock and feed the stock. I leave for work at seven-thirty, it's...
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