Ian Withers - Assistant Management Accountant
Ian became disillusioned with an early ambition to be a doctor and found, "when I was doing my A levels, I still had no idea, really, what I was going to do." Ian did not wish to incur the cost of university...
Jessica Ratty - Press Officer
Formal education is not the route for everyone and Jess's dad helped her accept that. She dropped out of college at 16 and started as a waitress at the Eden Project. Having worked in several departments,...
Kevin Johnson - Steward
Kevin Johnson, steward at the Eden Project, knows that at 16 not everyone has (or needs to have) a clear career plan. When he couldn't get a job after school, he went on to study horticulture at college....
Monroe Shepherd - Pollinator
Not having a plan is Monroe's career plan. Currently a Pollinator at the Eden Project, his natural curiosity and love of communication have helped him make a living out of taking each day as it comes,...
Stephen Turner - Production Manager
Stephen joined the firm one year after leaving school. Proud to have worked his way up to the position of Production Manager he knows the value of everything he learnt on the factory floor. Father of four...
Jermaine Spencer - Carpenter
Jermaine Spencer is a Carpenter at Addenbrookes Hospital. "I like to be asked to do something and be able to see it in my head before I do it. And then after I've done it have a look and see if it's...
Linda Hering - Employee Development Manager
Employee Development Manager Linda Hering, followed a passion to become a dancer before working her way up to where she is today. She says "Often it is a case of just being in the right place at the...
Julie Richardson - Service Delivery Manager
Julie Richardson left school at 16, and tried a couple of jobs before finding the NHS. When it was suggested to her that she could do a degree her first response "I was like - I couldn't possibly do...
Colin Gardner - Prosthetic Technician
Colin Gardner is a Prosthetic Technician, who loves his job. He was given excellent advice by a colleague, "The five years I trained were very hard. There was a fellow called Ernie Lane and he always...
Deborah Morgan - Biomedical Scientist
Deborah Morgan left school after GCSE, "I was just interested in getting out, getting a few bob in my pocket and getting a motorbike." She travelled in Australia for a year. Returning Deborah was unemployed...
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