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I went “back to school” two years ago (Sept 2021) to do GCSE English and Level 1 Maths in the evenings at my local FE College.

In Sept 2022 I went and signed up to do a GCSE Maths and an Access to Higher Education course, all whilst running my social entrepreneurship, Start-Bee Handwriting, as well as my own not for profit passion project, eduCCate Global. I was the oldest kid in my class!

Two weeks ago I signed up to begin my pathway to achieve the CIP (HR) qualifications (one evening a week at North Herts College) and this should take me the next three to four years.

Yesterday I started my first day of a degree course in Sound Production and Audio Engineering at Hertfordshire University (something I have always wanted to learn to do myself!).

I’ll be launching a new business in March 2024 to supercharge the Net Zero Skills Pipeline (because let’s face it, if we want something done then we must roll up our sleeves and get on with it!).

How many of us have reinvented ourselves many times over again in this life? And I’m wondering how many of us go back to school in our fifties to embark on an entirely new trajectory to the one we’ve been on previously?

It is never too late to go back to school and your local College is phenomenal. Who’d of thought that doing two GCSEs would help me decompress, refocus and set off on this exciting new path?!

Here’s a pic of me and my fellow students on Induction Day 1 (they all look so nervous!).

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Chew Valley School Prepares Pupils for Net Zero Transition Jobs and Leads Climate Change Education in Bath and North East Somerset with the eduCCate Global Bronze Award for climate literacy Gareth Beynon, Headteacher, commented that ‘Chew Valley School is thrilled to have gained the eduCCate Global Award in Sustainability and Climate Literacy which has showed the commitment that the scho...

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"It is essential that our pupils are educated in sustainable practices and that schools help in leading the way to a more carbon neutral lifestyle."

~Claire Cox
Head of Pre-Prep
Holme Grange School

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CLT Certified Teacher - Claire Cox Carbon Literacy Teacher Training

Hannah Poland, a primary school teacher at Holme Grange School, speaks about how the course has reignited her interested in climate issues.

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Erfan Firo​​uzi, Student at The Westminster School, speaks about the idea of sustainability, having more benefits than losses.

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Sustainable Schools Summit - Erfan Firouzi Peer To Peer Environmental Child Presenter, Young David Attenborough Fan Teaches Children Biodiversity & Climate Change.

Engage in the discussion of the importance of climate change curriculum in schools and the work of eduCCate Global on 12 May 2021.

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EduCCate - Schools Developing a Cross Curricular Climate Change Curriculum - Mediators Beyond Borders International Engage in the discussion of the importance of climate change curriculum in schools and the work of EduCCate Global. This 90-minute conversation event will be on Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 at 12pm EDT (-4 UTC). Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in....

Joanna McFarlane, Award Winning Biologist and Educator, speaks about how a Blended Learning/Flexi-physical Schooling approach is going to ensure we deliver the scientists and biologists for the Green Economy.

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Recovery Curriculum Summit Continues! Speaker Joanna McFarlane

"Mel’s enthusiasm and guidance in this Carbon Literacy Training is the perfect first step in getting people to understand how they can make a change and a difference towards living in a cleaner, more sustainable world."

~Edward Barker
Head of Geography and Eco Studies
Holme Grange School

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Justyna Cuglewska, a Student at Nottingham Trent University, speaks about Education is key if we want to affect the future positively.

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Alexis Eyre, Sustainable Marketing Consultant, speaks about schools can be enormous change makers. People attend school to learn and absorb information. Let's make sure it is the right information.

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Summers are getting longer and hotter while winters shorter and warmer due to global warming.

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By the end of the century, summer weather could last half a year (and that's not a good thing) Summer weather could grow to half a year in length by the end of this century if no mitigation efforts are done on climate change, according to a new study. In about the past 60 years, summer has increased by 17 days on average across the globe.