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Best Christmas present ever!!!
So a couple of days ago it was confirmed - I've passed my dissertation, which means I've passed every element of my MSc, and pending...
clairebradshaw121
Dec 24, 20221 min read


MSc Done!
So below is how happy I looked yesterday after my final MSc exam, a presentation on my dissertation. I can't quite believe its done...
clairebradshaw121
Dec 3, 20222 min read
4 weeks to go!
I don't think its quite real yet. After nearly two years and a massive rollercoaster and a huge amount of work, I have only 4 weeks of my...
clairebradshaw121
Nov 7, 20222 min read
The countdown begins......
So as usual on the MSc its been all go in the just over a month since I last posted. My friends wedding and week away with my husband...
clairebradshaw121
Oct 8, 20222 min read
Summer Holidays???
Well its been quite a summer since my last blog. Almost straight after placement I helped run a children's camp for 9 to 16 years,...
clairebradshaw121
Aug 27, 20222 min read
Surviving, maybe thriving?
So, its time for some honest reflections on my placement. Before I say anything else, the placement experience has been brilliant, and...
clairebradshaw121
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Life working in adult learning disabilities.
Well its been a busy few weeks again, full of dissertation work, becoming a committee member for BCU's SALTSOC, but most importantly...
clairebradshaw121
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Scary, good but scary
So its been an exciting week. Scary, but good scary as one of my lecturers always says. A couple of weeks ago we had a health promotion...
clairebradshaw121
May 27, 20222 min read
Dissertation!!!
My posts so far have been about how I got to this point in time, and I was going to do one more post like that. But this week has been...
clairebradshaw121
May 18, 20222 min read
MSc Year 1
So year 1 of an MSc. First thing to say - it will be just like doing a BSc but a bit more intense right??? How wrong could I be!! I...
clairebradshaw121
May 14, 20222 min read
So why return to university in my 40s?
I still think I'm absolutely crazy. But lets face it, 2020 was a mad year for all of us wasn't it? I started 2020 knowing I wanted more...
clairebradshaw121
May 11, 20222 min read
SLTA time
So just as a bit more background about me, I spent 3 years as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) in Coventry, working across...
clairebradshaw121
May 9, 20221 min read
My background
My career to date has been complicated. I grew up in Coventry, then went to the University of East Anglia in Norwich to study music then...
clairebradshaw121
May 8, 20221 min read
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