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First session – Mentoring @ Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards

The first month of mentoring has been a great learning experience. Coming out of a high-pressured commercial environment into a voluntary, supporting role for a few hours a week is both refreshing and challenging. A few things are needed it seems when mentoring: Try to look through the eyes of people new to the world [...]

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Mentoring @ Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards

I’ve signed up for something that is in equal measure frightening and exciting: I’ve volunteered to be a mentor for Bristol Young Student of the Year Awards. BYSOTYA (as it’s affectionately known) is a new competition for post-16 students in the Bristol area. Taking place over the next six months, its aims are to develop [...]

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