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How To Help Your Child Get Into University

May 4, 2022 By Ellen Leave a Comment

University is an end goal for a lot of students in school, with plenty of support available to help them get there. To continue providing support for your child, you should aim to use a number of resources to help them on their journey to university. Here in this guide from a sixth form in […]

Filed Under: family, review Tagged With: advice, application, Exam, study, teenager, UCCA, University

On being useful, pet potty training and a waste of money, things I’ve learned

January 31, 2019 By Ellen 1 Comment

I thought that blog comments were out of style – so last year – turns out that I just wasn’t writing posts that anyone had anything to say about. So that’s something I learned. People will talk to you if stop trying too hard and just say what’s on your mind. Other things I learned […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: family, guinea pigs, moving, My Life, news, parent, pets, pill, student, things I learned, toilet training., University

Things I’ve learned from completing an MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow

September 11, 2018 By Ellen 1 Comment

That’s it. My life is my own again. I’m an ordinary person rather than a mature student. Last week I handed in the final portfolio of my course and, rather than elation and a heady end-of-terminess, I felt a bit flat, slightly sad and, even, a little empty. It would be very tempting to dive […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: creative process, creative writing, Glasgow, MLitt, study, things I've learned, thinking, University, writing

Insert cheesy heading about being true to yourself here

October 6, 2017 By Ellen Leave a Comment

In which the penny drops and we wait for the life’s chunky KitKat to drop to the bottom of fate’s vending machine (or something). Hat trick – the term originated in cricket. A bowler who retired three batsmen to three consecutive balls earned himself a new hat, paid for by the club. I googled and now […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: creative writing, fiction, humour, MLitt, My Life, Review, Something happened in my life, University, writing

Flying the nest – and some things don’t change

September 3, 2017 By Ellen 2 Comments

A week ago, I took Boy One to his place of education – car laden with lots of things I was quite happy to see the back of and lots of other stuff that it had somehow come essential for me to buy.  A big step for us both. Not least because his Asperger’s has, […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: boys, children, flying the nest, in my life, My Life, on my mind, parenting, School, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, University, wisdom, writing

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