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How To Help Your Child Get Into University

May 4, 2022 By Ellen

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

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

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

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

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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