Welcome to Season 5!

Vanessa Castañeda Gill is the founder of Social Cipher, a based social-emotional learning platform for neurodiverse youth, based on her own experiences as a woman growing up with autism and ADHD.

It's Vanessa's mission to unite her passions for art and stories in ways that truly help people. Vanessa and her team have earned recognition as Forbes 30 Under 30s, Facebook Global Gaming Citizens, and most recently LEGO Play for All Accelerator Fellows.

Join us as we explore the nuances of autism in women and delve into the reasons behind the underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis experienced by many. Vanessa shares her personal insights, shedding light on the unique challenges faced by autistic women and the importance of empowering autistic girls to unleash their potential.

My guest today is the award-winning Mary Ann Sieghart, author of ‘The Authority Gap: Why Women are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It.’

- which, according to Andrew Marr, was the book Mary Ann was born the write!

Listen as Mary Ann discusses why the authority gap is still so prevalent, her advice to the young women facing it, and how we can close it. 

Mary Ann has had an extensive career working for 20 years as Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times. She is a journalist, author, non-exec director and broadcaster and has presented programmes on Radio 4, such as Start the Week, Profile and Analysis!

This was such a fascinating, thought-provoking and motivating conversation. I truly hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Have you ever heard of Financial well-being? What about Financial Feminism?

My guest today is someone who has opened up the world of personal finance to thousands of people. Laura Dempster is a writer, Instagrammer and founder of Thrify Londoner, a personal finance website where she uses her extensive knowledge to provide ideas and techniques on how to manage money and ultimately makes the world of personal finance a more assessable and jargon-free place.

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My guest today has a career that certainly stands out. Major Victoria Flood is the Commanding Officer of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

Victoria has had an expansive career in the military, from driving the Queen’s horses on state occasions to being one of the first women to work for the Royal Mews.

After training at Sandhurst, the Royal Military Academy, Victoria joined the royal artillery as a Troop Commander. She served in Afghanistan, where she led soldiers firing long-range missiles in the counterinsurgency campaign.

Victoria’s job has been incredibly exciting – she has travelled extensively, met many high-profile people, and most recently, she hosted Her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

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Welcome to Season 4!

My guest today is Rachel Mathieson. Rachel is the winner of the British Legal Awards "Rising Star of the Year" for her work on the landmark Uber Drivers Case, Fighting for the rights of Uber workers. This high-profile case concerned the employment rights of 45,000 drivers across London. The case will have enormous implications for the employment status of the millions of people working in the “gig economy”. Rachel is fighting for the rights of many workers today who suffer exploitation.

Listen as Rachel discusses what she wishes she'd known when starting her career, the un-talked about topics in the workplace, and why it's so important to forgive yourself. 

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For our season finale, we have a special part 2 with Unjaded Jade! Discussing all things study, learning, distraction AND Jade's new book 'The Only Study Guide You'll Ever Need'. 

Listen to find out Jade's top tips for university students and what she believes her biggest achievement is. (Spoiler, it's beautiful)

Jade's AMAZING book 'The Only Study Guide You'll Ever Need' is out now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Study-Guide-Youll-Ever/dp/1788704193

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My guest today is someone who has motivated hundreds of thousands of young people across the WOLRD to study better, live life to its full and ultimately be the best version of themself. Her youtube channel, Unjaded Jade, is bursting with positivity, warmth and it is definitely my place to go for that happy, warm feeling on the internet. My guests today is non-other than the queen of StudyTube herself; Jade Bowler. YouTuber, student and now published author.

Join Jade and Josie as they discuss female perfectionism at university, Jade's motivations for starting Youtube, and how we can get out of our comfort zones at university.

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Victoria Ayodeji is a recent Cambridge geography Graduate. She was the only person from her school cohort to receive an offer from Oxbridge

Victoria has spent the last 5 years speaking, mentoring and advocating on behalf of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to overcome barriers to higher education.

During her time at university, she was nationally recognised with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Student Social Mobility Awards and Most recently she received the prestigious McKinsey Achievement Award for 2021.

In this episode, Victoria and Josie discuss all things Gap years, university and the importance of education!

Useful links from Victoria:

Sutton Trust

InsideUni

Zero Gravity

Project Access

Target Oxbridge

IntoUniversity

Career Ready

Jack Petchey Foundation

Taking Up Space book interview she did for the Cambridge student newspaper, Varsity: https://www.varsity.co.uk/interviews/18215

Gap year panel she did with the organisation InsideUni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4kS_Y_73Vc&t=16s

Gap year opportunities: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/gap-year/gap-year-opportunities

Gap year video I with her  friend Drew who is a Law Graduate from Robinson College, Cambridge:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTUpT-RNmJM&t=0s

Victoria's Black Ballard article: https://blackballad.co.uk/views-voices/how-i-planned-a-life-changing-gap-year?listIds=5b5f1f6edb9c1ace614b73a0

Gap year video by YouTuber Ibz Mo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3bjo4p1Xc4&t=0s

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Welcome to our Student Mini-Series! Where each week we’ll be talking with an influential student about her experience at university, her mistakes and successes, and her advice on we can make this year at uni the best it can be.

Joana Baptista is a multi-award winning social entrepreneur, public speaker and activist AND Economics & Management student at the University of Oxford.

Her social enterprise She., works to reverse taught prejudice by taking classic fairytales and rewriting them with a modern twist, and has reached over 15 countries and received endorsements from the likes of Peter Tatchell and Miriam Margolyes OBE.

Joana is also the co-founder of UniPear, an initiative to help minority and disadvantaged school students receive offers to Oxford University. Joana is also a 2 time TEDx speaker, with other notable talks including speaking for Facebook’s International Women’s Day, and to HRH Princess Anne.

Joana is the winner of several awards including the WeAreTheCity Rising Stars Entrepreneur and Startups Award, InspiringJuniors 2018, Women in Tech Most Promising Junior 2018, and the youngest ever recipient of the Women of the Future Young Star Award

In this episode, Joana and Josie discuss the habits that got Joana through her first year at Oxford and how to get out of your comfort zone in freshers week (even when you are insanely nervous!).

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Twitter: @joanadbaptista 

Her Businesses:

@shedotmovement and @hellounipear

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