In this episode, we chat with Eloise Skinner, about what purpose means in education, and how young people can find purpose within their careers.

Eloise Skinner is an entrepreneur, author and teacher working in the field of education and social impact. She is the founder of The Purpose Workshop, a social impact consultancy, and One Typical Day, an edtech startup.

In this episode, Paul Moore sits down with our very own Digital Marketing Apprentice, Terri-Anne Fell.

Terri-Anne has both Autism and Dyspraxia and was diagnosed with both at the ages of 17 and 22.

In this podcast, Terri-Anne speaks about her own diagnostic journey, the way her autism is perceived by others, the trope of not "looking autistic" and how she's adjusted to living life as an autistic person.

In this episode, we speak to Jane Green, an Autism Educationalist who supports and advocates for autistic people and those living with invisible disabilities/chronic illness.

For over 25 years Jane has supported children and adults with special needs across early years education, primary and secondary schools and further education. She has developed and designed training in autism for schools, employment organizations, local authorities, trusts and charities.

Jane is an experienced advocate on autism and hypermobility both by profession and experience. In the podcast, she speaks about her experiences living with chronic illnesses and her diagnosis with Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She speaks passionately about the importance of support for both children and adults who have had to live with chronic illnesses and pain.

She also shares her experiences of her own autism diagnosis, having been told that she couldn’t be autistic all her adult life, believed by Jane to be down to age, gender stereotyping, and being a professional. However, Jane was diagnosed autistic in 2016 aged 54. When her eldest child was diagnosed autistic, she returned to studying to become an educational psychologist.

In this episode, Paul Moore chats with Jane Cowell, who is mum to Lucy, who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 20 years old. Jane speaks about her fight for Lucy's diagnosis, how she found parenting Lucy growing up, and what support is available to parents of children and young people with autism.

In this episode, Paul Moore chats with Lucy Cowell, a School Success Advisor who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 20. She talks about her late diagnosis and how this affected her, how autism presents itself differently in females, and how education providers can encourage autistic people to thrive in their environment.

It's the start of our podcasts for Autism Awareness Week. In this episode, Paul chats with SENCO and founder of Neuroteachers, Catrina Lowri. Catrina has worked in the sector for over 20 years, specialising in inclusion for Autistic Learners. She's neurodiverse herself and mentions the importance of early intervention, and treating children as individuals.

CORRECTION: In the episode, we mention that children are taught to learn 60 million words by a certain age, this total is infact 30 million.

In this episode, we talk with Sophie Macneill, an assessment adviser with Herts For Learning. Sophie does a deep dive into the work of Carol Dweck, discusses metacognition and equal opportunities for children in early years.

In this episode we talk to our Head of Quality and Education, Susan Hyatt about all things apprenticeships - battling apprenticeship misconceptions, understanding government funding and how employers benefit from apprenticeships.

In this episode we talk with Witherslack's Learning and Development Manager, Marie Leadbetter. Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, Marie joins us to discuss the importance and benefit of these qualifications for both learners and employers...

In episode 5 of Live from the Hive we talk with our award-winning first aid trainer, Steve Manifold. He tells us how he began he career, addresses some of the myths around first aid and explains why he was awarded with the Order of St John.