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A discussion based on your comments about the expectation to go to university: the positives, negatives and everything imbetween! And a MASSIVE thank you for all the support over the past two years :)

THINGS MENTIONED:

Articles about private school students attending university -

https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/19783

https://www.palatinate.org.uk/private-school-admissions-rise-for-third-year-in-a-row/

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Yeti

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A discussion with Alice discussing our experiences of Year 12, the similarities and differences as well as my experience of Year 13 and Alice's feelings about the upcoming academic year!

THINGS MENTIONED:

Listen to Alice's podcast "Weekly Winddown" :)

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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A discussion comparing the education systems in England and South Korea with my friend, Julia! 

THINGS MENTIONED: 

Explanation of education system in England  

Article in Korean about the system 

Main takeaways from the above article in English (translated by Julia) - "Their private education rate was 72.8%, 1.7% higher than last year (2018). The private education participation rate was 82.5% in elementary (primary) school students, 69.6% in middle (secondary) school students, and 58.5% in high school (sixth form) students." 

Article about private education 

Another! 

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele) 

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice  

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A discussion about languages education in England currently, personal experiences and needed improvements with my friend, Tilda!

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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A discussion about exams and general education in relation to class with my friend, Jimmy!

Just a disclaimer - the focus of this episode is class, but we both recognise other forms of prejudice within education such as race and gender although these things weren't actively acknowledged throughout and we know they do link closely together!

THINGS MENTIONED:

Left Foot Forward article about the new policies about student loans

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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An episode just answering all of your questions that came from a story post on the podcast Instagram back in January. I discuss book recommendations, revision, education comparisons and the future! 

THINGS MENTIONED:  

Scythe GoodReads page

Scythe TWs

Norwegian Wood GoodReads page

Norwegian Wood TWs

The Death of Vivek Oji GoodReads page

The Death of Vivek Oji TWs

Info about Finland's education system

Listen to my other podcast, pristine paradoxes!

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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A discussion about StudyTube, my experience with it and about whether it can be judged as motivating, unrealistic, both or none! Let me know if you would like a whole episode about toxic productivity as I could have continued to speak about it more in this episode!

This will be my final episode for a while - I am now starting a hiatus to not only focus on A Levels, but also to work on my education reform petition, so make sure to follow the Instagram for updates :)

THINGS MENTIONED:

StudyTube channels (+ a few I forgot to mention!) / videos:

Eve Bennett’s channel

Ruby’s channel

Jack’s channel

Jade’s channel

Ibz’s channel

Eve Cornwell's channel

Viola's channel

Evie’s channel (not active anymore)

Sophia's channel

Holly's channel

Jasmine's channel (studyquill)

Daisy's channel (revisign)

Lydia’s channel

Laura’s channel

Vee's channel

Jade's video about 'blurting'

Jade's video about 'associating' method

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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A discussion about the importance of practicing self care and working on your hobbies as a student while exploring the differences between the two!

THINGS MENTIONED:

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Her Body And Other Parties TW - https://www.booktriggerwarnings.com/index.php?title=Her_Body_and_Other_Parties_by_Carmen_Maria_Machado

Intro and interlude by me (ukulele)

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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A chat about some of the misconceptions that school unintentionally or indirectly give us about education and life beyond it!

THINGS MENTIONED: 

The video that inspired this episode by leena norms - https://youtu.be/sDDUe7skh-E 

A post about circadian rhythm and its links to sleeps - https://www.sleepfoundation.org/circadian-rhythm 

An article about the extending of the school day (a somewhat ‘old’ article on this topic, but still interesting and there are lots more on it!) - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/07/extending-school-day-right-thing-to-do-says-boris-johnson 

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Intro and interlude by me (ukulele) 

Mic used - Blue Snowball Ice

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