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Afua Hirsch strikes out on her own

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Afua Hirsch strikes out on her own. Afua Hirsch qualified as a barrister before working as a print and TV journalist. Now a successful author and broadcaster, she recently set up her own production company, Born In Me. She receives an honorary

Tiggy Elwes: "Baking is science plus…

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Tiggy Elwes: "Baking is science plus creativity". Tiggy Elwes is in the third year of the National Bakery School’s BSc Baking Science and Technology course, specialising in New Product Development. She is the winner of Frank Brake Charitable

Alumna Elle McNicoll on becoming a published author

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Alumna Elle McNicoll on becoming a published author. Initially, Elle believed university wasn’t for her, but she achieved a first degree and like most of us, just wanted to make her parents proud. With her can do attitude she became a published

Ruth Michael: "I don’t feel that I chose LSBU, but…

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Ruth Michael: "I don’t feel that I chose LSBU, but that LSBU chose me". I don’t feel that I chose LSBU, but LSBU chose me. I originally started my course when I was 18 but dropped out in the middle of my second year – I didn’t take myself,

Victoria Walford starts Victorious Bakery

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Victoria Walford starts Victorious Bakery. Victoria decided to adapt her PgDip Psychology and used it to start her own business. It was possible by getting mentoring, office space and some start-up grants from two LSBU schemes designed to encourage

Rebecca Clements starts Becky’s Bakes & Cakes

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Rebecca Clements starts Becky’s Bakes & Cakes. After realising she wanted to study bakery, Rebecca wanted to gain a degree and enjoy the university experience. She looked at her options online. "LSBU was the only university that offered the course

Olivia Jayne Kemp on developing sustainable crop yields

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Olivia Jayne Kemp on developing sustainable crop yields. As a BSc (Hons) Bioscience student, Olivia Jayne Kemp chose to study at LSBU partly due to the support systems we have in place not only for studying, but for aspects like finance and

Frank Brake on building a billion pound business

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Frank Brake on building a billion pound business. After National Service Frank joined with his two brothers to establish a small family business, supplying poultry to the catering trade. "We started up in a small way. We really just wanted to do our

Clay Niccum: "The National Bakery School offers a…

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Clay Niccum: "The National Bakery School offers a one of a kind education". Already possessing an MBA in Global Management and having formed a successful career as a marketing executive for a large bank, Clay chose to study at the National Bakery

Elizabeth Wisberg and The Lighthouse Bakery

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Elizabeth Wisberg and The Lighthouse Bakery. Elizabeth Weisberg originally trained as an art historian at Columbia University in New York; she co-authored "Great Paintings of the Western World" and developed a great career in intellectual property.

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