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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

Rachel Gadsden talks openly about disability

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Rachel Gadsden talks openly about disability. Rachel Gadsden is an acclaimed artist whose work explores universal themes of fragility, survival and hope, drawing on her own personal experience of living with a chronic hereditary lung condition and

Alumnus Rotsen Ibarra on his catering business idea to…

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Alumnus Rotsen Ibarra on his catering business idea to serve authentic Venezuelan street food. International student Rotsen Ibarra always wanted to be a chef, but he also wanted to run his own business. At London South Bank University (LSBU), he was

Renée Francis: "Never be afraid to ask for…

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Renée Francis: "Never be afraid to ask for help". Renée is the Lead for Pre-Registration Education at our Croydon Campus. She has day-to-day management responsibilities for all courses within the Institute of Health and Social Care at Croydon. My

Ashley-Facey Thompson: "My disability doesn't…

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Ashley-Facey Thompson: "My disability doesn't hold me back". I was always sporty, but football was my thing. Then one day we went in for a PE lesson and there was a table tennis table set up. We were invited to have a go and it turned out I was

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

Julia Ratcliffe: "I’ve had so much freedom to…

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Julia Ratcliffe: "I’ve had so much freedom to experiment". Julia Ratcliffe is in the third year of the National Bakery School’s BSc Baking Science and Technology course. She is the winner of the Frank Brake Charitable Trust Prize for the Best

Paul Leary on making a career change after 25 years in…

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Paul Leary on making a career change after 25 years in finance. Paul Leary (BSc Baking Science and Technology, 2021) is winner of the Frank Brake Charitable Trust Prize for Best Graduating Student. After 25 years in the finance sector, I decided I

Alyson Shaw: "Quitting work and going back into…

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Alyson Shaw: "Quitting work and going back into full-time education was quite daunting". Alyson Shaw is in the third year of the National Bakery School’s BSc Baking Science and Technology course. She is the winner of Frank Brake Charitable Trust

Social Work student, Sean Craythorne: "I have grown…

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Social Work student, Sean Craythorne: "I have grown personally and have made a great group of friends". "Social work is a degree that gives students a wide range of skills to help alleviate problems that people face in their lives. I made the

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