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Scholarships help former Ron Dearing UTC students thrive at university
Jacob Harrison and Joely Rhodes, both 18, joined Hull’s employer-led school as Year 12 Sixth Form students when it opened its doors in 2017 and excelled in their chosen subjects. After achieving exceptional grades, they were successful in applying to join the University of Hull and were awarded scholarships, becoming the first students from one of three UTCs partnered with the university to...
Mimecast saves the day…
A storm emerged overhead as a rusty boat ominously pulled into the dock of Hull Marina, a thriving hub for local businesses. *CRASH* A shadow emerged from the boat… The Trawlerman! He’s been pillaging businesses for years, not just in Hull, but on a global scale, using his #phishing attacks! Onlookers screamed and ran in every direction! Contracts were left unsigned, apprentices were left...
How a space can change a life
In the late 1920s, Virginia Woolf published A Room of One’s Own, an extended essay based on her assertion that women of the time needed a safe, private space if they were to be able to write. Hers was a feminist argument, of course, a generation and a continent away from the experience of the young Joe Bvumburai – but the principle is pretty much the same. Growing up in the suburbs of Lusaka,...
The face behind the voice
It’s always a bit of a worry in the back of my mind, ahead of talking to people for this magazine, whether they’ll talk back. The monosyllabic interviewee is the journalist’s worst nightmare. Now, I hasten to add that there really haven’t been many of these as entrepreneurs tend to have the gift of the gab, but I knew I was on solid ground with voiceover artist Liz Drury – a woman who talks for...
Blades, trains and ambitious schemes
One of the many endorsements on Finbarr Dowling’s LinkedIn profile hails him as a “truly inspirational leader who gets the very best out of a team”. His credentials speak for themselves – 30 years working for Siemens around the world on a list of projects as long as your arm – and one of his latest can be seen from miles around. The huge turbine towers made at the Green Port Hull factory, which...