I periodically revisit the posts I made to livejournal when I finished my undergraduate degree and when I received my results, as those posts convey such delight and happiness and always make me feel glad ( Read more... )

I'm currently in a Holiday Inn in Lancaster, as I'm working on a project on a commissioning strategy for North Lancashire Primary Care Trust. It's more interesting than it may sound; I didn't know much about commissioning (that is, buying in health services for the local population) before last night and now I feel I'm as much of an expert as half ( Read more... )

When I was coming back from Shropshire the week before last, I was discussing personal heroes with some of my colleagues. I enjoy hearing about people's heroes, as they're quite personal and can say quite a lot about a person. Mine probably says I'm a bit odd (!), as my long-time hero is Lord Soper, the Labour peer and Methodist campaigner who ( Read more... )

When you're thinking of buying a product, what aspects do you consider? I'm looking for obvious things - cost, brand name, etc - and perhaps the less immediately obvious, such as ethical sourcing, environmental impact and so on. I may need lots of this sort of information for an interview quite soon and I'd be grateful for all your ideas!

I am trying to write a statement for my CV, for applications specifically to research and consultancy firms. Does this sound OK ( Read more... )

It is amazing how a few pictures of sweet animals can greatly lessen the impact of a lousy day.


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I have been asked to put a pack together for employees new to the borough giving information on the sorts of things that would be useful to know when you're new to an area - childcare facilities, local areas of interest, local transport, etc ( Read more... )

BEST DAY EVER!

Firstly, I have been accepted to Manchester! I'll be a student again from September 18th. YEAH!

Secondly, I have won tickets to the Summercase festival in Barcelona! Not only that but I've also won flights and hotel accommodation! THANK THE GOOD OLD NME. On the bill are New Order, Primal Scream, Belle and Sebastian, Sigur ( Read more... )

It is faintly depressing to realise that there are people born in the same year as you that are now serving as MPs and frontbench spokespeople.

Yahoo currently have a Christmas Game running, where you have to decide to refuse or admit famous guests, all of whom are in disguise, to Santa's party. I mention it because my older brother, Jason, put together the proposal which won the contract and then designed the game, pretty much single-handedly. The animation is deliberately South Park- ( Read more... )