\nThe campus, Templeman library<\/a> and how enthusiastic\u00a0the teaching staff were during the open day all attracted me to the University. I remember being very excited at the prospect\u00a0of studying romanticism in Year 1 of my English and American Literature<\/a> course!<\/b><\/p>\n
How did Kent help you in your chosen career path?<\/b> Congratulations on the publication of your book! Could you tell us a little bit more about the project, andhow it came about?<\/b> What\u2019s next for you?<\/b> Finally, do you have any book\/music\/film\/TV recommendations? What\u2019s been getting you through lockdown?<\/b> Take a look at the new book<\/a> on Critical Publishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-news\/files\/2021\/03\/book-photo.jpg\")
<\/a>What have you been up to since graduating?<\/b>
\nSince graduating from Kent\u00a0in 2018, I’ve\u00a0worked as an Education and Wellbeing specialist for the sexual health charity Brook. This role involved me traveling to many different schools and delivering\u00a0RSE workshops and lessons to secondary school aged students. I then moved to working in one particular school as their Literacy and RSE Coordinator. In this role I delivered\u00a0reading intervention programmes and RSE classes. Building on my background at Brook I planned and implemented a brand new RSE curriculum\u00a0for the school, which included training teachers to feel confident and empowered when delivering\u00a0RSE. Now I’m working as an English teacher in a secondary school and working towards gaining a formal teaching qualification.<\/p>\n
\nKent equipped\u00a0me with all the skills and knowledge to be a successful English\u00a0teacher! I was also given the opportunity to gain experience\u00a0working with secondary school children at Kent through the creative writing programme School of English<\/a> had in local secondary schools.<\/p>\n
\nThe idea for How do I answer that? <\/i><\/a>came about when I\u00a0was working as a Literacy and RSE Coordinator. When I was training staff to deliver\u00a0RSE there were a lot of questions around how to answer difficult student questions openly but professionally. I thought that other secondary school teachers would have these questions also and so I wrote How do I answer that?\u00a0<\/i>as a resource to give teachers the confidence to answer RSE questions.<\/p>\n
\nI’m in the early stages of writing some non – fiction books for children on specific mental health conditions like OCD and Hypochondria. I feel like there are books aimed at teenagers for these conditions but hardly any books aimed at middle grade children.<\/p>\n
\nI really enjoyed the Netflix\u00a0series Bridgeton<\/i>\u00a0and I’m\u00a0now binge\u00a0reading all the books! I’d highly recommend\u00a0it if you’re in to historical romance fiction! I’ve also been re-watching all five series of Line of Duty<\/i> in anticipation for the new series.<\/p>\n