#AlevelResults #dontgiveup I left school at 16 with a handful of pretty rubbish grades (got drama twice though! - CSE and O level) and went to FE college to do A Levels - Drama (of course!), Sociology and Media Studies (shut up!).
The summer after my first year of A Levels I went to Greenham Common and never left - well not for a while. I did my Sociology A Level at the local FE college in Newbury. They let me go to evening class even though I stank of wood smoke and missed class when there was an action!
I did my other 2 A Levels - Media Studies and Politics (no more drama!) - at another FE college part time over 2 years. I worked in/at all sorts and spent a lot of time doing political stuff - and at parties!
When I was 22 I started a Cultural Studies Degree at what was East London Poly and after that a part time MA in Cultural Studies at what was North London Poly. I then started a PhD (yep, part time) back at East London - on young women and rave culture (shut up!).
I left my (unfunded) PhD when I had a child and needed a ‘proper job’. So, after doing a PGCE, I taught mature students on Workers Ed programmes and access courses. I was 32 when I got funding for the PhD that gave me my doctorate (35). Many roads... #NeverGiveUp
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