Year 12 & Year 13 Inspire and Career Talk Monday 25 March 2019

Work Shadowing The activity of spending time with someone who is doing a particular job so that you can learn how to do it.

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Emma Courtney Class of 1983 Emma studied Law and French at Birmingham and Limoges Universities, and went on to qualify as a lawyer, working in-house for various US Tech companies including Microsoft and Oracle before moving to her current role as Director of Commercial Legal Services, EMEA and APJ for Progress Software.

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Logistics Officer

Air Traffic Control Officer

Moving things by land, sea or air.

Right part, right place, right time

Responsible for directing the safe movement of aircraft arriving and departing from airports.

Qualities and skills required: Leadership and teamwork Excellent communication skills Decision making under pressure Hand eye coordination and spatial orientation Quick mental maths

Qualities and skills required: Leadership and teamwork Excellent communication skills Decision making under pressure Hand eye coordination and spatial orientation Quick mental maths

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Squadron Leader Julie Fell Julie Fell has been a Regular and Reserve in the Royal Air Force since 1993. She has been all around the UK and abroad to Kosovo, Iraq and Arizona. She has been serving as a Reserve Officer in Recruitment for the past 7 years, visiting schools and colleges to inspire students to join the RAF.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE Initial Officer Training RAF College Cranwell Feb – Aug 1993 Air Traffic Control Training RAF Shawbury, Shropshire Logistics Officer Training RAF Cranwell

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BLOCKING A rehearsal of physical actions taken by actors during a scene, including entrances and exits

CALLBACK / RECALL A second round of Auditions for the same role the performer initially went for

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A short footage that showcases performers’ skills

Grace Hogg-Robinson Class of 2014 Grace Hogg-Robinson is an actress, best known for her work in ‘The Coroner’ (2015), ‘Mum’ (2016) and ‘The Durrells in Corfu’ (2016). Though she planned to go to Drama School after leaving Wycombe High, Grace went straight into the industry to begin acting.

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As Rosie Culpepper in Casualty 'Falling' 2014

As Beth Kennedy in BBC1's daytime series 'The Coroner'

PhD A PhD is a degree awarded to people who have done advanced research into a particular subject.

PhD is an abbreviation for 'Doctor of Philosophy'.

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Dr Samara Majid Class of 1996 Samara is a GP for East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours Group / Specialist Dr in Sexual Health at Oxford Sexual Health Service, Oxford University Hospitals NHS

Trust.

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Corporate Strategy A high-level description of what an organisation is going to do, and how it will do it, usually over a period of 3 to 5 years.

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Elspeth Luna (Body) Class of 2004 Elspeth is Head of Strategy and Planning at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

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Unconference An event where a group of people with a common interest come together to discuss it, without a pre-set agenda. The agenda is set on the day collectively by all participants.

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Kayley Oseman Class of 2012 Kayley Oseman is a Process Safety Engineer at PM Group in Birmingham. PM Group is an international project delivery company operating across Europe, the USA and Asia.

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Contract A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

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Claire Thomas Class of 2002 Claire went to Nottingham University to study Management and Spanish. She currently works at Hitachi Consulting, a technology consultancy focused on using technology to drive change for organisations and societal improvements.

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Follow our speakers and join the discussion on Twitter #WHSInspire Samara Majid samaramajid@doctors.org.uk

Emma Courtney emmacourtney101@googlemail.com

Kayley Oseman kayley.oseman@pmgroup-global.com Claire Thomas @ClaireT_UK clairethomas01@live.co.uk

@WycombeHighSch

Elspeth Luna @elspethb3 Grace Hogg-Robinson @graciehedgehogg

Squadron Leader Julie Fell @RAFEngagesouth @RAF_Recruitment @WycHighAlumnae

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