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Second, I am so during second year

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we had a module that allowed us

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to have a placement and I decided

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that I've already had experience

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working within a school and I wanted

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to push myself and the department.

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UM, had people who had similar

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experiences where they may be worked

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in education policy type roles,

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but I don't think anyone had

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ever worked with in Ofsted.

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And throughout my education,

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I've heard so many negative things,

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I think I wanted to just be able to

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get my own opinion and meet people

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that work in upstairs or work within

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education policies and the regulation.

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And I wanted to just see for myself and.

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I applied upstairs through.

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I think it was their general

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inquiry email and it was a very.

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It was a long shot and I'm very very

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proud of myself for the resilience.

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I think some placements might

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be easier to get than others.

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An offset was not particularly

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easy and it took awhile,

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but it was definitely an amazing

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opportunity to meet with people

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within education policy to learn

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about what motivates them and their

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reasons for being within Ofsted.

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And just the different roles.

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So I I was able to meet with people

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who had written the recent UM

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education policies and who were

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the head of the head of research.

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I was able to meet with and I

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was able to meet with many of

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the early years inspectors.

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And it was just nice to see the

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different roles not only within

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Ofsted but within the civil service,

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and I think it allowed me to kind

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of see what the civil service

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was and if that is a role or

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a field for me in the future.

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And I think it was just amazing.

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Opportunity and I'm very glad that the

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course allows us to have this chance,

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as many courses don't allow

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you to have an option within

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university to have work experience,

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and I think work experience is

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what makes you stand out when

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you are applying to jobs.

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So I think it's amazing.

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Uhm, so I think the placement

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was an amazing opportunity.

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Not so much just from the physical placement,

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but the module also allowed us to

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focus on the different aspects of the

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placement and how the placement was

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helpful for us both in terms of like

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our academic experience. But in terms

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of our professional growth as well.

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So we were able to focus on how

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like our strengths, face analysis.

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I think it was, UM. And how?

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Maybe for many people it

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was just approaching UM,

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whether it was a school or for

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me off said some person or a

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place that I'd never gone too.

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Right, that gave me confidence and

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it gave me confidence for now when

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I'm applying to jobs to reach out to

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different departments to reach out to

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different people and just make sure

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that I am trying to put my name out there.

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I am trying my best to get a job

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and so I think professionally.

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It was an amazing opportunity.

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I think it was great again

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for building confidence.

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I think it was great for

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building connections.

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I think gaining these connections

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are essential really especially.

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For students,

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I think it's amazing to have

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opportunities to meet professionals

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in different environments and to

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just again get your name out there

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to make sure that people know who

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you are and that you're able to say

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that you've had these experiences

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and that they can see that you are

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capable of doing amazing things.

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I think the main support that I gained

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from the department was just confidence.

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I think the department knew we were

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all capable of getting placements.

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They come, they didn't want to do it for

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us because I think it is an essential

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experience of just putting yourself out

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there for jobs and applying for things.

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They were there for advice and.

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I guess the answer any questions,

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but unfortunately no one had

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any links within Ofsted,

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so I I had to do that by myself,

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but I think every time I did doubt

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myself I would talk to my personal tutor.

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I talked to my lectures and they

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would say just keep doing it like

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this would be an amazing opportunity.

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I think knowing that they believed

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in the was really helpful and it

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just made sure that I was resilient

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and that I stuck with it and I

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know they were amazing for all of

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my friends with their placements.

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And I think they do have quite

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a few connections as well,

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which can be really great,

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especially if you are from the local area

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or you want to have placement within

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an area surrounding the university.

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Just yeah,

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it's really really helpful,

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and yeah.

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Second advice, I would give a

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student who wants work experience

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or placement is make sure that it's

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something that you're interested in.

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I think placements and where he experienced

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there are amazing opportunities to

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really explore different fields of

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work to explore different careers.

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I think just knowing what you actually want

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to do is so rare and it's so important, but.

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Just having different

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experience whether it's within,

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like a school or whether it's within

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something like charity sectors and more

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education policy, I think it's great.

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UM, it also is great for your CV, uhm,

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I think especially when you apply to

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jobs that may be very very competitive.

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Having different forms of work experience.

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Come on your CV really.

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Do make you stand out.

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And it makes you,

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I guess you can really argue for

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why you are suited for this job,

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because you've had experience

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you've put yourself in a situation

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with in a work environment that

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maybe other people haven't and it

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just shows that you can be unique.

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And I think any experience is amazing,

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even if it's all within a school.

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I think that's amazing if it's

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all within us multiple places,

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I think it's great,

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and if you have the opportunity

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like you do within the department

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to just make these connections.

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And I'd say take advantage of it.

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I think it's really,

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really special,

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and I'm so glad that we have

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the chance to have these work

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experiences and the support to

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get the work experience that we do

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within the Department for Education.