34: How Grit and resilience can change your odds educational consultant Dorothy Foster shares career and university guidance tips.

THIS EPISODE

When grit and resilience and not accepting the cards you are dealt prove you can beat the odds. We chat with serial entrepreneur Dorothy Foster who after many business adventures now works as a consultant and advisor for students considering future career choices and University options.

 

KEY POINTS

What a full and colourful background Dorothy Foster shares with us.

We start with her  background in Liverpool, UK and her early education, the challenges and how she turned things around.

As a teen she enjoyed the mod movement and hippies

Dorothy went back to studying, was able to go to university and even later on went on to complete 2 Masters.

 

She has first hand business experience in the Fashion world, running a nightclub,  voluntary roles in business networking groups like PWN and Riviera Business club.

More recently she was the Director of the  International School in Nice before moving to Ceram / Skema and taking on the role of Business school International University partnerships.

A believer in ongoing education Dorothy went on to study Psychology.

 

Dorothy’s most recent venture pulls all her business experience together offering students help, advice and guidance with their future career choices and univerNew business now deals with University choices and guidance for students.

• Aptitude and psychometric testing
• Finding fulfilment in their choice to avoid switching courses
• Building up experience for the personal statement and dossier
• How does a session with Dorothy run?

 

Sir Ken Robinson .. Creativity / Positivity 

How could we change the educational system .. Scandinavian systems

Psychology tips for learning and revising

 

Ways to meet people

Meet people by chatting to them in Cafés

Show an interest in people

Animal Refuges Refuge Duflot

Leslie Frasier Cats Les Chats du Mercantour www.leschatsdumercantour.com

Do a sponsored event to raise money for a charity!

Favourite book: Inherit the dust Nick Brandt http://inheritthedust.nickbrandt.com/

 

Mantra

Nora Epthorn "Be the heroine of your life not the victim”

 

Important links mentioned in this episode

Skema www.skema.edu

Riviera Business Club www.rivierabusinessclub.fr

International School Nice https://www.isn-nice.com

Wild Child Jeanne Willis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Willis

 

 

How to contact our guest

Email [email protected]

Phone: [phone]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003573591842

 

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