Helping new parents settle back into work after parental leave
In this post Tessa Cooper, Senior Product Manager at FutureLearn, shares her experiences of returning to work after Maternity Leave and how FutureLearn helped her to settle back in. Tess and her new baby at FutureLearn. Last year became the first year that anyone at FutureLearn went on Maternity Leave. In fact three of us…
Teenagers on the Best Advice They’ve Ever Received
Students share 24 nuggets of wisdom for how to live better.
Advice From Teenagers for Getting Over Rejection
Or fall back on your faith. I’m not gonna lie and say that I just easily accept rejection, because I don’t. I usually try to ignore it and let it creep up on me when I’m having a bad day. Recently though, I have started to look to religion when I’m letting any rejection sink…
What Advice Do You Have for the Graduates of 2023?
Thirty-nine years ago, my college commencement was held in an un-air-conditioned gymnasium on the hottest day Alabama could serve up. I tried to talk my family into letting me skip the ceremony, but my grandmother, a retired schoolteacher, put her foot down. “We’re going,” she said. So we went. All I remember of the whole…
Whom Do You Turn to for Good Advice?
Here is some of Clark’s advice, in bold, with his mother’s explanation below each idea.“You gotta say your affirmations in your mouth and your heart.”“Another mom on Twitter talked about saying affirmations with their kid before school. We tried it. Sometimes I tell him, ‘Say it like you mean it.’ I guess he translated that.”“You…
