Izzy's BAPP Blog

Yesterday I attended my first campus session at Middlesex University. It was so lovely to meet Adesola and Helen in person and put a few faces to the blogs of students from Modules 1, 2 and 3! We talked about a lot in the three hours but most of the discussion revolved around two key points; the 'big questions' and ethics . It is often inevitable when asked to think about an area to look into that we come up with the biggest, broadest topic to tackle (the 'save the world' questions), I have definitely been a culprit of this in the past! So yesterday instead of shying away from these points, we used them as a starting point.. To begin with, each of the Module 2s talked about which big questions they had considered asking for their inquiries and then as a group we discussed more specific questions within. For example, Alicia was interested in looking at the behaviour of the children she teaches. From that we started to question what is 'good' behaviour com...

Professional Profile After an extremely hectic week I have finally found time to sit down and write up about this task, which I started a while ago now!  By 'a while ago' I actually was referring to a couple of weeks ago but in truth, I first worked on this task of CV writing, in my second year at English National Ballet School. At the time my class was advised that layout is important but it is essential to not make it too long. Just stick to one side of A4 ideally, we were told repeatedly. I sat there desperately looking around at my peers to find others who were sharing my despair as I thought, 'one side of A4?? What can I possibly fill a whole side of A4 with if I can't include managing to lose my Oyster card on a weekly basis?!' So layout is important, but I think what my 18 year old thought process shows is that the challenge is often  identifying  our skills and being able to sell them in a concise, informative and appealing manner.  Now that I h...