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 Female, Asian, 17 studying Beauty Therapy

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 Female, Asian, 17 studying Beauty Therapy

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•17, female, Asian, single, living at home with one parent and 3 siblings in rented accomodation.

•Studying full time Level 2 Beauty Therapy at FE college (16 hrs per week, 2 hr commute on public transport). I look after my 2 younger sisters and brother whilst my mum goes to work.

•Diagnosed with ADHD and history of anxiety - but decided not to disclose

•Hated school, so decided to do beauty as I like doing my friends nails and make up

• Struggled with GCSE’s (D, E, E, D, C,D, D and D)

Note: Image created using AI

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18 year cartoon female, asian, shy, dark long hair with glasses

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17 year old, female

Living in a shared house owned by my mum with my boyfriend at the time.

My mum didn’t live in the house so it was basically like living alone

Dropped out of college as being dyslexic I was struggling with finding subjects I actually liked

Went for my first job interview as a dental nurse apprenticeship on a wage of £2.95.

I never thought I’d be good at the level 3 studying however because most of the time it was hands on learning I really enjoyed making money. I done such a good job in my first month my boss gave me a £500 bonus

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studying level 3 beauty and nails at college

Always had great grades

Commuted 1 hour

Had wonderful friends

Was working 20/30 hours

Was struggling with severe depression and nobody new…

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Age 19

Part Time as a Spa/Aesthetics Practitioner

1hr and 30 for Training

Single

Living with one parent

Work and Student Support

Anxiety and Depression diagnosis through GP

No disabilities

Always wanted to teach, inspired by my teachers

Went to Derby for Dermapen 4 (microneedling training)

Love gaining experience in this industry to gain as much knowledge as I can to be able to pass onto others.

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37 years old

Studying beauty therapy online with one day in a week working in bubbles

Working 20 hours a week as a pension administrator

Single at the time

One child who was also in college doing beauty therapy

Paying for college course as a mature student

Pretty healthy although dealing with personal issues at the time

No disabilities at the time

Graduated from hight school in 2001 and was at the point of following dreams in beauty

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23

Unemployed just finished maternity leave

Just broke up from partner becoming a single parent

It was far to travel

Son was struggling in nursery

Didn’t have much money

Did a level 3 fashion course but didn’t want to progress in it

Had an inconsistent support system

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22. Unemployed while studying. Travelling distance is 30 min walking + train to dance. Single. I started dance while I was at a rough moment of my life. 1 year and 7 months ago. I had no previous experience. Very quickly I fell in love with dance it’s my way of letting go of any tension or emotion that needs to be released.

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I started studying sociology in college and realised how enjoyable it was for me to learn about different theories and things that have happened around those theories , I however realised it made me aware of how much I think and analyse wether it’d thinking about what will happen if this theory wasn’t in place or how we could spot certain things etc . It made me realise I overthink quite a lot which has a lot of affect on me both positive and negative .the same time I studied this and up until now I have a lot of caring responsibilities , I help my dad care for my mom and also help care for my younger brother and sister so the overthinking took a big toll on that also

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19, female

1hr commute on public transport Studying full time social work was never sure on what I wanted to do in the future was always uncertain. Prior to this I had done law business health and social care.

Working part time as a waitress

Couldn’t go uni at the time that I wanted to due to grades and uncertainty on what route to take.

However I figured it out with help from my teacher and now I’m in my final year of uni and I’m doing something that I really like and enjoy

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25 year old male, single, employed as a training student paramedic, travelling approximately 30 minutes to the training academy in Dudley from Edgbaston, Monday - Friday, 9-5pm, 4 weeks blue lights training, 16 weeks theory, with 21 different examinations and assessments, including 3 OSCE’s. Achieve my goal and self-doubt.

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25 year old Pakistani male, with light skin, wears glasses, black whiff hair, brown eyes, plump lips, stubble, casual fashion dressed. 

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17 years old living at home with 1 parent and 1 sibling. Lived in Leicester and travelled to Loughborough which took a 2 hr travel to get to and from college. Mum was struggling to work and look after my baby brother so I stepped in at times. Studied business management which I mostly enjoyed but was falling behind due to my epilepsy. I also balanced a waitressing job to help my house hold. (I was not financially stable) but one of my older brothers helped. Had a lecturer called Claire who helped push me through the course (she even stayed on the day of my (graduation) to help me type out my last bit of work) will never forget her !

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Left school with no GCSES as never went to school went to collage at 17 to do level 2 hairdressing

In my 30’s

Mom of two, was a qualified hairdresser since age 17, was doing mobile hairdressing with my youngest hanging off me

whilst trying to cut hair lol , partner who had own business and worked in his nightclub part time also

Was in a good place financially

Wanted to something for me and new direction so went back into education to do interior designing and level 3 painting and decorating with was so amazing

Led me into a job role working for south staffs collages as a learning support assistant for many years and was creating rooms for clients

This gave me the qualifications to go into uni

Best decision I ever made!

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It was back in 2016 when I came to the UK.

I found a job at Amazon, and quickly became an instructor and absolutely loved it, progressed to leading the L&D team on site, winning awards. Although it was a challenging and unstable time in my life, helping others learn and progress has lit my soul on fire. After completening a deep dive and discovering this, I enrolled and took this course. :)

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18 years old, female, single, no support or family network, child aged 9 months, working full time, travelling by train everyday to go to work, putting child into nursery, working to pay for childcare, suffering with PTSD at that time and on medication where felt robotic but still kept going...as needed to go to work to pay bills,

Missed most of kids parents evenings, and kids plays, in constant survival mode, hoping the children dont get sick, as then il need to have time of work, having in-house training with work, stressful time whilst trying to be educated within my workplace at the time.

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At 28 I started a job role as a trainee Dental Nurse, while raising 2 young Children age 8 and 4 as a single Mother. Balancing work and family was challenging, mornings were hectic, getting the kids ready for school and on time. The learning curve at work added stress, and I often felt overwhelmed!

However, despite these challenges I faced, I grew significantly in time management and resilience, supported by friends and family. This experience strengthened my determination to succeed in my career as a fully qualified Dental Nurse and enable me to provide for my children, and demonstrating my commitment to both my professional goals and my family. It wasn’t an easy road but I overcome the obstacles.🙏🏽