Melanie Shee, Partnership Manager for Creative & Cultural Skills and freelance advisor, educator and assessor, took a long and convoluted route to the work she loves today, and is an example of how there is no one path.

It's January 2020, happy new year! As 2020 is now in full swing this has given me some time to plan what is going to happen for me within music throughout the remainder of the year. Here is what to expect. 

One of the things recruiters are seeking to determine throughout the hiring process is how a developer will fit into the team: what soft skills does this person have to help them integrate quickly and work well with the existing dynamic? 

Writing my own blog, I control the process, and the content. And safe to say, working on a school magazine held a lot less pressure. Writing/editing blog posts for a professional fashion company is a little different! Here are some tips and tricks!

Here’s to my first 20 in 20 art activity: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

We have a challenge that will kick your new decade off in style

Why new year’s resolutions are toxic and the only thing new we need for 2020 is a new attitude.

From origami to a new musical instrument, martial arts to a new film genre, this Janaury we would love to know: what have you always wanted to try? Let us know and join in with this month’s #VoiceViews series.

A paragraph on my arts challenge. :)

The 1st January is always a special day for me. I like to wake up early (no matter the hangover!) and go on a walk to clear my head. It’s a day of resetting and setting intentions, and I like to treat it as the beginning of my January detox!

At the end of October 2019, 12 years since I achieved my Gold Arts Award, I had the pleasure of working on my 4th Mozilla Festival - an international festival of technology and culture; this year with a focus on healthy artificial intelligence (AI).  

'Existential' is the wrongful winner of Dictionary.com's Word of the Year award.