Tracy Edwards is a round the world sailor and activist championing girls education. After leaving school with no qualifications, Tracy went travelling and ended up as the cook upon a boat competing in the Whitbread Round The World Race. Howev

Series 1 Finale

Nov 11th, 2020 54m 55s

Uncanventional. The podcast that proves you can be successful by doing something unconventional. Neve Gordon-Farleigh has hosted an 8 part series to bring you advice and an insight to talking an alternative routes to going to university. We h

Steph Parry

Oct 28th, 2020 48m

Steph Parry is a Musical Theatre Performer and Actress currently starring in Mamma Mia The Party. After watching Steph perform during lockdown I wanted to chat to her about her career and route into the industry. Throughout the episode we disc

Abbie Dewhurst

Oct 21st, 2020 50m 38s

Abbie Dewhurst is a Weather Presenter and Journalist for BBC Look North. Getting into the media industry can be difficult, however after leaving school Abbie Dewhurst worked her way up through the industry. From making cups of tea and carryin

Georgia Coan

Oct 14th, 2020 45m 6s

Georgia Coan is a Journalist, Producer and Podcaster for the BBC.After leaving school Georgia went to college and found her love for Journalism. Throughout the episode we talk about Georgia’s start in local radio, her BBC apprenticeship and w

Bethany Collins & Alexa Rendell

Oct 7th, 2020 28m 1s

Bethany Collins and Alexa Rendell. Meet Bethany Collins and Alexa Rendell, for today’s episode I wanted to talk to other young people who haven’t had conventional routes since leaving school. For Bethany this meant living at home and going to

Robin Gordon-Farleigh

Sep 23rd, 2020 45m 11s

Robin Gordon-Farleigh is an ex comms strategist and founding partner of Manara Global. Robin Gordon-Farleigh has 23 years experience of working in the government. He spent 6 years working at 10 Downing Street for both David Cameron and Theres

Molly Thompson

Sep 16th, 2020 43m 59s

Molly Thompson is a YouTuber, Instagrammer and Travel Enthusiast. After leaving school Molly went to Leeds Arts Uni to study an arts foundation course. Molly vlogged her whole university experience, from moving out to most importantly the ups

Emma Bentley

Sep 9th, 2020 39m 21s

Emma Bentley is a camerawoman and journalist for the BBC.After leaving school Emma undertook an apprenticeship and is now a camerawoman and journalist for the BBC. Throughout the episode we talk all about apprenticeships and what it’s like wo

Izzy Radford

Sep 2nd, 2020 40m 16s

Izzy Radford is a writer, director, voice actor and fellow podcaster. In 2018 she started a blog documenting her experiences of what it was like dropping out of university and her life post academia. Throughout the episode Izzy shares the imp

Trailer

Trailer: Uncanventional

Aug 3rd, 2020 55s

Welcome to the Uncanventional Podcast. I’m Neve Gordon-Farleigh and this is the podcast that proves you can be successful by doing something unconventional. Join me as I talk to a number of guests about the journeys they’ve taken in their own c

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