Tom Mursell

Yesterday was an eventful day to say the least – it all started with a pre-organised session at Radio 1 where I was asked to be on a panel helping listeners with their career-related problems (not a music session, Live Lounge is next week…!). I didn’t really know what to expect although I knew the panel was made up of myself, Shaf Rasul (entrepreneur & online dragon from Dragons’ Den) and Kavita Oberoi (entrepreneur, featured in Secret Millionaire).

So I arrived at Radio 1 towers, cup of tea in-hand and I’m waiting in reception when I hear two voices I recognise; Chris Moyles & Aled Jones (who by the way didn’t go to university!). I didn’t know what to do; should I speak to them? Should I corner them for quotes for the website? Should I ask them about their views on what we could be doing to reduce NEET rates? Well anyway by the time I thought of what I would do (smile & say hello, by the way) it was too late and they were gone…

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