A University of Worcester teaching graduate has set her sights on inspiring the next generation of business leaders.

Redditch's Bonnie Siviter is set to graduate from the institution after successfully concluding her training to teach Business Studies at secondary school.

She brings a diverse background of professional experience, having worked with global brands such as Coca-Cola, Adidas, and Powerade in the past.

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Ms Siviter said: "I've worked in marketing in London, and in the third sector as well, working within charities for their corporate fundraising teams, so I've done a few different roles and my career's evolved with my family."

She began her teaching journey as a teaching assistant at a school near her home.

She said: "I loved the secondary school life.

"I loved working with the kids, and I think for me, the natural progression was to do the PGCE in Business because that's what my degree was."

She added: “The whole learning journey was brilliant, from the start where you’re in school, and when you’re back at university doing the lectures, building up your knowledge on business and then going into schools and doing placements as well, it felt like it just flowed really nicely.”

Ms Siviter balanced her education with family life and other commitments, explaining: "I told the university it would be really great if I could do my placements locally, and they took on board what I said, and they offered me a placement near my hometown and that was absolutely perfect for me."

She entered the teaching profession armed with valuable business experience to pass on to her pupils, which she said her students enjoy hearing about with some of the most recognisable brands on the planet.

Ms Siviter said: "Every single lesson that I teach, there's something I talk about that I will have done in business, or a brand that I've worked on, a meeting I had which is relevant, and the students can see that they're learning from it because there are jobs out there for them."

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