After work experience stints on The Times and The Observer I can report, not only tales of social awkwardness but of publishing success.

'Teach your own language, experience another life' - This is the strapline for the British Council Language Assistant programme.

Trying to do 100 words per-minute shorthand under exam conditions is like trying to blow smoke rings in a wind tunnel.

Starting your own business – who hasn’t thought about it?

When you publish on the internet, you address a potential audience of 300 million English-speakers.