Bev Laing

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Becoming an Englishian

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Nov 13, 2025 2:22:38 PM

If you're good at Maths, you could aspire to become a mathematician. If you enjoy History, why not become a historian! If you're good at English, you could become a writer. (Yes, I made up the word 'Englishian' in the title, and it makes me wince,...

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Five BIG ways all teachers boost career ideas

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Jul 22, 2025 5:22:00 PM

There's so much going on at school. Teaching knowledge and understanding, learning skills for study, life and wellbeing. Some - but not all - of it...

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Time to fly

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Mar 13, 2025 3:37:18 PM

Let's look at the second new feature BECOME has released for schools this month! The new Lesson Flythroughs are a super-quick way for BECOME teachers...

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'Where's the career quiz?' A case for the right kind of data

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Mar 7, 2025 3:56:41 PM

We show BECOME to a lot of people. Sometimes what we hear really drives home how much the Career Development profession has done itself a disservice...

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Transforming Ambitions into Reality: Empowering Students through Careers Education

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Nov 13, 2024 11:48:40 AM

A scramble for decisions at the end of high school is often too little and too late to prepare students for fulfilled lives and careers.

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Feeling Seen, Feeling Known

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: May 8, 2024 9:18:19 PM

Most educators, parents and specialists would agree: the transition from Primary to High School can be challenging. Students have to get used to...

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Transforming Senior Subject Selection

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Mar 7, 2024 12:29:01 PM

You know how - a bit too often - when discussing senior subject selections with students, they say, 'I haven't really thought about it'. Or they come...

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Careers on Screen

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Oct 20, 2023 10:10:52 AM

Updated October 2024 A while ago, we asked on social media what movies and TV shows people thought made great examples for career development (and...

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Designing a career development program: a case study

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Sep 15, 2023 7:29:09 AM

Recently we checked in with Andrew McEwan, Deputy Principal of Holy Spirit College Fitzgibbon, Queensland. Their experience can offer some insights...

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How to Design Your Future

Picture of Bev Laing Bev Laing: Nov 4, 2022 6:58:04 PM

BECOME and Clickview, the education and learning video specialists, are delighted to release the first three episodes in the new careers program, How...

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