Liv Pennie

Liv Pennie, Co-Founder & CEO of BECOME Liv brings together unique experience from the worlds of academia and innovation. She holds an MA in Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Education & Career Development combined with 18 years in advertising developing winning strategies, communications and innovative digital products at some of the best agencies around the world. All this combined with 4 years of service as a Board Director of SchoolAid was the perfect backswing for launching BECOME.

People on a yellow rollercoaster with the word Turbo above them

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Ways to boost student engagement

What if every student in your classroom saw the reason for what they are learning at school? What if they understood the WHY? Why their learning is relevant to the real world, how the knowledge and skills they're building are valuable and where...

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The delta of the Geba River on the west coast of Guinea-Bissau is a complex natural system that is ever-changing

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Career Development in Complex Times

Has your career been a simple path from A - to B - to C? Would 16-year-old you be surprised at what you do now? What would they have said if someone...

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Year 6 and Year 5 students discuss their career ideas at a flipped career expo

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What does a Whole-School Approach to Careers Ed Look Like?

Quick quiz! What does your school's motto or slogan say? Got it in mind? Great. Now here's the important bit: Does the school slogan relate to the...

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A child looks at a sign with Believe in Yourself on it

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A case for careers education in the primary years

Humans are naturally wired to imagine the future. Data shows that young people are actively thinking about their lives and careers long before formal...

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A person looks at the distant horizon from the top of a mountain. The feeling is calm and peaceful.

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Careers Education, belief and the hippo in the road

You could hear a pin drop. It's a Wednesday afternoon and we're in a Professional Learning session with a dedicated group of high school teachers and...

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A climber on a white climbing wall with colourful hand and foot holds and ropes

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Beware of the Shortcuts

The case for slowing things down when it comes to K-12 Careers Education. Traditionally in Career Development, it's all about efficiency --...

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Two kayaks in a blue sea seen from above.

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Designing your life from the inside

We’ve written before about the three main pitfalls of careers tests. The kind of tests that promise to deliver The Answer, The Solution, The One True...

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A teenager's feet on a skateboard on a ramp

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The secret ingredient for subject selection

Student agency. It's the secret ingredient that we're all after. By agency, we mean young people taking active control over their life and learning....

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A girl with a tablet smiles at her teacher

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The Most Powerful Thing you Can Do...

... before they leave Primary school. If you could give your students one big thing before they leave Primary school, something that would set them...

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The BECOME.ME app bridge for sport and pro sport

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BECOME.ME 4.0

The latest App update Next time you check in to the BECOME.Me app, you should be seeing the latest version, v4.0.

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