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Mark Wickersham - chartered accountant, public speaker and value pricing expert – has spent the last 20 years teaching accountants and bookkeepers about the wonders of value pricing. In this podcast he tackles some of the industry’s most common frustrations such as dealing with price sensitive clients, having the pricing conversation, and being confident when it comes to charging the higher prices that you deserve. Mark is obsessed with value pricing! It is far superior to the fixed pricing ...
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We’re Emma (PGCE Secondary Drama) and Tom (PGCE Secondary Music) from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Welcome to our podcast, in which we muse about the joys of working with student teachers, the expressive arts, research, and teaching in general. Expect deep discussions, topical debates, celebrations of great practice, and things to steal for your own lessons! Our primary audience is student teachers and early-career teachers, but we hope there's something here for everyone who's involved ...
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We make no apology for having based several of our episodes around the person that many student teachers report is the single most important person in their teacher education journey: the mentor. They're the school-based colleague who looks after the student teacher on placement, gives them advice, feedback and support, and assesses their teaching.…
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The 5 Critical Things Every Accounting Firm Must Do in 2025 to Stay Ahead
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Are you ready to take your accounting firm to the next level in 2025? The world is changing fast—AI is transforming the industry, pricing mistakes are holding firms back, and the future of compliance work is uncertain. In this episode, we reveal the five critical things every accountant and bookkeeper must do to stay ahead. From value pricing to le…
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A Whole-School Behaviour Policy with Kelly Bubbins from Willows High School in Cardiff
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Today we welcome Kelly Bubbins from Willows High School in Cardiff. Willows is located in a part of Cardiff that's not without its challenges, and as Kelly tells us, assumptions about what that means for the aspirations pupils can have for themselves were a big problem for the school. This translated into poor behaviour and low aspiration, and the …
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AI and NotebookLM: Tools for Better Strategic Insights for Accounting Firms
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Are you using AI strategically, or just scratching the surface? In this episode, we reveal how to train AI to deeply understand your business—so it delivers tailored insights, not generic advice. You'll discover how ChatGPT and a groundbreaking free tool can supercharge strategic planning, plus the must-have documents that will give AI the context …
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Today we're all on our own without a guest, because we're presenting original Cardiff Met research! But our colleague Sioned Dafydd is with us in spirit as she was a key member of the three-person research team that carried out this work. Today we're looking at what happens when student teachers change from one school placement to another, and when…
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10x More Content - How to Repurpose One Post Into Endless Formats
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Struggling to keep up with the demands of content marketing? Imagine creating 10x the content with half the effort! In this podcast, we uncover the secrets to batching, automating, and repurposing your content effortlessly. Learn how AI tools can transform a single video or blog post into endless formats across social media, blogs, and more. Discov…
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Calling all secondary school teachers in Wales...
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We interrupt our normal service with a callout to all our listeners who are secondary school teachers in Wales! Dear teacher, Cardiff Met is working with Canterbury Christ Church University on a research project to explore teacher-teacher dialogue around Curriculum for Wales. As a first stage of the project, we're releasing a survey aimed at second…
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In a very impressive move to win 'most dedicated podcast guest', today we welcome Dr Rachel Shanks from the University of Aberdeen to our studio in person! For obvious reasons, our original request to Rachel involved a down-the-line interview, but we were very happy indeed to be able to instead welcome her to Cardiff after an epic train journey fro…
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How to go From Aspiring Author to Best-Selling Book
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Have you ever wondered how writing a book could transform your career? In this episode, we uncover the secrets of using books to position yourself as an expert, whether through self-publishing, traditional publishing, or hybrid approaches. Discover actionable strategies to write, market, and leverage your book to grow your personal brand and busine…
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It’s that festive time of year again, and hopefully anyone involved in the world of education is relaxing after a very long Autumn term. We’re back with our usual Christmas offering - though we’re out of our normal studio as our friends in the Sport Broadcast and Media programmes are having a busy last week of term up on the second floor. In a part…
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How to become a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor
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Are you ready to unlock the secrets of becoming more visible, valuable, and profitable in your bookkeeping journey? Join us as we dive deep with Margie Remmers Davis, who turned a life-changing challenge into a thriving QuickBooks ProAdvisor career. Discover how to navigate the ProAdvisor program, ace certification tests, and leverage your profile …
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Teacher Education with Professor Trevor Mutton
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One of the perks of hosting the podcast is that we get to invite people who’ve influenced us to come on as guests, and in our world of teacher education, there are few people who’ve had more influence on us than Professor Trevor Mutton from the University of Oxford. Co-author of a huge number of articles and books that have shaped our thinking abou…
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Are You a Nosey Parker? With Will Kintish
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Are you ready to transform the way you network and elevate your business relationships? In this episode, Mark Wickersham sits down with networking expert Will Kintish to uncover the secrets of confident networking. Learn how to overcome fears, ask the right questions, and identify the six types of groups in any room. Whether you're an introvert or …
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Creating a Safe Space for Educators with Clinical Supervision with Dr Louise Allen-Walker and Dan Williams
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Teaching people to be teachers can feel like a bit of a head-spinner - it can get meta quite quickly! But teacher educators (in school or in university) are also part of a wider group of slightly unusual people who teach people to become public-service professionals like social workers, youth workers or police officers. In all of these cases, these…
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Unlock AI-Powered Efficiency for Your Accounting Firm in Just 60 Minutes!
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Discover how to save time and boost efficiency in your accounting firm with the power of prompt templates! In this episode, we dive into what prompt templates are, why they're so essential, and how you can build a library of templates to streamline tasks like creating email templates, brainstorming content ideas, and running industry research. Imag…
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It's time for another 'delve' (!) into the world of AI, and how large language models have found their way into the world of education. Following our episode last year with Karl Jones, today we welcome Mark Lester from the library service into the studio. Mark's been keeping an eye on all things AI for a number of years now, and has some interestin…
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Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 14 - Hyrwyddo dysgu annibynnol o oed ifanc gyda Deio Jones a Sioned Dafydd
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By Emma O'Dubhchair & Tom Breeze
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Are You Leveraging Client Feedback to Its Full Potential?
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Are you maximising the power of client feedback in your business? In this episode, we cover the essentials of building feedback systems that drive real results! Learn how to collect, analyse, and act on feedback from the clients who matter most. Discover tips for using tools like ChatGPT to streamline the process and create a proactive, client-cent…
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It’s October half term, and therefore time for one of our ‘light’ episodes! To entertain you with something a little different, we’ve gone a bit rogue and found three interesting things each. As ever, we don’t tell one another what’s coming in advance (though if you listened to the last episode with Emma, it’s fair to say that Tom had a good idea t…
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PGCE Research Bites 24 - Learning through Play with Megan Cole
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Tom is joined in studio B2.15 today by Megan Cole from PGCE Primary, who talks us through her research into how learning through play can enhance the experience of older primary school pupils. --------------------- Recorded in studio B2.15 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 29th April 2024…
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Do you ever feel like you're constantly busy but never really getting ahead? It’s a common struggle, but it doesn’t have to be your reality. Imagine achieving more, feeling energized every day, and having the time to focus on what truly matters in your business and life. Listen to this Podcast where we dive into practical strategies to supercharge …
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Participatory Research in Education with Emma (again!)
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In the second half of our EdD work-in-progress double bill, Emma moves on from defining her worldview to realising that she needs to carry out her research using participatory methods. This is something a bit new to Emma (and quite a few of us in education) so today we take a dive into what it involves, how it differs from many of the approaches we…
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Tameidiau o Ymchwil TAR 13 - Trosglwyddo’r Gymraeg tu Allan yr Ystafell Ddosbarth gyda Rhydian Williams a Dr Gina Morgan
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Simplify Your Social Media Strategy with AI
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Are you struggling to keep up with the demands of creating engaging social media content? Or maybe you’re looking to streamline your strategy to maximize results without sacrificing precious time? If this sounds like you, we’ve got you covered! In this Podcast, join Emily Cross, Head of Marketing at VPA, as she walks you through how to revolutioniz…
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Epistemology, Ontology and Axiology with Emma
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For this episode, we welcome a very special guest to the studio… Emma! She’s still working away at her EdD and has been concentrating on the research design. This includes not only piloting her project on a small scale, but also getting to grips with tricky things such as her worldview, paradigm, ontology, epistemology and axiology - all long words…
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