Returning to Work
The Workingmums’ guide to the big return to normality
It's the big return to normality this week. You've made it through the last six weeks and... read more
Education
Career Advice
How to use distance learning to advance your career while juggling a family
I left school with only GCSEs. Although I managed to get into a career in accounts, and a... read more
Career Advice
A birthday treat
It was my birthday on Thursday and so I celebrated with a trip to sixth form parents'... read more
Career Advice
Making a difference for children with special needs
A few years ago Bambi Gardiner’s daughter was struggling at school due to her dyslexia.... read more
Courses & Retraining
Retraining and finding a voice
Tracy Traynor has dyslexia, but when she was at school it was never diagnosed. She was... read more
Career Advice
Mums look to retrain to find more meaningful jobs
Over a third of working mums have retrained after having children and many more are... read more
Flexible Working
‘Long hours in teaching made me ill’
Mareatta Spence spent over 12 years teaching Business and IT skills to GCSE children at... read more
Courses & Retraining
Work life balance while retraining
Workingmums.co.uk reported recently that over 40 per cent of female students from top... read more
Courses & Retraining
Retraining in teaching
Many women switch to teaching after having children, attracted by the prospect of... read more
Career Advice
Work life overload
It's been quite a week for work and life and, naturally, I've come down with a terrible... read more
Employment Rights
Number of new female university students up 4%
The figures show that, five days after the A Level results were announced, the number of... read more
Career Advice
The Workingmums.co.uk’s guide to getting to the end of term
It feels like it’s been coming for months, but it’s finally almost here. The end of... read more
Career Advice
Workingmums.co.uk’s guide to the summer
Officially summer has been here for a while, but the weather has only just cottoned on. If... read more
Career Advice
Promoting parenting skills
Rachel Vecht always wanted to be a teacher and doing work experience in a school at 15... read more
Maternity & Parental Leave
Shortfall in pay during qualifying period for SMP: ask the expert
I understand from your email that you are pregnant and that you have been suffering from... read more
Career Advice
Saying yes to the future
Sonita Alleyne started up the Yes Programme, an initiative aimed at inspiring primary... read more
Tax Credits & Benefits
Poverty to deepen due to coalition tax and benefit decisions, says report
Poorer groups have been worst affected by changes to direct taxes, benefits and tax... read more
Employment Rights
Poorer parents just as involved in kids’ education as better-off parents
Poorer parents are just as involved in education, leisure and sports activities with their... read more
Career Advice
Research leave policy puts LSE ahead of its peers
LSE offers a generous maternity package to mothers, an onsite creche and childcare... read more
Career Advice
Thinking of going back to college: ask the expert
Understandably you feel you’ll have better options for earning your livelihood if you... read more
Employment Rights
Working mums face near constant disruption to their careers
Working mothers face disruption to their careers throughout their children's lives,... read more
