Meet Alyson,

After having worked in IT for 27 years, Alyson was made redundant. This meant she was faced with the challenge of reskilling late in life.

However, there was a silver lining to Alyson’s redundancy, as she said, “my redundancy became an opportunity for me to pursue my passion and make it into a career”.

She enrolled in a master’s degree and thrived, remarking “it was only because I was unemployed, that I had time to study to my full potential”.

Alyson has now completed her master’s degree and made her passion into a career! She says, “my redundancy pushed me to shake things up for the better”.

Her advice for students is “if you’re passionate about something, don’t wait for things to happen, make them happen”.