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Dr Alex Linley

Position:
Founding Director, Centre of Applied Positive Psychology Ltd
Employment sector:
Business and management
Research subject:
Psychology, 2004
Themes:
enriching experiences, getting personal development, giving employability a boost, having long-term benefits to career, providing necessary skills for self-employment
Funding:
University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowship

Story overview

Creating something that enables other people to grow and develop has been really enjoyable. Having the autonomy to decide what I want to do every day has been excellent too.

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