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Dr Bill Law

Position:
School counsellor and then lecturer, Hounslow Education Authority, and then the University of Reading
Employment sector:
Education
Research subject:
Psychology, 1976
Themes:
having work/life balance, providing necessary skills for self-employment, satisfying personal interest
Funding:
self

Story overview

Bill realised that he’d been living a freelance life even while he was working, people didn’t call the Polytechnic,
they called him at home. He wasn’t trying to set up a business, but the transition from employment to self-employment was practically seamless.

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