With today being GCSE results day I thought it is only appropriate to sum up a few points for debate I began discussing over Twitter and Facebook last night.

Today when browsing through my Facebook news feed like normal I was caught by a Daily Mail headline ‘Simon Cowell condemned by ministers as ‘irresponsible and stupid’ for claiming the secret to success is being rubbish at school’.

As you probably know if you’ve read my previous blog posts or follow me on any social network, particularly Twitter, I’ve been involved for the last two 6 weeks in the annual schools ‘Dragons Den’ competition hosted by Manchester Airport.

2013 has been a pretty big year and it’s involved a range of highlights which I just wanted to reflect on through this blog post. With the new year starting tomorrow, I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions but I have started thinking about the opportunities…