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Working through situations and bouncing your ideas off an expert who’s also been in your position could help you as you start out on your career. 

Discussion forums are an easy way to access knowledge and share information with other members of the Starting Out Community. We hope you enjoy the lively discussion on the site - please get involved.  

You can use the discussion forums to exchange ideas, post questions, offer answers or offer help on relevant themes in maths and science teaching.

Our Starting Out moderator is Richard Ager, Richard looks after the discussion, provides feedback and supports use of the site and any issues raised. Please feel free to post questions directly to Richard or contact him via e-mail at richard.startingout@gmail.com.

How do I start a discussion?
In the discussion forum below, select New » Discussion and follow the on screen instructions to begin a new discussion thread. You will need to enter a title for your discussion, select a category and also enter the main text (in the body field).

To help you search easily, discussions are categorised by Subjest, Topics, Sub-regions and Audience roles. 

How do I respond to a point made by someone else?
To reply to someone else’s post on the discussion forum, simply follow the link for the post you would like to reply to, press the button (and follow the on screen instructions).