How to Create Opportunities, Master Networking & Win Awards | Santina Bunting - | Ep 48 | Wit + Grit

Wit + Grit

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Sunday, 8 November 2026 - 59 minutes

Think career success is just luck?

Think again. How does a 16-year-old turn an unconventional career path into invitations to 10 Downing Street, major awards, and stage-hosting gigs across the UK?

On todays episode of Wit and Grit, PJ and Andy are joined by Santina, a degree apprentice at Arup and Warwick University, for a masterclass in proactivity, communication, and self-belief.

Santina unpacks how her upbringing taught her to carry herself in rooms with leaders twice her age, why she took the leap into civil engineering when only 1 out of 150 students at her school considered an apprenticeship, and how she navigates constructive workplace feedback to continuously upgrade her mindset.

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