Terry Prone: Reading between the lines reveals the potential of a transition year student

Amid all the mayhem, and as we head towards some so-called normality, a TY student who totally gets it turns up...

Most people in a workplace don't pay much attention to transition year student intern. But, without even trying, they spot a good listener, a good implementer, a good initiator. Stock picture

The office had a touch of Pompeii about it just a few weeks ago. Open a cupboard door and you found a line of clear plastic holders, neatly filled with a week’s newspapers dating to just before Toilet Roll Day which, you will remember, marked the start of the pandemic.

Under some desks, ballerina flats were stowed in expectation of the return of their high-heeled owners. On another desk, a tie, yanked off during the plans to work from home but folded neatly, all of two years ago. Its owner has returned, but whether they will ever wear the tie again is moot. Hanging on the back of a couple of doors were jackets and tops nobody claimed, even when photographs of them were distributed.