“You do realise, don’t you Mum, that most students revert to adolescence in their first term away? The girls will flirt, the boys will show off and you’ll have to fend off some very dodgy bad breath in those morning seminars. You’re gonna love it…”

Life is about to get very hectic for the new cohort of trainee teachers…

How will Mary cope with working with people younger than her own children?

How will Anna cope, having lived in her sister’s shadow all her life? Or Donna, with her dark secret which threatens her future career?

How will Gabriel cope with the new love of his life? Or Kathryn, who has lived such a sheltered existence and is moving away from home for the first time?

And how will Callum, the gaffe-ridden, rugby-playing womaniser, cope with suddenly being thrust in front of a class of nine-year-olds?

With its array of colourful characters, hilarious anecdotes and poignant moments, Hot-Fussing will have you rooting for tomorrow’s teachers, as they try to negotiate their way though their first year at University.