▁She ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Kent ▁College , ▁P emb ury ▁( then ▁a ▁Method ist , ▁now ▁inter den omin ational ) ▁independent ▁day ▁and ▁board ing ▁school ▁for ▁girls . ▁She ▁later ▁attended ▁G olds m ith s , ▁University ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁Career ▁S ands ▁trained ▁on ▁The ▁Seven o aks ▁Chron icle ▁as ▁a ▁news ▁rep orter , ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁Even ing ▁Standard , ▁initially ▁as ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁London er ' s ▁Di ary , ▁before ▁taking ▁further ▁posts ▁as ▁features ▁editor ▁and ▁associate ▁editor . ▁She ▁joined ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁as ▁deput y ▁editor , ▁under ▁Charles ▁Moore , ▁later ▁assuming ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁Saturday ▁edition . ▁ ▁S ands ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁editor ▁of ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Te legraph ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁succeed ing ▁Domin ic ▁Law son . ▁Her ▁plan ▁for ▁the ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁rela unch ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁" like ▁an ▁i Pod ▁– ▁full ▁of ▁your ▁favour ite ▁things ". ▁However ▁the ▁make over ▁was ▁not ▁well ▁regarded ▁by ▁senior ▁management ▁and ▁in ▁an ▁ab rupt ▁move , ▁after ▁just ▁eight ▁months ▁and ▁ 2 0 ▁days ▁in ▁post , ▁S ands ▁was ▁s ack ed ▁as ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper ▁on ▁ 7 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁ ▁by ▁Andrew ▁Neil ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁P atience ▁Whe at cro ft . ▁Sub sequently , ▁many ▁of