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Applying a Coaching Approach to People Management

Applying a Coaching Approach to People Management A little while ago Rose wrote a blog for the EDUCAUSE Review Professional Development Commons blog. Here is the article that was published.Coaching is a term that appears more and more in management circles, and yet it is often misunderstood or misinterpreted. This article unpacks what coaching means,

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From Scunthorpe to Paris: How becoming a mature learner changed my life.

From Scunthorpe to Paris: How becoming a mature learner changed my life.​ “The best life changing decision I ever made was to go to university, but as a college dropout, I never imagined I’d make it!” The College Dropout At 18 I waved goodbye to my friends as they left for university. I’d dropped out

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Am I good enough? Switching the mindset of Mature Learners

Am I good enough? Switching the mindset of Mature Learners There are some significant barriers mature learners face when considering a return to education. A recent publication from the Office for Students (OfS) highlighted that since 2010-11, the number of UK Undergraduate mature learners has decreased 19.2%. Mature learners have more complex needs than their

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How coaching can help universities mitigate the impacts of COVID on their underrepresented students

How coaching can help universities mitigate the impacts of COVID on their underrepresented students This year has seen huge and unprecedented challenges for the majority of individuals across the world who have had to respond to measures and changes introduced to tackle the coronavirus. Social distancing and lockdown in particular have resulted in the ceasing

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Enhancing ‘possible selves’ through coaching – A tool for fair access and participation

Enhancing ‘possible selves’ through coaching – A tool for fair access and participation​ Despite progress being made across the sector to close the gaps in equality of opportunity in accessing higher education (HE), there remain stark inequalities for some underrepresented groups across the student lifecycle. Students who received free school meals while at secondary school

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