Get Sorted: How to Make the Most of Your Student Experience

ISBN-13: 9781137405937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 160 str.

Jeff Gill

Opis

A self-coaching guide for students focused on challenging them to make more of their university experience. This book uses a coaching philosophy which bridges the gap between student life, degree performance, employability skills and health and well-being by challenging the reader to ask 'how do I want my student experience to be, and what can I do to make it like that?'.

Spis treści

Introduction: Get Sorted! Part 1 Foundations 1 Get sorted, now and every day Part 2 Building your Resources 2 What gets you going? Finding your motivation 3 Not really with it? Getting things done by being focused 4 Lost your confidence? Finding it as a question of emphasis 5 Awaken your creative explorer 6 You and your relationships: making them work 7 Too many setbacks? Call forth your resilience whatever happens Part 3 Enjoying the Journey 8 Being mindful of this moment Further reading.

O autorze

Jeff Gill is an ICF Professionally Certified Coach with over 16 years of experience coaching students, entrepreneurs, leaders and managers. As Team Coach with the International Team Academy programme, he coaches student entrepreneurs to create and grow innovative business and social projects.  

Will Medd has a PhD in Sociology and has worked in Higher Education for over 15 years. He is also a professional work and life coach (Associate Certified Coach with the ICF and CPCC with CTI) who specialises in coaching in Higher Education. In the last 5 years he has been developing coaching in the Higher Education context, initially with PhD students and now offering coaching to all involved in university life.

Together they wrote Your PhD Coach and run coaching programmes for universities across the country.

Blurb

This book is about you. It's about how you can shape your student experience based on what matters to you. It helps you to 'get sorted', take control and make the most of your time at college or university.

This unique and practical self-coaching guide bridges the gap between student life, academic performance and employability skills. It actively encourages students to discover ways to shape their outlooks and experiences.

- There are a host of useful illustrations, diagrams, checklists, exercises and real student stories to help you get the most from the book.
- It's easy to find your way around the chapters so you can pick the bits that are most relevant for you.

Regardless of your subject, level of study or reasons for doing a degree, Get Sorted will prove invaluable in helping you to navigate the challenges of your student journey, and beyond.