The student coaching service is currently available to students studying at the Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, and Orkney campuses. The student coaching service is currently available to students studying at the Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, and Orkney campuses. Please note, there are a limited number of spaces available for Coaching at any one time so you if the service is full you may be asked if you wish to join the waiting list or directed to another source of support. For further information please email studentwellbeing@hw.ac.uk.
The Student Coaching Service is part of Student Wellbeing Services.
What is coaching?
Coaching helps you clarify what you would like to achieve and how you will work towards this, and can help you overcome challenges and stay focussed on achieving the goals you have set. Your coach will provide support and encouragement to help you reflect on the current situation, explore options and ways to overcome barriers so you can move forward.
What might coaching help me with?
It is up to you what you work on, but some examples of things students bring to coaching include managing stress or anxiety, time management, building confidence, improving communication skills, public speaking and setting and achieving personal or university goals. Your coach will help you set your own outcomes and help you devise a plan that will take you from where you are now to where you want to be.
Your coach will not advise or tell you what to do but rather will help you to identify the direction that is right for you.
How can I access the coaching service?
If you think coaching might be for you, email studentwellbeing@hw.ac.uk. We will offer you an initial appointment lasting around an hour to meet your coach and discuss how coaching can help you work towards any of your goals. If you decide to go ahead with it, the number of sessions will be decided between you and your coach.
What is the difference between counselling and coaching?
Counselling is a therapeutic space where someone may explore any issue in their lives that is affecting them emotionally and psychologically.
Coaching is different to counselling and offers a more structured and practical approach to life-planning, focusing on the present and helping you achieve your goals for the future.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality and information sharing will be discussed between you and your coach in your initial appointment. Only if your coach has concerns about your immediate safety, or the safety of someone else will they share any relevant information with a third party, and this would be discussed with you at the time.
Your coach has completed a training course accredited by the Association for Coaching. Your coach is a member of the EMCC and abides by the Global Code of Ethics.
It is up to you what you work on but some examples of things students bring to coaching include managing stress or anxiety, time management, building confidence, improving communication skills, public speaking and setting and achieving personal or university goals. Your coach will help you set your own outcomes and help you devise a plan that will take you from where you are now to where you want to be.
Further information about the Student Coaching Service including student feedback can be found here.