You are congruent when you are aware of your own feelings and ensure that words and actions are matched to these internal feelings. But has the origins of congruence and the importance in coaching been lost, and replaced by the need to enable the client to self-direct a coaching session?

Use of self and coaching presence are terms often used by coaches, coaching authors, and coaching professional bodies, but what do these this mean? How do I ‘use myself’ and what is my ‘presence’? Is my ‘presence’, the same as being ‘present’?

Hear from Ian Day about his reflection on Imposter Syndrome and how Coaching can play a role in overcoming it.

Meet our new Assistant Professor in Careers Studies and Coaching courses, Lynne Campbell, who is revisiting her feelings from 23 years ago when she first started her career, as she now shifts her working identity to a career in academia.

Elaine Moore, Welfare Officer from the CLL Student Support team, unpacks an extensive list of tips and resources for lifelong learners.

Dr Sonia Gallucci recently joined Warwick Counselling teaching team from Italy. Hear from Sonia what her background is and why she chose to teach here.

Hear from Assistant Professor Rachel Strisino about the reasons to study towards a degree in Early Childhood.

Hear from Jon about his experience of being a long-standing student ambassador at CLL.

Hear from our Coaching course lead Ian Day about team coaching - what are the benefits, and the skills required from the team coach.

Read out guidance on how to make an application to study a part-time degree in Social Studies, Counselling, History, Classics, French and more.

In this blog, we debunk some of the common mysteries we hear about lifelong learning, and share some resources for you to start considering learning in the new year.

We have asked our very own alumni to pass on some wisdom. Here is what Clare Burrows, alumna from Early Childhood said.

Hear from Jim, Senior Teaching Fellow in Social Work talking about the role of Social Work in battling global crisis in an interconnected world.

Nalita James, Director of Academic Studies at the Centre, looks at what gender (in)equality looks like in relation to the current world where Ukraine is pushed to the centre of war and conflicts.

Facebook has recently renamed as Meta, as the internet moves towards the ‘Metaverse’. But what is the Metaverse and what are implications for coaching?

What is the role of Coaching during the great resignation?

Hear from Dr Nalita James about her keynote speech in 2921 European Continuing Education Network Forum.

We look at the history of Coaching in order to imagine its future.

A mixed methods study from Lisa Lane, a final year student on BA Early Childhood, exploring teachers’ perceptions and experiences of homework for children aged 4-11 years in one primary school in the West Midlands.

Hear from Charlotte Jones, Director of Early Childhood programmes at Warwick about her reflection on play, drama and life in her recent teaching and student support experiences.

“You’re still doing that dissertation?!”

How we can approach this in Early Childhood, according to course teaching fellow Maggie Crowly.

Working with children, how do we ensure that children are enabled to understand a potential source of harm, a hazard and a risk, where the outcome of an action may have an adverse outcome? Hear from teaching fellow Rachel Strisino.

We caught up with Michael Adcock, a full-time social studies students, to hear more about his choice of dissertation topic.

Here, Charlie Howland, a current BA in Early Childhood student, writes a reflection on the ability of the course to support and promote interdisciplinary working.

Social Studies alumna Jules Sparkle talks to us about her imposter syndrome, Jeff, while she was doing her MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology in University of East London.

Ubuntu: I am because we are.

How does Coaching approach the art of listening?

Age is no barrier as Graham started his degree in Social Studies at Warwick at the age of 62.

Victoria completed our Postgraduate Award in Careers Leadership in 2019 and set up her own business, because of the renewed confidence in her work she gained from the PGA. Hear what Victoria had to say about her time studying with CLL.

Kim Bailey completed our Postgraduate Diploma in Career Education, Information and Guidance in July. Here she shares her learning journey with CLL.