Felicity Gasparro, FOUNDER of Oyster Outcomes and SUMS Associate Consultant discusses current insights into higher education coaching following an extensive and successful coaching assignment with a high-profile red-brick university. The key takeaways of this study include – Coaching has grown in popularity across UK universities and may be delivered through the People (HR) function;...
As our business has developed over the past four years, so have our knowledge, experiences and commitment to working in education. Widely reported like for like funding cuts per pupil of approximately 3% in real terms over the last 13 years, has left many schools – LEA funded, MATs and Academies – struggling to...
Oyster Outcomes has succeeded in securing a grant from the ESFA / Groundwork Home – Groundwork), which enables our team to attract 25 people seeking employment from a wide range of backgrounds, who will receive expert coaching and training from our expert Associates – FOR FREE. Candidates must live in the Thames Valley Region, and provide...
In this month’s monthly spotlight we are introducing Neil Stead who is one of our associate consultants and i-act mental health instructors. Neil has gained a wealth of professional experience, skills & capabilities over 30 years in the John Lewis Partnership. Having delivered across key strategic areas (including Customer Loyalty, Marketing, Risk Management, Business Continuity...
On #IWD22 International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the culmination of some brilliant, compassionate, and stretching thinking from two of our brilliant Associates – Professor Ellie Highwood and Diksha Chakravarti, with some beautiful artwork designed by my 13 year old niece, Miss Amy Cooper. “International Women’s Day is a day to highlight the need to...
We are so pleased to announce #oysteroutcomes is developing its offering in Mental Health Consulting Services, and we are proud to be offering both open and exclusive @i-act for positive mental health and wellbeing from 7 April. But we thought you would be interested to know more about our lead partner and Associate, Diane Gibbons,...
Many people dread January. It’s a dark, cold month, with the excitement of seasonal celebrations behind us, the month can feel like a sharp jolt back to reality. And this year, we face a reality with more uncertainty, as the CV-19 pandemic continues, and the UK ‘Brexit-s’ Europe. With many people across the world living...
1 in 10 young people will experience a mental health issues* (Heads Together) and we know from Mind’s research into the mental health of the population during the first lockdown, 68% of young people said their mental health had worsened during that period. More than 80,000 children are suffering with depression…. The statistics go on,...