• Professional Development
  • Medicine & Nursing
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Personal Development

5067 Educators providing Environment courses

Creative Arts Mentoring

creative arts mentoring

London

Artist Mentor enables contemporary artists and creative professionals to make significant changes in their work and lives. We have mentored and coached hundreds of creative clients from across the globe to improve their work, lives, businesses, and their careers. We love helping creative people be more successful. Take your moonshot! Ceri hand talks about the services that Artist Mentor provides, and how, with the right kind of tailored coaching, you can achieve creative, professional and personal goals that may have previously eluded you. [The video will open in a pop-up window] Whether you want to make better work, attract more studio visits, exhibitions, build your network, create a more compelling website, make more income, or get that new job, we can help you shine. Together we take stock of your work and creative journey to date, clarify your strengths, purpose, and opportunities, and define the steps you need to take to achieve your goals. We work with individuals over an agreed period, as a challenging, critical friend, providing accountability to ensure lasting transformation. We plan with you how to integrate what you’ve learned within your everyday life and schedule, ensuring you continue to thrive. We provide one-to-one and group sessions, providing learning and skill sharing opportunities through expert led classes, resources and free community events and resources. We also have a network of Associate Mentors we provide regular work to - a diverse mix of experienced artists, curators, educators and gallerists, enabling us to respond to increased demand and support a growing range of client and sector needs. All sessions are confidential and your Artist Mentor mentor or coach will be a committed, trusted critical friend. Why get a Mentor or Coach? If you’re a creative, chances are you’re an introvert, deep thinker and highly sensitive - great qualities for realising innovative work! Unfortunately, we know that a high percentage of creative people can often feel isolated, rejected, and suffer from self-doubt, negative self-talk, or imposter syndrome. Old stories may weigh heavily and inhibit your growth, or you get stuck in a fear of failure loop or suffer from self-destructive habits. It might be that you simply can’t see the wood from the trees and have lost sight of your priorities or strengths. Having a trusted champion, committed to helping you flourish, helps you identify and make the changes necessary to reach your goals. A mentor or coach believes in you, recognises your special sauce, identifies opportunities, new tools, and growth potential with you, setting you challenges or targets to help you take the appropriate steps. What's the difference between Mentoring and Coaching? Mentoring A Mentor can serve as a critical sounding board at critical points throughout your creative career, providing an insider's perspective and guidance you may not be able to get from other sources. The role of a mentor is to listen, learn, and advise and is usually a longer-term relationship. A mentor can help you excel in your practice and career, and become the best version of yourself, helping you achieve your goals, introducing you to new ways of thinking, challenging your limiting assumptions, signposting, and offering critical feedback. A mentor will often draw on their personal experiences and expertise to help advise and encourage dialogue with their mentee. This could be in the form of sharing a story, tools, resources, or lessons learned from a challenge they overcame in their career. This kind of personal dialogue is encouraged in a mentoring relationship. Coaching A Coach encourages self-discovery and growth to secure lasting change. Together we assess your current situation and challenges, identify limiting beliefs, interrogate, and address perceived obstacles. We create a safe thinking environment, ask incisive questions and devise a custom plan of action designed to help you achieve specific outcomes. We nurture creative strategies based on what fits best with your goals, personality and vision and foster accountability to increase productivity. Coaching partnerships are usually more short term than mentoring relationships, as they are usually objective driven and more structured. Someone may seek out a coach to help them develop a specific skill or work through a particular limiting belief. The coaching could well end once that skill or objective had been acquired. A coach can help increase your self-awareness: identifying areas for improvement, and challenging assumptions that may be preventing you achieve your goals. Coaching is often used for the development of leadership skills, where they may train you in the art of questioning to equip you to manage others better or identifying limiting beliefs in yourself. The relationship between a client and their coach is a collaborative creative partnership.

Dyane's Stitch in Time

dyane's stitch in time

Durham

She holds a B’tec in Art and Design – focussing on Textile Art in particular Fashion Design and Batik, then trained in Clothing Manufacture & Management at Jacob Kranmer Collage (Now Leeds College of Art) in Leeds more than 30 years ago. Eight years later she took time out to gain a BA(hons) in Environmental Ethics at Wolverhampton University. In recent years she took her PGCE for Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector at University of Sunderland. Over the years she has stitched costumes, cushions and curtains for numerous projects / shows in England, Wales, India & Canada; becoming a company director of Eco-Babes – a cloth nappy company in 1998 until 2006 and Arts Director for Gaunless Valley Creatives CIC 2015 – 2018. As an artist some of her Batiks with freestyle embroidery have been exhibited in Art Galleries. Dyane’s Stitch in Time was set up in Norfolk in 2008 and moved back to County Durham in 2012. By focussing on Repairs & Alterations, she blends her skill in sewing with her interest in the environment with particular focus on waste minimisation. She also uses a vintage hand wheel Singer during power cuts and for repairs to vintage clothing. Over the years Dyane has enjoyed combining her textile skills with her environmental concerns & community spirit with others of all ages. Of particular success is the Stitch Kidz Club held for KS2 & KS3 Children, originally in Norfolk with kids becoming skilled enough to make their own trousers, skirts and tops, this has now been revived succesfully in this area. Stitch Kidz don’t just make items for themselves they get involved with the community, making dresses from pillowcases for a local Trashion show which were then sent to Dress a Girl around the world. Plus some of the accesories hats, bags and belts for National Show Kynryn for their community certificate :-). Many in Sew Social help make washable cloth sanitary pads for women in Syria and Pakistan. On moving to Durham she has become involved with holding a variety of Textile and Art Workshops for children, teens and Adults in the local Community via Lot 64 in Darlington The Bowes Museum, The Hub, Witham, NeST – Barnard Castle, Evenwood Family Programme, Gaunless Valley Creatives in Cockfield, Colour Your Life, The POD – Bishop Auckland, Auckland Castle, The Forum – Northalerton, UK Sewing Shop – Darlington, Durham Crafty Mums and several schools. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in learning more practical life skills, folk dusting down their sewing machines and wanting to learn how to sew. I enjoy working with individuals helping them to learn these essentials, working on personal projects. In 2020 during the first Lockdown of the pandemic Dyane’s Stitch in Time had to temporarily close the business for three months, however Dyane got very busy volunteering with the Sewing for the Front Line North East project, started by Zoe Worrell & Alison Mathews instead, becoming one of their area co-ordinators, networking with other co-ordinators and personally ensuring around 35 home sewers had the patterns, donated fabric (including a lot of bedding to be upcycled 🙂 and the haberdashery they needed to create the Scrubs, Gowns, washbags & ear defenders that our NHS staff desperately needed. Stitch Kidz got involved too from their homes, making wash bags and heart pairs for families of covid patients in intensive care. Through all the amazing efforts of the local home sewers she was able to covid safely deliver thousands of items including hundreds of scrub sets and gowns to Auckland, Durham, Darlington Memorial General Hospitals, West Park, Auckland Park and Lanchester Mental Health Hospitals, some fun childrens’ character themed ones even reached paediatric teams in hospitals further afield and the local community teams of Midwives and Health visitors. Towards the end of lockdown we were also able to give 150 gowns to Premier Care for their large team of local Carers in Bishop. All in all between all the incredible volunteers – donating time and skills the Area Co-ordinators and their home Sewing ladies (and children) we were able to supply thousands of scrubs, gowns and washbags to help protect our NHS and Care home workers from the corona virus all across Northumbria, Durham and Teesside. Although later lockdowns have not meant the business has had to close, as we have adapted to the constantly changing ‘new normal’, it has severely limited the service that can be offered. So in early 2021 Dyane is using the quieter business time to complete a course in Direct Method Construction for high end dressmaking. She hopes these enhanced pattern construction skills will serve her customers well and add to the skills she can share in workshops when such activities can resume 🙂

The Self-compassion Community

the self-compassion community

London

I'm a former board level executive director who rose quickly ... and became burnt out, young. I am also a former voice artist - something which served me well when a life-changing injury occurred in 2006. I suffered a ‘hip replacement gone wrong’ which left me with major arterial internal bleeding and genuinely fighting for my life ... physically of course, and subsequently mentally too as the months of physical recovery and pain rolled into many years. I went from being a high-achieving, fast-paced, super capable person, to someone who needed to learn to walk again. That took its toll. And years of pain and effort. Cultivating self-compassion and mindfulness helped me find a way through. Sounds trite almost doesn't it? But it's powerfully, powerfully true. Catherine Kell Meaningful and adaptable teaching I have studied hard to do the work I do, to get all the necessary qualifications and registrations (more on those below). Yet what exams and qualifications alone can't give someone is the heart to do the work. That 'in the veins' pulse to help improve the life of another. And I believe my journey gives me the authenticity to bring compassion-based approaches meaningfully and wholeheartedly to others. I embody what I teach, and I bring kindness, sincerity, warmth, and of course compassion to every interaction. I'm friendly and lively too! I bring an adaptable pace and tone depending on the environment. I'm passionate about bringing the skills of self-compassion and mindfulness into people's lives to help them make transformations, build their resources and step into their full expression and power from a place of self-acceptance and inner strength. It's a privilege to witness the unfolding of all aspects of their good health. Qualifications and Education Catherine has had a personal mindfulness and meditation practice since 2006. She is a qualified and authorised Trained Teacher of the evidence-based and empirically-supported Mindful Self-Compassion programmes and trained through the globally renowned Center for Mindful Self-Compassion in their intensive MSC programme developed by self-compassion pioneers Kristin Neff PhD and Christopher Germer PhD. She is trauma-sensitive in all her work, undertaking ongoing CPD in the trauma field. She has an MA Degree with Honours and as well as her training as a Mindfulness Teacher she holds a Professional Certification in Clinical and Therapeutic Mindfulness for applied use in 1-to-1 session work. Additionally, Catherine is an alumni of Compassion Cultivation Training with the Compassion Institute, a scientifically-backed and evidence-based training programme developed at Stanford University, as well as various compassion, mindfulness, meditation and lovingkindness professional development programs with Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg, both global leaders in compassion and mindfulness. Catherine is also a Trained Teacher with the Mindfulness in Schools Project, and has passionately brought her skillset to scores of teenagers and school staff as a teacher of kindfulness, gratitude practices and the MiSP evidence-based 10-week mindfulness curriculum developed specifically for pupils and staff in schools. Catherine is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist (Dip.Cl.Hyp (Distinction), Cl.NLP, CNHC Reg., SICH HPD, MNCH(Reg.) and Paediatric Clinical Hypnotherapist (Dip.Hyp Paediatrics (Distinction). In her past work with children, Catherine had a particular interest in anxiety, panic attacks and sleep, helping children and adolescents from the age of around 7 to 18. Today, working with adults, Catherine uses hypnosis in a coaching capacity rather than a clinical one in order to help those working with her to cultivate self-compassion, boost life-satisfaction, uplevel and truly thrive. Previously, Catherine provided in-depth parenting support and empowerment services for whole families either in office from a local health centre, or via home visits. Catherine led specialist therapeutic support and learning sessions for mothers based around cultivating mindful self-compassion and strengthening the parent-child connection in parenting. Catherine is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, holds a Diploma In Positive Parenting and is a graduate of the 'Parenting by Connection Professionals Programme' with Hand in Hand Parenting. Catherine draws all her rich experience into every interaction. She is passionate about guiding people in developing the capacity to be with themselves in the kindest and most supportive way. Self-compassion can truly transform lives. Catherine is an accomplished speaker and provider of workshops and talks. She has contributed as a mindfulness and self-compassion expert to many podcasts and a number of mental health books.

Tutor Match London

tutor match london

London

Tutor Matching Service (TMS) was created to promote student success with the core mission of increasing access to one-on-one education in higher education. Since our founding in 2008, we have expanded our purpose to now be able to curate the best technology options for learning centers, tutors, and students, helping to enhance the tutoring experience, in-person and online. We are established partners in the learning center community, partnering with over 200 colleges and universities, as well as being long-time members of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) and the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). TMS’s Web-Based Tutor List CONNECTING STUDENTS TO TUTORS, OR “THE BEGINNING” TMS was originally piloted and financially sponsored by a handful of university tutoring centers (learning centers), career centers, and student governments including IUPUI (an Indiana University campus), Caltech, and NYU-Polytechnic (now NYU Tandon). At many colleges and universities across the country there are gaps in the free tutoring services available to students. This can be due to limited space or hours and tight budgets. Often there aren’t tutors available for students in upper level courses in departments such as physics, chemistry, engineering, finance, and foreign languages. Tutor Matching Service helps solve these problems by providing a safe, simple environment for connecting students in-person and online with private tutors across a wide variety of subjects. Also, colleges and universities often get frequent phone calls from parents of high school students looking for high quality, inexpensive peer tutors for their children. Parents want to find tutors for a variety of situations, from the student who is having difficulty passing algebra, to the AP student who needs a tutor and role model. Local brick and mortar tutoring companies charge $65-$95/hr, which is not affordable for the majority of families. By using TMS, learning centers can support their local community by allowing their certified tutors to tutor privately in a safe and secure way. Tutor Essentials ENHANCING TUTOR’S SKILLS, OR “NEXT STEPS” After increasing access to tutoring for students across the country, TMS recognized a need for a simple yet effective tutor training program that could be provided to their school partners. TMS partnered with Purdue University to develop Tutor Essentials, which is being used by learning centers across the country to enhance their tutor training program. It is a College Reading and Learning Center endorsed, self-paced, and the only complete online tutor training course that counts for 4 hours of CRLA Level 1 ITTPC Certification. GoBoard ONLINE TUTORING FOR EVERYONE, OR “WHERE WE WENT NEXT” After many years of connecting students and tutors for online tutoring sessions, TMS decided to develop their own online platform that met the growing demand for an exceptional online tutoring experience. GoBoard is a first-in-its-class online tutoring platform that combines video conferencing, an interactive canvas, and educational tools like a graphing calculator to create a highly engaging online tutoring session. It even tracks the hours for reporting purposes and records all sessions in a secure administrative panel. It has been thoroughly tested by over 60+ learning centers and is for higher education learning centers to utilize in their day to day operations. Study Edge WHEN STUDENTS NEED A LITTLE MORE HELP, OR “WHERE WE ARE GOING” While there are hundreds of excellent tutors available on TMS, students often need additional academic support to access on their own outside of the classroom or tutoring session. To fill in this gap in support, Tutor Matching Service is excited to introduce a new resource to learning centers- Study Edge. Study Edge is the best option out there for 24/7 academic support in historically challenging courses. Study Edge provides engaging, to-the-point video content, practice problems, quizzes, and helpful PDF study guides for college courses, all delivered through easy-to-use web and mobile apps. Study Edge resources are highly effective at supporting students with often challenging material. The content is aligned with the most commonly used textbooks, including OpenStax. Study Edge can be used by learning centers as an extra resource for their tutors, in conjunction with, or as a digital substitute, for Supplemental Instruction (SI), or just as an additional support for their students. Study Edge excels in understanding the differences in how professors teach the same course, and customizes their video library for each university partner.

Home Cook School

home cook school

Kirkoswald

I’m a foodie through and through! I like to eat! I like to cook! Variety is the spice of life, and we shouldn’t get stuck in a rut when we cook. Cooking is a creative process and should be one of life’s great pleasures. I am a big fan of the local Ayrshire seasonal produce, and recently demonstrated dishes at the Ballantrae Festival of Food and Drink 2020 and Newmilns Food Festival, 2017. I am lucky to live in a beautiful part of the world. Maybole is sandwiched between Culzean Castle and Country Park and Alloway where Robert Burns was born. The area is steeped in history and an abundance of local artisan produce. Farm shops sell Ayrshire meat, cheese, vegetables and all manner of other products. Of course, the coast is close by too with a fantastic array of seafood. With all of this on my doorstep, its not hard to be inspired. I believe it is important that we can all cook at least a few great dishes from scratch. Unfortunately, so many people don’t have the skills or confidence in the kitchen. Many people are short of time, and for some, cooking skills simply haven’t been passed down to them. There is an increasing awareness of the health benefits of eating nutritious home cooked meals. Furthermore, I think its very important that people eat together, in order to socialise and share time. BACKGROUND Prior to Home Cook School, I worked as a Lecturer within the Creative Industries Department at a local Further Education College. My role involved working with various student groups – both advanced and non-advanced, community groups and school classes. I love teaching people and seeing them develop knowledge, skills and confidence! Since I was very young, I have been a keen cook. I have travelled extensively, and learned from many different international cuisine styles. My husband and I love to eat out and plan our holidays around breakfast, lunch and dinner! I have attended many cook school classes including Tuscan and Croatian styles. Lindsay demonstrating at Ballantrae Festival of Food and Drink Lindsay Demonstrating at Ballantrae Festival of Food and Drink I love cooking lavish dinner parties, but more recently, my focus has been on cooking nutritious, economic, family meals. I am a strong advocate of reducing food waste by shopping thriftily, planning and using leftovers and often integrate these principles into my lessons. For years, many friends and family would ask me to share my recipes and cooking tips – this combined with my years of teaching experience, consequently gave me the idea to launch Home Cook School. For a long time, I was keen to become self-employed however, due to work and family commitments, I was never able to fully devote myself to the concept. In 2014 I gave up my Lecturing job (after 12 years) to focus on bringing up my young family. The following year I moved to Maybole, South Ayrshire and finally had a kitchen big enough to run classes from! In 2016, I decided to launch Home Cook School. I feel passionate about sharing my love and knowledge of home cooking with anyone who is keen to realise their ambition to become a better home cook! A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COOKING LOCAL PRODUCE As an active member of the Ayrshire Food Network, we pride ourselves in using locally sourced, fresh produce. Not only that – we run cooking courses promoting both Scottish and Ayrshire produce, connecting our clients with local suppliers, supporting the local economy and teaching our clients where they can buy local! Click here to link with some of our suppliers. LOOKING AFTER OUR ENVIRONMENT In our lessons we promote ways to avoid wasting food. We are certified to deliver Zero Waste Scotland Love Food Hate Waste Cascade Training. We recycle our waste and when clients require disposable plates and cutlery for buffets, we use biodegradable products. We also car share where possible! GROW YOUR OWN We encourage our clients to try growing their own fruit, vegetables and herbs in our classes. We use home grown produce in many of our classes and catering. BIOSPHERE CERTIFICATION MARK We proud to hold the business Certification Mark for the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere, which is the stunning area of natural beauty that Home Cook School is situated within. Cooking tutor, and business owner Lindsay Guidi is also a Board Member of the Biosphere. South West Scotland is a place of abundant good quality food, drink and crafts which reflect the diversity and unique character of the countryside and region. One of the best-known crops in the Biosphere is Ayrshire ‘tatties’, known for their earthy, sweet flavour. With a reputation for producing high quality beef cattle, lamb and delicious dairy produce and of course some of the best seafood, the Biosphere offers a special, authentic food and drink experience.

Wessex Nail Academy

wessex nail academy

We provide nail training courses in Gel, Gel 2, Gel II, Gel Polish, Gelish, Gelish Hard Gel, Acrylic, Silk and Fibreglass and Nail Art for both beginners and professionals. Situated in the heart of Dorset our Nail Technician training courses are easy to get to from anywhere in the South, South West and South East. The Wessex Nail Academy specialises in providing Nail Technician courses and training which covers nail enhancement, nail extension application and nail care. We also deliver Threading training. Our extensive range of Nail Technician training courses range from beginners to advanced skills and techniques. The Wessex Nail Academy is where educational and social development go hand in hand. Our tailored focus on academics and the whole person means that every student will benefit from our extensive experience in the Nail and Beauty business. Each nail training course is tailored to meet your individual needs, levels and abilities within the nail and beauty industry covering all aspects of nail technology and nail anatomy training. We also deliver threading training courses. Our extensive beginners' nail training courses are designed for those who are looking for a new career as a nail technician. Our more advanced nail training course being for those who want to update and develop their existing skills and product knowledge, convert to other nail systems or learn the latest nail art techniques. Our one to one training services are an ideal opportunity to help develop areas which you may lack confidence and just wish to improve your skills further. Our aims are to ensure that all students have the best possible opportunity to achieve their goals and to make this a reality. To share our knowledge, skills and expertise with you to the highest educational standard. All of our Nail Technician training courses are accredited with Associated Beauty Therapists (ABT). ABT is the largest beauty and insurance membership provider in the UK and are a recognised qualification within the nail and beauty industry. Our Experience The Wessex Nail Academy was established in February 2014, specialising in providing tailored nail training courses, nail anatomy advice and Threading training courses. Whether you are totally new to the nail industry, have just started and would like further tuition and support or an experienced trained nail technician looking to build on your existing skills, then we can help you. Get your Nail Career off to a flying start or build upon your existing skills with Wessex Nail Academy. • Structured step-by step training to build your skills thoroughly • 1, 2 or 4 day training courses over 2 weeks, giving you extra learning and practice time • Certification allowing insurance on successful completion • Small classes or one-to-one available I am a member of the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority (HABIA). Select below for Wessex Nail Academy Facebook site Our Training Offer The Wessex Nail Academy specialises in all aspects of Nail Technology. All of our Nail Training courses are fully ABT accredited in order for you to obtain the relevant insurance to carry out your new skills. We offer a full range of training opportunities, from a simple Beginners Nail Art training course to the more Advanced Sculpting Techniques. We offer one-to-one teaching as well as small classes. Details are available upon the Courses page of this site. We offer Nail Training Courses for those new to the nail industry, in addition to experienced nail technicians wishing to advance their careers by continuing their nail training with The Wessex Nail Academy. We are not product biased so are not forcing a particular brand or product on you. We are trained to a very high standard, with over 20 years experience in the Nail Industry. We offer a wide range of Nail Training Courses to suit your needs. We wish to share our nail industry knowledge, skills and experience with you through the delivery of our high standard Nail Training Courses. We strive to keep our nail industry knowledge up to date with our courses including the latest skills and techniques and we are always willing to try out new innovative products! All of our Nail Training courses are Associated Beauty Therapists Accredited. Our relaxing Studio at the Nail Workshop, Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset The Relaxing Studio Setting The Wessex Nail Academy is based at The Nail Workshop which is located at Myrtle Cottage ,being nearly 200 years old and having a beautiful setting in cottage gardens with views of the 15th century parish church. Your nail training courses or other beauty training courses are delivered in The Wessex Nail Academy training studio, which is large, bright, airy, quiet, relaxing and private! The perfect environment to increase your nail industry knowledge and learn new skills and techniques. Each student is offered fresh coffee, tea, herbal tea, fruit juice or mineral water throughout their Nail Technician training course .

Islamic College for Advanced Studies

islamic college for advanced studies

London

A Centre of Excellence and the No.1 Choice for Islamic Studies (in the UK, Europe and Worldwide) The Islamic College is a registered charity founded in 1997 in London, The Islamic College has consistently and successfully continued to fulfil its vision of creating a high-quality research and teaching environment for all academically affiliated and independent researchers who wish to acquire and/or further develop solid and in-depth knowledge of various aspects of the diverse field of Islamic Studies. The Islamic College, as a higher education Institute based in the UK, is an academic partner with Middlesex University (MDX). It is not affiliated with or partner with any other university or institutes of higher education. Its main academic programmes are validated by MDX, and this same university acts as The Islamic College’s awarding body; provides services related to oversight of academic quality and standards of the College, in line with standards in force in all major universities and higher education institutes in the UK. Through its publication of scholarly titles in both modern and traditional approaches to Islamic Studies, producing a well-established peer-reviewed journal, providing first-class academic programmes and short courses in Islamic Studies –from philosophy and kalam to the exegesis of the Quran, and the study of fiqh, usul-al-fiqh, and hadith studies, and from Islam and modernity, Islam and modern politics, methods and perspectives in Islamic studies, to advanced Arabic and Persian classes– the Islamic College has succeeded to create a genuine thriving knowledge community in both its in-house and online platforms. Those who join this community are guaranteed to experience a critical and rational approach to the study of religion. In the past twenty-five years, hundreds of young or mature enthusiastic students, from different religious denominations, have successfully completed the academic programmes at The Islamic College. Many of these happy graduates have successfully continued their career paths as professionals in various fields, as businessmen, lawyers, teachers, community leaders and so on, while others have opted for academically oriented activities and pursued further postgraduate and doctoral degrees and post-doctoral opportunities in internationally renowned universities and academic institutions. According to the records kept at the Alumni Office of The Islamic College, the majority, if not all, of our graduates have distinguished themselves amongst their peers, whether in various fields of business or art or at universities and higher education institutes. Looking back at more than two decades of the activities of The Islamic College in the UK, we can proudly state that The Islamic College has been a force for good in British society, and the positive fruits of its hard work and dedicated efforts of its staff have benefitted many academic and professional bodies all around the globe. Disclaimer: The Islamic College’s official policies are presented on its official website. Comments and statements made by those affiliated with The Islamic College, in any shape or form, are their own personal opinions for which The Islamic College takes no responsibility.

Skylark Global

skylark global

Uxbridge

Skylark has established its operations in year 2002 having its primary focus on providing software services and providing IT enabled services. However, we gradually developed our expertise in providing various outsourcing services like Data Conversion Services, data entry, Image indexing services, customer care, transaction processing and other value added services. Over a decade the company has developed and expanded its operations. This is evident as now we are 200 employees company. We have been instrumental in providing Employment opportunities not only for the candidates located in heart of the Kolhapur city but from nearby villages. Our Human Resources team has mainly focused on providing employment opportunities not only to the candidates belonging to lower strata of the society but also for physically challenged people. We call ourselves as an “Employee Centric company” and have motivated our employees to display the core values of always being Available, Attentive and Reliable to our customers. It has helped us to be a preferred outsourcing partner to our client. We have developed a culture to go one step ahead to provide something called as “Customer delight”. We have a strong and experienced Leadership & Human resources team which is consistently helping us to achieve our desired growth and objectives. Day by day we have continued our development, expanded our operation and have invested in technology. We have developed new method of training so that we can deliver the quality output to our client. We are following the Best practices and highly committed to deliver high quality data, customer service, electronic stapling and Mortgage document indexing services etc. We provide service to huge magnitude of clients from simple one time keying requirements or complex multi entry and multi levels of quality checking entries. Our customers are from all market sectors, including both Small/Medium sized Companies. We are strongly committed to deliver superior quality, at the low cost & timely solutions to our clients. Today’s business environment is volatile and we are adapting new technologies to achieve maximum profitability by using the method of maximum utilization of resources. We see the world through our client’s eyes and identify key issues in customer’s business so that we can provide end to end services solutions to those areas. We believe in maintaining long term relationship with our client. We are committed to provide best-in-class services to our clients and believe in continuously developing a business, which will allow us to provide long term and continuing benefits to our clients. Vision Our vision is to be a fastest growing BPO serving Domestic as well as International clients. We want to be a “Trustworthy & Self-driven Partner” for our clients. We want to be a socially responsible organization by building and developing a competent workforce from various labor pools and want to create maximum employment opportunities for all the sections of the society. Mission We at Skylark want to create a better customer experience by continually improving our processes and methods to achieve highest level of “Customer delight”. Quality Policy Skylark Global BPO is committed to Provide Business process management solutions, Document processing services and Bulk Data Entry Services for Domestic and Internationals clients with quality service to exceed customer requirements with global bench marking for quality and cost effectiveness with high degree of customer orientation and market responsiveness. We will achieve this through the best practices followed in each process, team effort, technology, maintaining effective management system and continual improvement of our processes. Rural BPO Our organisation collaborates social responsibility along with business objectives to make these initiatives a vital part of the organisation’s cost effective approach. Over the years, we have adopted a thoughtful approach and have taken steps to address key areas which have an impact on society. The organisation drives these initiatives which are led by our Senior Management and is promoted across the organisation. We are thoroughly committed to bring about a change in the key areas which has a significant impact on the society. Our objective is to groom and provide employment opportunities for people in rural areas especially rural women through value added training and Learning & Development initiatives for building future Managers & leaders. This initiative opens up opportunities for individuals, who otherwise would not have a chance to gain employment opportunities. The key objective is to help the society and inspire the lives of the underprivileged and extend our support in the upliftment of the society. This initiative provides employment opportunity and benefits to: Individuals in remote rural areas who do not have good employment opportunities in their home towns and villages and are therefore forced by circumstances to migrate in large numbers to the cities. Women who are unable to attend regular jobs due to family priorities but still need to support the family income. Create employment opportunities for spouses/children of factory workers who would otherwise have no employment opportunities.

Op2i

op2i

We support our clients in developing, structuring and executing business programmes that help transform their operations by making the right strategy, supplier and technology decisions through the provision of strategic insight and the implementation of strategic governance that enhances their competitive advantage through the delivery of auditable board-sponsored or C-level led strategic initiatives. We don't claim to know more about your business than you do but we do think differently. We challenge assumptions and bring fresh ideas to the table, backed up by rigorous research, analysis, tools and systems. Go To Section: Our Services Our Specialisation Our Expertise Our Governance Services Platform Our Services: Op2i provides a range of services that includes consultancy, facilitation and interim management services and the provision of tools and systems that help organisations develop and implement business transformation programmes. We also work with service providers to transform their business, helping develop new revenue streams and enter new markets. Our services help management and board directors focus on the matters of greatest importance to the business, promoting more informed and strategic debate in the boardroom and allowing the business to benefit fully from the skills, wisdom and experience that resides within their organisations. We help our clients through: Mentoring, advising and supporting boards and individuals responsible for championing business transformation, including strategic outsourcing of their business functions or processes. Facilitating, resolving and mitigating issues and disputes that inevitably arise between in major change programmes and in particular outsourcing. The development or refinement of integrated governance programmes to extend the span of management oversight, control and insight across the organisation and across boundaries of sourcing “partners” operations. Providing the systems and tools required for the development of a joint governance system and the development of trust between the parties. [Top] Our Specialisation We help organisations transition and transform their business through better strategic governance and through global strategic sourcing. By transitioning we mean managing the move between current approaches to business and a desired future state of business (including: people, processes, technology, markets, products, finance) whilst embracing new opportunities, tools and talent on a global basis. By transforming we mean adapting business models, structures and value chains to compete and seek new opportunities afforded by convergence (changes in economic, regulatory, competitive, geographic, customer or technology conditions). By strategic governance we mean an organisation-wide framework that leads to good management, good performance, good stewardship of shareholder or public funds, good stakeholder engagement and, ultimately, good business performance and outcomes for customers and citizens. Strategic governance enables an organisation to pursue its vision effectively as well as underpinning that vision with mechanisms for control, oversight, accountability and management of risk and compliance. By Global strategic sourcing we mean the wide range of sourcing activity involving: external sourcing (outsourcing), whether onshore, nearshore, offshore, shared services or multi-sourcing; or internal sourcing activity including contracting in, transfering in and delegation (insourcing), in a globally distributed organisational context. [Top] Our Expertise We provide thought leadership and professional management services associated with business transformation, sourcing strategies and technology driven change. We have experienced strategic business advisors and process consultants with deep consulting, operational and business experience within global strategic sourcing, business transformation, ICT and strategic governance. Our consultants have worked with a number of international clients with over four decades of experience. Clients have included: BT, Equant, O2, Batelco, Qtel, Nortel, GPT, Reditus, Nokia, InvestNI, Regulatory Authority of UAE, Regulatory Authority of Macedonia, Government of Bahrain, Regulatory Authority of Oman, UK Environment Agency, IIR, Kent County Council, Ministry of ICT Jordan, Ministry of ICT Somoa, Newtel Jersey. Our breadth and depth of knowledge provides a strong combination of business, commercial and programme governance skills to help ensure organisations achieve optimal effectiveness and efficiency. Op2i's deep industry knowledge combined with strong quantitative analysis and leading-edge right practice thinking together with proprietary tools and systems facilitates the identification of opportunities for business improvement, and the assessment of possibilities for externally sourcing processes and/or functions as a value creation initiative. Where appropriate we utilise external sourcing as a means of business transformation, to bring about large and sustained business improvement: reducing costs, accessing relevant skills, improving efficiency and enabling organisations to concentrate on what is core to their business. We focus on the right practice for your business rather than the best practice in your industry, as the right practice is the best practice for you. We anticipate and take advantage of the wealth of opportunity now available to our clients through better strategic governance, business transformation and global strategic sourcing, by working with them to reinvent their businesses with practical, well-conceived and flexible business strategies implemented with robust strategic governance processes and systems. Op2i has several lateral partnerships that, together, offer a broad set of services across various functions of a company. Harnessing our relationships, extensive industry knowledge, strategic expertise, implementation and commercial skills, we accelerate growth and shareholder value for our clients.

Ajwa Private Tuition Services

ajwa private tuition services

London

Would you like to hire tutors to help you with academics and professional assistance at your place of residence? When selecting tutors, you may be looking for qualifications, experience, adequacy, and regularity? To meet all your requirements, Ajwa tutors’ network of teachers is committed to serving you well. We provide female and male home tutoring services in Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan. Our home tutors are highly capable and trustworthy staff that will bring out the best performance from our students. Our reliability is your trust! Therefore, we have taken all possible measures to maintain that trust. We aim to improve education in Pakistan on the basis of personal development, better learning and high performance. Through our vigilant home tutor staff, we strive – to manage appropriate tutors for our students to assure result oriented individualized learning – to provide better guidance for the students to promote conceptual understanding of curriculum – to prepare our students for problem solving skills and make them subject intellectuals – to keep them motivated, enthusiastic and ambitious for the continual learning process – to ensure service satisfaction and 100% guaranteed results To get the best out of our team, we only hire qualified people with strong academic backgrounds through our screening and approval process. To assist you, we at Ajwa Tutors Academy will search for and allocate the most appropriate tutor for you. This will enable them to dedicate their complete attention to your academics within the specified teaching hours. Parents always want their children to grow academically and professionally. That is only possible, when they get the right source of guidance and the right direction. In response to numerous time and travel limitations, insufficient learning, personalized attention, and study gaps, we have come up with solutions. We at Ajwa tutors academy aim to promote education by solving the problems encountered by students in their learning journey. We receive numerous requests for female home tutors in Lahore and Islamabad. Ajwa tutors’ network of female teaching staff covers the whole of Lahore and Islamabad to facilitate you with the most effective home teaching services. Our facilities are available in all Lahore and Islamabad. ONLINE TUTORS Ajwa tutors is a leading national and international online tutoring site. We provide expert tutors for online classes that offer complete learning and flexible timings in the privacy and comfort of your own home. Ajwa tutors provide you with the best online tutoring services through a well-developed and advanced digital network. We welcome knowledge seekers and learners to our broad inter-connected community of subject experts with diverse and extravagant academic backgrounds. Online tutoring is a popular trend that provides expert guidance anytime and from anywhere. Ajwa tutors provide a learning opportunity for all with inclusive benefits of time flexibility, travel exemption, high academic exposure, best mentoring, and study with comport. Without the headache of unnecessary travel, and additional expenses, you can avail in-person tutoring lessons for your desired subject. We guide and assist students to help them get a better grip on their curriculum through subject experts. This online tuition forum brings specialists for subject guidance, exam preparations, and assessments in all academic fields. Ajwa tutors are well-trained in online teaching. By identifying student strengths and weaknesses in a particular subject, they enable them to improve their learning and critical thinking. Ajwa tutors platform emphasizes both quality and equality education through their uniquely designed online tutoring program. We aim to meet the learning needs of every student. Generally, students need extra help in specific subjects or for short-term exam preparation. Our expert tutors will help you grasp the concepts and knowledge necessary to clear your exams with remarkable results. We have highly qualified personnel to teach graduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students in all subject areas. Our online teachers have experience with aptitude tests for Medical, Engineering, IELTS, and TOEFL, etc. Ajwa online tutoring service provides online tutors for classes of all grades including primary, secondary, higher secondary, and intermediate (FSC) (boards level), ICS, O Level and A-Levels (IGCSE, EDEXCEL), IELTS, and TOEFL, etc. A LEVEL TUTORS You can benefit from Ajwa tutors’ A Levels home/online teaching services if you are an AS/A levels student struggling with any subject. We assure you of the reliability and credibility of our staff. Our teachers with experience of Cambridge International teaching also attend an Extension Career Development course to best meet the criteria of teaching at our platform. After GCSEs many students opt for AS Levels, a bit different from A Levels. AS Levels (1 year program) can be said to be equivalent to the first year of A Levels (2 year program) qualification. Both are considered separate qualifications; however, level accomplishment requires more effort than AS levels. The BTEC and IB Diploma are also options after O levels. Students generally take regular lessons in their educational institutes, but the teachers cannot give their full attention to each individual. Furthermore, in a world of increasing competition and scientific developments, the ability to understand and interpret technical materials is crucial to success in academics and careers. With a strong grip on your AS & A Levels subjects, you will surely get a seat at top ranked universities around the world. With our tutoring network, you learn well and become able to think creatively, independently and critically. Our tutoring platform is equipped with all necessary material for teachers to read through. This includes syllabuses, past question papers, mark schemes, examiner reports, lesson plans and schemes of work. Our goal is to train, support, and provide services that will help you grow in a way you deserve. We provide our students with home based learning opportunities with our experienced and qualified tutoring staff at Ajwa tutors. The key to learning is understanding concepts thoroughly. To meet the emerging need for home-based tuition services in Lahore and Islamabad, we have developed our A Levels home tutors’ team. We have tutors in all Lahore and Islamabad areas where we send our subject specialists. Through our vast network of tutors, you can study at your own place. Additionally, we work with professional female tutors to ensure that they are available to assist you with all the subjects. So, travel and gender obstacles cannot limit your learning journey anymore. Cambridge offers wide range AS & A Levels program resource materials and our tutors will guide you to master your course. O LEVELS/ CAMBRIDGE IGCSE/ ENGLAND GCSE HOME/ONLINE TUTORS Cambridge O Level is an internationally recognized qualification equivalent to Cambridge IGCSE and UK GCSE. Updated GCSE content is closely aligned with Cambridge IGCSEs. O-Level courses are designed to prepare students for academic progression to Cambridge Advanced as well as other learning disciplines. Cambridge background tutors or subject specialists are assigned to students from different schools such as The City School, Aitchison College, American Lycetuff, Lahore Grammar School, Bloomfield Hall Schools, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Beaconhouse School System, and others. Students of IGCSE Cambridge/O levels have the following subjects’ classification scheme. Group 1: Economics, business studies, accounting, math and other compulsory/optional subjects Group 2: Math, Biology, Physics, chemistry and other compulsory/ optional subjects Environmental science, sociology, psychology, law and other compulsory/ optional subjects To prepare O levels students for achieving their learning goals in each subject, Ajwa tutors has assembled a team of well-qualified and dedicated online/home tutors. The key to learning is understanding concepts thoroughly. In response to the growing demand for home-based tutoring services, our O levels home tutors team is committed to serving you in Lahore and Islamabad. Through our vast network of tutors, you can get one to one support and interaction with your tutor at your own place. We have experienced and qualified male and female staff. In addition to our male tutors, our professional female home tutors may be available within your vicinity. So, travel and gender obstacles are not limiting your learning experience. Our tutors follow a specified teaching methodology. They incorporate real world examples to broaden the students’ view regarding each topic. As part of their daily class activities, students practice a wide range of subject-related problems as a means of developing critical evaluation and problem-solving skills. Our professional tutors have adopted strategic teaching techniques that guarantee your superior grades. Our tutor network provides online teaching services both within Pakistan and overseas. To facilitate our students’ learning, we offer flexible schedules, individual attention, and a comfortable learning environment. Our online tutors interact well with the student and respond to every query that strikes their mind. So, you get the answers to your queries and the solution to each problem specifically. As well as learning, you gain conceptual and application-based knowledge of each subject field that guarantees your better grades during O levels, which will lead you to successfully enter multiple colleges and subjects. FEMALE HOME TUTORS IN LAHORE / FEMALE HOME TUTORS IN ISLAMABAD Are you searching for a capable female home tutor nearby you for in-person coaching? What if you have difficulty with work schedules and transportation that limit your ability to reach a physical location? We offer female home tutoring services in Lahore and Islamabad to meet your hiring criteria. Parents require high attention for their children’s academics and the allocation of specified teaching hours. There is a huge gap in the field for which parents find it difficult to approach suitable female tutors. Now the problems are solved! With our home tutoring service, we provide the most capable female tutors. Through our vigilant female home tutors’ network, we commit – to provide highly qualified female tutors at your convenience – result oriented 1 to 1 private tutoring and personalized attention – to manage differentiated, better, and pre-learning processes that address all learners’ needs – to fill the gaps left during school lessons, and to best prepare for exams – daily assessment and feedback evaluation – to provide a positive learning environment – to ensure service satisfaction and grades improvement to 100% Through our rigorous screening process, we only hire qualified personnel from top universities who have extraordinary curriculum management skills. Parents usually report the lack of specialist female home tutors in their nearby hometown. Normally we get a request for the requirement of a female tutor in Lahore and female tutor in Lahore Islamabad. We receive numerous requests for female home tutors; thus, we are growing our team in Lahore and Islamabad and its premises.