Transition to University
Attitude
Subject topics included: Curiosity, positive and negative effects of knowledge
Being able to compromise and negotiate
Subject topics included: Types of negotiations, ‘win-win’ negotiations
Collaborative skills
Subject topics included: Respect, understanding, patience, sharing, taking turns
Communication Skills
Subject topics included: Intrapersonal intelligence, focus, concentration
Coping with stress in a healthy way
Subject topics included: sadness, depression, not eating, overeating
Developing relationships
Subject topics included: Resolving problems, Establishing trust, Encouraging understanding and compassion and helps build relationships
How taxes work - part 1
Subject topics included: Borrowing money from our countries, taxes and what they mean
How taxes work - part 2
Subject topics included: Depreciation, amortisation, activities that the government wants you to get engaged with
How to adequately cope with stress in a healthy way
Subject topics included: Making choices, stress management
How to balance school life with everyday life
Subject topics included: Priorities, commitments, time management
How to be aware of our respective privilege and advantages
Subject topics included: Emotional and psychological approaches, rights, fair societies
How to be less dependent on technology
Subject topics included: Alternative learning styles, critical thinking, curiosity, decision making, productivity
How to budget
Subject topics included: Peace of mind, monthly cash flow, expanding your needs
How to confront someone who’s just doing the wrong thing
Subject topics included: criticism, role play, measured responses
How to deal with grief - part 1
Subject topics included: How grief affects everyone, coping mechanisms
How to deal with grief - part 2
Subject topics included: Situational based understanding
How to get a passport - part 1
Subject topics included: Citizenship, supporting documentation, foreign embassies
How to get a passport - part 2
Subject topics included: Citizenship, Travelling, Destinations
How to improve your attention to detail
Subject topics included: Patience, concentration, distractions, teamwork
How to improve your logic, reasoning and negotiation
Subject topics included: Logical thinking and communication to people who learning in different ways
How to improve your time management
Subject topics included: Batching tasks together, creating ‘screened’ time, email and other tools
How to navigate social media outlets
Subject topics included: Inappropriate content, freedom of speech, social media approaches
How to present yourself in a job interview (part 1)
Subject topics included: Appropriate clothes and their connotations, politeness, directness, punctuality, industry acceptance
How to present yourself in a job interview (part 2)
Subject topics included: Asking the right kinds of questions, acquisitiveness, self-confidence
How to purchase a car - part 1
Subject topics included: Age, Appearance, Performance, Safety
How to purchase a car - part 2
Subject topics included: Reliability, Size, Comfort, Fuel efficiency, Cost, Resale value, Engine size
How to purchase a house - part 1
Subject topics included: Borrowing, interest rates, savings accounts, savings
How to purchase a house – Part 2
Subject topics included: Solicitors, surveys, stamp duty, land registry fees, mortgage fees
How to reach out to a friend you’re worried about
Subject topics included: Conversations, active support, dependability
How to respectfully challenge authority
Subject topics included: Reciprocal understanding, psychological triggers, psychological framing
How to save
Subject topics included: Notice savings accounts, regular saver accounts, easy access savings accounts, individual savings accounts (ISAs), fixed rate bonds
How to take charge of your personal finance and investing
Subject topics included: Protection, income, spending, saving, investing
How to use the correct grammar
Subject topics included: Verb, pronoun, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction
Intelligence and Conciousness
Subject topics included: Intelligence types, non-biological systems
Knowing Languages
Subject topics included: Scope of language acceptance, dialects, language groups
Knowing more about human rights
Subject topics included: Ethnicity, language, religion, freedom or opinion and expression
Memory Retention
Subject topics included: Retaining experiences, recognition, developing conditions
Neuroplasticity
Subject topics included: Changes in brain structure, learning and adaptation
People Skills
Subject topics included: Consequences, empathy, interpersonal intelligence
Positive Attitudes
Subject topics included: Positive mental state, brain systems in positivity
Positive Psychology
Subject topics included: Development psychology, human development, changes during life
Self-Compassion
Subject topics included: Understanding the meaning of Pity and Compassion
Social Intelligence
Subject topics included: Personal qualities, compassion, learning styles
Stress Management
Subject topics included: Managing stress, happiness, emotional intelligence, stress in pupils
Take ownership of one’s own actions
Subject topics included: Key personality attributes in integrity
The importance of dressing well and appropriately
Subject topics included: Expectations and customs, colour and it’s connotations
Understanding Empathy
Subject topics included: Identifying different aspects of empathy, empathy in everyday life