{"id":2005,"date":"2026-08-18T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/welcome\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:49:04","slug":"introducing-your-student-experience-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/2026\/08\/18\/introducing-your-student-experience-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to your Student Experience Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support we offer you here at UWE comes in many different forms \u2013 this includes a team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwe.ac.uk\/study\/study-support\/student-experience-coaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Experience Coaches<\/a> who are here to help you achieve your goals and make the most of university life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student Experience Coaches are professionally trained to use coaching models and techniques that help you to define direction, overcome obstacles and achieve aims.\u202f A coach can help you with your university experience outside of lectures;they can coach you on many areas of your life and studies, including self- development, wellbeing and self-care and engagement with your course, including growing confidence in your exams and assignments.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, they can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Encourage you to seek solutions to your issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empower you to take control&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help you to explore what your aspirations and goals are&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify strategies and establish day-to-day habits that will have a positive impact on your life and studies.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our students who&#8217;ve benefitted from working with a coach have said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;(Coaching) really helped me to understand how to motivate myself and prioritise my work in a way that worked well for me!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My coach was incredibly helpful and supportive. So helpful to sit with someone and process my thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Coaching made me feel like a superhero.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get in touch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infohub.uwe.ac.uk\/students\/login?ReturnUrl=%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book an appointment<\/a>\u202for <a href=\"mailto:experiencecoach@uwe.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email a coach<\/a> with an outline of your situation and we will get back to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coaching is available to all students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, across all of our campuses.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An informal chat with someone who is outside of the situation might just help you untangle your thoughts and gain some clarity on a way forward. They are part of the university package you\u2019ve signed up for, so make the most of your Student Experience Coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support we offer you here at UWE comes in many different forms \u2013 this includes a team of Student Experience Coaches who are here to help you achieve your goals and make the most of university life.&nbsp; Student Experience Coaches are professionally trained to use coaching models and techniques that help you to define direction, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/2026\/08\/18\/introducing-your-student-experience-coaches\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Say hello to your Student Experience Coaches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":2023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":39,"footnotes":""},"categories":[431,39],"tags":[44,110,271,273,430],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-welcome-2026","category-your-studies","tag-coaching","tag-study-support","tag-success-coaches","tag-university-life","tag-welcome-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/student\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}