
Glasgow’s new Life Skills Education Programme will be running for the first time in 2017, and is the brainchild of the city’s leading life skills coach, John P. McNaughton.
It will be a truly global event, with a mix of international and domestic learners.” “
This is a very exciting moment for the city and for us.
It will be a truly global event, with a mix of international and domestic learners.”
John P McNaughts life skills teaching team is based at the John P McNeil Institute of Life Skills and the School of Life Sciences.
“It’s about building skills and improving our world, and we’ve been talking to young people about what it means to have a life,” he says.
The programme will run at six centres across Glasgow and Glasgow University. “
Life is about learning to be a part of the larger human story, and in this case the journey will be about learning the skills to become a part for the betterment of all.”
The programme will run at six centres across Glasgow and Glasgow University.
John McNaughtons team, led by Professor Brendan McGann, is the UK’s leading Life Skills coach.
“What we want to do here in the city of Glasgow is really bring together a lot of the different life skills we have and provide a platform to support students and the wider community to learn more and more,” says John McNaught.
“To me, the key thing is to have that conversation with students and really engage them and get them thinking about what they’re learning in a real way.”
This is about the growth of human capability, not just physical ability.
It’s about the capacity to become better, to grow, and it’s about developing self-confidence and self-respect.
“But the most important thing for students is to be able to think, ‘I can be a leader and make a difference’.””
This year, we’re going to have more people coming through this institute, so it’s a really good opportunity for students to really start thinking about the impact they can have.””
But the most important thing for students is to be able to think, ‘I can be a leader and make a difference’.”
This year, we’re going to have more people coming through this institute, so it’s a really good opportunity for students to really start thinking about the impact they can have.
“I’m really looking forward to being able to have these students in my life for the next few years.”