Education

Everyone belongs! Everyone matters!

Education changes people and organisations, providing personal growth, organisational competence and expansive capabilities.

Education in an organisation is critical to develop and sustain a culture, and to ensure everyone, from the top down (or bottom up) is fully equipped to bring the best of what s/he can offer to the organisation’s mission, vision and strategic direction.

Present-future can help in both academic and organisational environments. With a wealth of experience and expertise in higher education, and many years training managers and staff in organisations, the educational and training interventions are rigorously designed to conform to your aims and objectives, excite and enthuse participants, and produce exemplary results; preparing students to shine in examinations, and executives and staff to perform to the highest standards.

What you get

Integrated curriculum design with clear aims and objectives:

Modular accumulative learning programmes
Discrete one-off sessions on specialist topics
Embedded learning checks throughout the session and/or courses
Ambitious and achievable learning outcomes for all participants

Inspirational, interactive and dynamic learning facilitation catering to all learning styles:

Previous learning experiences and achievement levels considered and accommodated
Discreet attention to learning difficulties ensures all learners are included
Multi-media approach to stimulate engagement
Different learning styles and preferences catered for with a variety of learning activities
Encouragement for students to develop meta-cognition of their own learning processes and preferences in order to maximise their learning capabilities.

Follow-up sessions to ensure learning is embedded, synthesised and used:

Formative and summative assessment foregrounded and individual development applauded
Workplace evaluation of the impact of learning and its application
Continuous assessment of the relevance of the educational/training interventions

How it helps

Achieves personal goals and ambitions:

Individual participants improve personal and professional knowledge, skills and performance
Organisations with exceptional staff deliver high quality services/goods

Motivates and invigorates personnel at all levels throughout the organisation:

Happy, excited and efficient staff work hard and contribute creatively to development
Team-work is strengthened and flexibility within and between teams provides effective contingency

Develops all learners’ creative thinking and contribution to the organisation:

Individuals’ personal and professional development encourages buy-in to the overarching organisational agenda
Ideas and enthusiasm are generated at all levels providing a broad knowledge base that can be harvested for continuous improvement

Fosters success in line with the vision and mission:

Staff understand the ‘why’ of what they are doing
Commitment and enthusiasm for the vision and mission is strengthened

Experience and specialist areas

10 years freelance associate lecturing at University of Oxford
- Medieval English language and literature
- History, Use and Theory of the English language
Freelance university lecturing in Strategy and Leadership
- Particular expertise in teaching "Leadership by Stealth"
Extensive experience training staff in Health and Social Care and therapeutic interventions
10 years facilitating dynamic experiential personal growth workshops designed to bring wounds to light and begin the process of healing

Current work includes

Annual Summer School at St. Peter's College, Oxford
- Medieval English literature
- Strategy and Implementation
Associate lectureship at Oxford Brookes University
- Management and Leadership
University of Oxford, various colleges
- Strategy and Management
- English language and literature

Voluntary work:

Mentoring MBA students at University of Oxford, Said Business School

Qualifications

2003: University of Oxford, Institute for the Advancement of University Learning: Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
2002: Oxford College of Further Education: Certificate in Post-Compulsory Education.

Publications

Cole, C. (2003) ‘The Integrity of Text and Context in the Prayers of British Library Cotton MS Nero AXlV’ in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen Vol 104, pp. 85-94.
Cole, C. (September 2000) ‘The Miller vs the Knight in the Canterbury Tales’ in The English Review.

Testimonials

Caroline's course was refreshing, exciting, and wonderfully eye-opening. I found myself looking forward to class every day and actively participating each time. Everything, from her guidance to her genuine love of the material, made the class (and my overall experience of Oxford) one of the best experiences I have ever had. I will greatly miss Caroline and the stimulating intellectual environment she created for us.

Daria Ryabogin, Case Western Reserve University, USA St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 2017 21st August 2017

My time with you has been a wonderful experience. Thank-you for showing me I can be a creative writer. Thank-you for showing me the potential was always there in me, all I needed was a little push.

Taylor Hubbard, University of Montevallo, USA St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 5th October 2015

Thank-you for everything you taught us the past 5 weeks. Not only have I learned a great deal of medieval literature, but I’ve also learned to read and write more critically, a skill I needed to learn. I was intimidated on the first day of class, but you were always encouraging of my participation and thoughts. Your course was challenging but I feel I am a better student because of it. Thanks for the experience, the knowledge and the trip to the British Library.

Sabrina Zohoury, University of Michigan, USA St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 5th October 2015

I was one of the students who participated in the program hosted by St Peter’s and Magdalen Colleges for students from Salem and Moravian Colleges. I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for all that you did in contribution to that program. The program changed my life, and heavily impacted on the way that I think about the business world, and the world in general. I am extremely grateful for your time and energy throughout the process; outside of being enjoyable, your talk on strategic planning was of extreme personal value and has already proven to be useful to me. Again, thank-you so much.

Rachael Nelson 5th October 2015

I was fortunate enough to have Caroline as my tutor for Topics in the English Language. Aside from the eye-opening, intriguing, and intellectual discussions in class, I also learned a great deal from Caroline outside the classroom, which involved conversations about modern culture and society. She is truly one of the brightest people I have had the chance of knowing, and her stimulating teaching style has challenged me as a student, a thinker, and a writer. I am grateful to have had such an inspiring and caring tutor like Caroline, and it is with my utmost gratitude that I thank her for this academic experience.

Erika Shevchek University of Michigan, USA 28th August 2018

Caroline is a brilliant intellectual with a razor-sharp sense of humor and an impressive repertoire. Her tutorial was both informative and engaging. She utilized a multi-modal approach to teaching which catered to diverse learning styles. I highly recommend Caroline if you ever have the privilege of working with her.

Minna Wybrecht Oxford Summer School, August 2018 28th August 2018

Caroline is a one-of-a-kind educator. Combining relevant and relatable conversation to any literature topic we discussed she made class an activity I relished, and always looked forward to. Often times in the American university system, hardly is a personal relationship developed with your professor due to large student to professor ratios, but with Caroline I felt like I was learning from a friend. She left no question(s) unanswered, and based our class time in interesting and lively discussions that went far beyond the traditional lecture of most literature classes. A truly wonderful professor, I am grateful for the privilege of learning under her while at the University of Oxford.

Tristan Ridley, University of Alabama, Virginia, USA, St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 2017 21st August 2017

Thank-you, Caroline – I have so enjoyed my time here and on your course.

Claude Christiansen, University of Michigan, USA St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 5th October 2015

My deepest thank-you for the big support and help, and for not giving up on me; it was a first for me having such support and commitment.

University Postgraduate Student 14th April 2016

I’ve enjoyed your course so much and I’m definitely thankful that I was able to be a part of it. More importantly, I had fun!

Alexander Miller, University of Michigan, USA St Peter’s College, Oxford, Summer School 5th October 2015