Rebecca Melone: “Not only is Alison free but you can study from anywhere at...
Rebecca Melone is an Alison graduate from South Africa. She shares her story of loss and lifelong learning with the Alison Blog. “My name is Rebecca Melone. I am a South African, born and bred. After high school, I had no direction and I wasted a lot of time. Eventually, I took a job with…
Educator spotlight: Using online learning to improve mental health
Deakin is one of Australia’s largest universities, rapidly rising in the international rankings and currently featuring in the top 2% of the world’s universities. A quarter of their students study predominantly online and they offer 9 degrees, 1 program and 41 short courses on the FutureLearn platform. They recently launched a new 3-week course on…
Robin Hills: “Publishing with Alison has meant being able to spread the message about...
Robin Hills is an emotional intelligence coach, trainer and facilitator working with a variety of organisations from small start-up companies to large global multinationals. Robin is Director of EI4Change – Emotional Intelligence 4 Change – with expertise in emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience. Robin tells us about his background, working with Alison and the…
5 Courses to mark World Mental Health Day
This week includes World Mental Health Day, a day on which attention is drawn to our mental wellbeing and that of others. After the pandemic and the struggles that have come with it, it’s perhaps a more important day than in years past. To mark World Mental Health Day, we’ve compiled a list of five…
Show Yourself Some Love This Valentines Day
It’s that time of year again, Valentine’s Day. The season of love is upon us, in all its chocolatey, heart-covered glory. When everyone is coupling up, there is one kind of love that gets overlooked: self-love. You know what I’m talking about. All too often, we focus on others and everything around us, and neglect…
The Business of Mental Health
A successful leader in business will always have a lot on their plate. With all of the duties that come with such a position, it can be easy to lose sight of more intangible issues affecting the bottom line of your business, such as the mental health of employees. So to help our entrepreneurial Learners…
4 Simple Steps to Improve Your Mental Health
Mental health is a vitally important aspect of all of our lives. Unfortunately, it’s quite poorly understood. There are a lot of misconceptions around the topic, and it’s easy to get swept away by it all. To make things easier and clearer, we’ve put together four simple steps you can take to improve your mental…
Looking After Your Mental Health At Work
We all need a little help sometimes. It might surprise you that nearly one in seven people worldwide suffer from mental health issues. With the advent of COVID-19 and remote working, and the strain placed on people returning to work after isolation and loss, looking after one’s mental health in the workplace is more important…
Making A Few Small Changes At Home That Lead To Big Changes At Work
We all do our best to try and manage our work lives every day, but it’s a fast-paced, at times chaotic world out there, and we’re not always prepared for what it can throw at us. Getting the best out of each day can be nearly impossible if you’re not in the right frame of…
Combatting the Stigma Around Loneliness
Loneliness is a natural human emotion, yet it remains one of the most stigmatised. This Loneliness Awareness Week (June 9-15), Alison is highlighting a free course designed to help develop connections – and open up conversations about this natural aspect of the human condition. The course, Guide to Wellbeing: From Loneliness to Connection, highlights how…
