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I started Dr. Rob Croton Academic Coaching to provide individual, bespoke support. Inspiring others to grow is truly one of life’s greatest privileges.
Testimonial: ‘He is able to inform and encourage anyone from any level to wherever they wish to go… I could not recommend him as a personal tutor or teacher enough.’
What is Academic Coaching?
Academic coaching nurtures a person’s skills, working on an individual basis, to grow and fulfil their potential. I ultimately want to work with people so that they can do more, and master important, difficult skills.
Education costs a great deal of money and time, both of which you will want to maximise; my cost-effective, individualised service can fill gaps, provide clarity and the attention you may not receive when sitting a course.
You may be looking for your next steps. Another common wish is to achieve excellence.
Overall, it is worth enquiring to see if working together can assist you.
Who and what is this service for?
Specialising in supporting A-Level and University students (undergraduate and postgraduate), providing expertise, specialist support and advice for:
- Studying English & Humanities
- University applications
- Writing & Editing
- Research & Research methods
- Projects, EPQ, and coursework
- Thesis and dissertation advice
- Presenting, Public speaking
- Study skills
- Effective use of technology.
Long-term or short-term mentorship, one-to-one or small group.
Note that I am adaptable wherever I possibly can be, so please enquire with your proposal, and I will try to help.
About Dr. Rob Croton Academic Coaching
I started this service to provide individual, bespoke support. Inspiring others to grow is truly one of life’s greatest privileges. I believe in focusing on an individual’s skills, and giving practical advice – the ‘how to’ skills.
I have broad and specialised experience in tutoring, teaching and coaching from Year 7 to PhD level. Despite this wide range, I have encountered common worries and focuses.
Whenever studying, the same skills are valued highly:
- understanding
- expression & the art of writing
- strong research
- the ability to organise your work and present it, to think for yourself
- to see the connections within what you are studying or working on.
Many of these vital skills are bypassed in education rather than addressed explicitly. Something as simple as note-taking is often taken for granted. But they are crucial to grasp ‘why’ something is important.
I am here to bring my unique expertise, to provide advice and give you confidence.
Why is Academic Coaching useful?
Importantly, beyond your education, these are also the difficult, high effort “how to” skills most needed, neglected, being bypassed, and desired in the age of AI.
Don’t believe me? This is how Claude (Sonnet 5) reacted:
“AI has made fluent, competent-sounding text cheap to produce. What it hasn’t made cheap is knowing whether that text is right, noticing what’s missing, asking a good question in the first place, or having a view of your own. Those are the skills on your list: understanding, research judgement, seeing connections, thinking for yourself. You also need real writing ability to evaluate and direct AI output, so “the art of writing” still earns its place. Employer-facing research points the same way. As far as I know, analytical thinking has topped the World Economic Forum’s list of core skills in its recent Future of Jobs reports, though check the current edition before quoting it.”
After all, the final sentence demands you to verify the output.