The schooling companies big has additionally determined to make SGN’s founder, Anna Could, the chief head of Kaplan worldwide grief programmes, it introduced this afternoon (October 2).
The transfer will permit Kaplan to enhance the assist it presents to increased schooling college students experiencing grief – particularly worldwide college students, “who could also be grieving 1000’s of miles from residence”, it stated.
SGN’s intention is to “soften the impression of bereavement” in college college students by providing a raft of assist and schooling corresponding to coaching, consultancy, workshops and occasions, it stated.
Could, who skilled grief herself whereas she was a scholar, stated: “Our hope is to construct better-informed and extra compassionate approaches to bereavement, grief, trauma and wellbeing throughout increased schooling and enhance the assist that college students obtain in weak moments.”
I understand how lonely and overwhelming it may be to grieve at college, and that assist typically feels out of contact or arduous to entry
Anna Could, SGN
“I understand how lonely and overwhelming it may be to grieve at college, and that assist typically feels out of contact or arduous to entry,” she added.
“However by means of years of growing SGN and all of the conversations I’ve had with college students and employees, I additionally imagine it’s attainable to create a more healthy grief tradition and construct instruments for residing with loss and supporting each other.”
The acquisition marks one other transfer to develop globally from Kaplan, which in August introduced a five-year partnership between the College of Oregon and its Worldwide Pathways arm for worldwide scholar recruitment.
Simply two months earlier than in June, the firm revealed that Kaplan Worldwide was set to launch a basis program with the College of Alberta, and the Kaplan Languages Group introduced it had purchased a language faculty in Good.
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