Case Studies and Online Learning
IBA programmes have been used successfully with individuals and teams within a range of diverse environments, including education, healthcare, business and the creative arts. It has been reported to be helpful in improving individual confidence and resilience at both a professional and personal level.
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By helping to develop musicians’ self-understanding through the use of Intelligent Behaviour Analytics, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is working to support their student’s health and wellbeing.
In 2018, Bablake Junior School took part in a Birmingham City University IBA pilot programme and in 2019 went on to be shortlisted in the category of ‘Wellbeing Initiative of the Year’ by the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Independent School Awards.
Online teaching and learning
In 2019, Birmingham City University launched an MSc module titled Understanding and Managing Behaviours of Self, Teams and Organisations.
The module is a fusion of Eastern and Western and ancient and modern ideas. It is based on the premise of equipping students with bespoke knowledge and skills via a novel Framework and Toolkit. This can be utilised in a practical sense to help individuals overcome personal and interpersonal challenges which for some, might otherwise lead to significant levels of stress and anxiety. In so doing the student is pro actively equipped to be more resilient in times of difficulty and pressure.
The framework posits that improved self understanding can lead to enhanced self management. This offers the student informed choice regarding their own behavioural and emotional responses within pressured and non-pressured situations and includes the ability to recognise and adapt to the responses of others. The framework produces a narrative bespoke to the student which permits forensic examination of individual strengths plus analysis of the risks and consequences associated with overplaying those strengths.
The toolkit provides practical skills permitting students to apply their knowledge in the real world, aiming for a sustainable, balanced lifestyle with the capability and perspective to be better positioned to self manage in challenging or stressful situations.
