Sports Coaching

University of Worcester
Postgraduate PgCert Part-time 1 Year Sport and exercise science

About this course

Our Sports Coaching PG Cert creates a community of dedicated postgraduate students who are passionate about being better coaches. The mix of full-time and part-time students means that you will be welcomed into an established and thriving group of like-minded developing coaches and practitioners drawn from a wide range of sports. We spend a great deal of time discussing our coaching, digesting the latest research in the field and critically reflecting on our own practice. We offer a supportive, yet challenging, coaching environment and our students regularly tell us that this course has revolutionised their approach to coaching.

Every member of staff teaching on this course publishes several research articles a year focusing on pertinent issues in coach learning and development. They are also active coaches with decades of cumulative experience at local, national, and international levels. Whether your focus is on grassroots sport, talent development, or performance – we can enhance your skills as a postgraduate student.

Key features

  • Part-time study option allows you to continue working in your current environment whilst studying at a postgraduate level

  • A modular structure allows you to study at your own pace visiting one module at a time

  • Provides access to further courses: Postgraduate Diploma or Master's Degree

  • Choice of assessment topic, so you can tailor your assignments to your personal and professional interests

  • An extensive Professional Placement element which enables you to develop your practice in an applied environment – either of your own choosing or facilitated through our extensive network of providers including our own professional sport franchises (Worcester Wolves Basketball and Severn Stars netball).
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
    1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors
    2319 Teaching professionals
    2311 Higher education teaching professionals
    2312 Further education teaching professionals
    3432 Sports coaches, instructors and officials

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
    Study Mode
    Part-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Worcester
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Sport and exercise science