Coaching Psychology Unit | Short Courses | Coaching Supervision | Coaching Postgraduate | Research
Do you want to develop your understanding of coaching, its theory and practice and gain a formal post-graduate qualifi cation in coaching.
The programmes offer:
The School of Psychology’s Coaching Psychology Unit has developed three innovative post graduate programmes for those seeking to develop their skills in coaching.
The School is the first in the UK end-to-end coaching psychology provision offering skills training, academic qualifications at certificate, diploma and masters level alongside PhD’s.
The programme team consists of leading UK coaches with experience of undertaking coaching research and with coaching books and publications in International journals.
One of the programme team holds office within the British Psychological Society.
The programme will review applications for prior learning, subject to review by the School APL Committee.
The programme is situated in a School of Psychology with other staff who offer relevant expertise, library, facilities and equipment, bookshop and canteen.
The MSc programme is structured over two years PT and one year FT.
The MSc Coaching programme has seven modules, 6 of which need to be completed:
For students studying for intermediate awards the PGCert requires students to complete two modules and four modules for the PGDip. These modules are listed below:
The post-graduate certificate programme offers four modules, 2 of which students must be completed:
The post-graduate diploma offers five modules, 4 of which must be completed:
With the qualifications we would anticipate students would be able to work as coaches independently or secure work with professional consulting organisations offering coaching services.
It is anticipated that many students on the programme will already working in the area of coaching or consulting and successful completion of the programme ensures they have further developed their understanding of the theories and principles which underpin their practice and secured a post-graduate qualification.
Each student is allocated a personal tutor. The programme team make positive efforts to ensure students take full opportunity of the offer to provide feedback on drafts of written work and academic tutorials.
Post Graduate Programmes
Applicants for these post-graduate programmes should possess an undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology, business, health and social welfare, counselling, education studies or education, human resources, sociology or social enterprise studies or other related disciplines with a minimum 2.2 classification (or equivalent).However, if they have relevant skills or experiences in coaching or related context and can demonstrate confidence about taking academic and practical study, a degree may not be necessary for entry.
All applicants are required to attend a selection interview and to provide satisfactory references. In some circumstances the interview will be undertaken by telephone for example for international students. For studies who have studied at UEL in the past five year this should include the Programme Director for their UEL studies. The interview will assess whether candidates have the required previous experience in coaching / mentoring and the interpersonal skills / potential to benefit from the programme.
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.
Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.
The University of East London actively promotes and celebrates equality and diversity and positively welcomes applicants regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, age, religion or social class.
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UCAS code N/A
Final award Pg.Cert / Pg.Dip / MSc
Intermediate awards available Pg.Cert / Pg.Dip
Details of professional body accreditation N/A
Relevant QAA Benchmark statements Psychology
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