Coaching Psychology MSc

Teaching

The University places emphasis on enabling students to develop the independent learning capabilities that will equip you for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement.  A mixture of independent study, teaching and academic support through the personal academic tutoring system enables you to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will enable you to flourish and be successful.

Contact time

Typically students will have around 16 contact hours of teaching. The precise contact hours will depend on the modules selected.

Class contact time is structured around:

• Interactive teaching
• Group work
• Case study analysis

Independent self study

In addition to the contact time, you are expected to undertake personal self-study. Typically, this will involve further reading on each module and additional reading and research to complete each module’s assessments. Assessments may consist of case study work, research proposals, analysis of data sets, reflective logs, seen exams, reflective workbooks and consultancy reports.

Independent learning is supported by a range of excellent learning facilities, including the Hive and library resources, the virtual learning environment, and extensive electronic learning resources. There is also additional reading and resources on the module’s Blackboard site, which will be available once you register for the module.

Duration

• Full-time: around 12 months
• Part-time: 2/3 years

Timetables

Timetables are normally available one month before registration. Please note that whilst we try to be as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week; and some classes can be scheduled in the evenings.

Assessment

The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments.  Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ assessments, which are graded and count towards the overall module grade.

Assessment methods include essays, case studies, practical skills work, data analysis research reports, seminar papers and presentations. An 8,000-10,000 word Independent Research Project is required for the MSc award.

You will receive feedback on practice assessments and on formal assessments undertaken by coursework. Feedback on examination performance is available upon request from the module leader. Feedback is intended to support learning and you are encouraged to discuss it with personal academic tutors and module tutors as appropriate.

We aim to provide you with feedback on formal course work assessments within 20 working days of hand-in.

Teaching staff

You will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course. The team includes senior academics and coaching practitioners with professional experience.

Teaching is informed by research and consultancy, and course lecturers have a higher education teaching qualification or are Fellows of Advance HE (previously Higher Education Academy).

Programme specification

For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and the means by which these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please download the latest programme specification document.