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Performance Coaching is an innovative distance learning degree; the first of its kind in Scotland. It is for experienced performance coaches who wish to extend their expertise adjacent to their sport- specific qualifications. The course has been developed to articulate with the emerging UKCC Level 4 certification process. It will develop skills of critical analysis and reflective practice, enhance problem-solving capacity and promote innovative solutions to performance coaching problems.

Your work will be grounded in performance coaching practice, considering case studies and experiential learning from peers and leading coaching practitioners.

Course objectives
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This distance learning course is for experienced performance coaches who wish to extend their expertise alongside their sport-specific qualifications. We have developed the course to link with the emerging UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) Level 4 certification process. It will develop skills of critical analysis and reflective practice, enhance problem-solving capacity and promote innovative solutions to performance coaching problems.

In addition to the sports-specific coaching skills, you will have developed in your practice, we develop coaches who:

reflect continuously and challenge personal assumptions and beliefs to improve future performance

critically reflect on decisions in complex and unpredictable situations

recognise and resolve problematic coaching issues through the generation of innovative strategies and solutions

design and implement an optimal learning environment to impact on athletes’ performance needs

design and implement a planned and strategic approach to performance improvement

develop and manage appropriate support structures to facilitate improved performance

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

Five years' relevant/appropriate work experience is required.

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must provide evidence of your proficiency such as a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 (5.5 in all bands).

If you don’t meet the required score you may be able to register for one of our pre-sessional English courses. To register you must hold a conditional offer for your course and have an IELTS score 0.5 or 1.0 below the required standard.

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Looking for an advanced education that can take your career to a whole new level? Grantham University’s Master of Science in Performance Improvement (MS-PI) program teaches progressive skills in organizational resource management. Through Grantham’s convenient, 100% online format and professionally relevant courses, you will learn how to manage complex organizational challenges through performance improvement strategies. Additionally, you will become adept at analyzing an organization, generating strategies to maximize performance and implementing solutions.

MS Performance Improvement Program Outcomes
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At the successful completion of the program, you should be able to:

Evaluate organizational and human performance issues

Integrate performance improvements with business needs

Prepare proposals and develop strategies to influence stakeholder decisions

Determine viable interventions to improve performance

Design and develop intervention products

Measure and revise performance improvement solutions

Organize and manage performance improvement projects

Discern professionalism related to performance improvement consulting

Entry Requirements

You are required to have a baccalaureate degree with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.5 from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Official transcripts showing proof of the baccalaureate degree must be received by the Registrar’s Office within 90 days of enrollment.

We require the following documentation prior to the evaluation process, as appropriate to your situation:

- A copy of all college/university transcripts

- Employer course certificates with description of course content and class hours

- Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART), Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) transcript, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) score, Coast Guard Institute (CGI) transcript, Army American Council on Education Registry Transcript System (AARTS) transcript, Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) transcript and/or other military transcripts

Other Fees

Graduation Fee - $100

Technology Fee - $35 per 8-week term

Transcript - $10

International Shipping Fee - $50 per course

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This course is designed to meet the learning and professional development needs of human resource and training practitioners, managers, researchers and policy-makers who are involved in designing or researching workplace learning, work practices and skills systems for improved organisational performance. You will acquire the latest academic and professional knowledge in understanding the complex relationships between learning, skills, work practices and organisational performance. There is also an option at Module 3 to enhance this knowledge in the global or national comparative context or to specialise in organisational performance and skills.

Entry Requirements

Possession of a first or second-class honours degree (or its equivalent) in a relevant field

OR an approved professional qualification coupled with three years or more suitable professional experience.

If your first language is not English you will need to satisfy the University's English language requirements.

Please refer the English language requirements at "http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/english/ELR"

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Developed to meet the demands of the modern construction industry, this course incorporates current construction techniques and explores the latest regulatory and commercial issues. You'll build on your existing qualifications or experience in this area to develop a good knowledge of architectural technology, building performance and the laws that govern the industry. The course offers a well balanced blend of theory and practice which prepares you for the workplace. So you'll gain a broad understanding of the construction industry but also learn how to apply this to create design solutions.

The course is built around the knowledge and current applied research of three of the University's key research units; the Building Performance Centre, Scottish Energy Centre and the Centre for Timber Engineering. You'll study taught modules which provide you with the knowledge and experience required to complete a major design project and continue on to a successful career in construction.

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists confirms that this is an approved Masters programme and graduates who gain this award meet the Institute’s requirements for Associate membership for progression to Chartered Membership.

As well as the knowledge base that the course provides you with, you will also gain transferable skills in research, communication, organisation, problem solving and presentation.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirement for this course is a UK degree . We look for applicants to have a background in Professionals caring for the public in order to be eligible for the programme.
We may also consider lesser qualifications if you have sufficient relevant work experience within the industry.
If English is not your first language, it is usually required that you sit an English language test in order to gain entry onto our postgraduate programmes. This course requires the standard IELTS 6.0 with no individual component score of less than 5.5 or equivalent.

Other Fees

Home/EU Dissertation: £350

Overseas Dissertation: £525

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Anglia Ruskin University has created this unique and innovative degree programme to improve performance and success in football teams and is specifically designed to be delivered around the unconventional working patterns of sports professionals.

Our on-going consultations with education professionals in the football community, including associations and clubs in the Premiership, Championship, Leagues One and Two, and England Women, ensure that this qualification delivers highly relevant and practical learning. It provides coaching professionals and players from both men and women’s football with the skills and techniques for coaching success, for both today and tomorrow.

Entry Requirements

A current contract with a Premiership or Football League or Football Conference club, or equivalent as either a player or a coach.

Other Fees

Notes

Previous coaching experience and professional qualifications can be considered in your application.

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