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Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

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University of Bedfordshire
UCAS CODE: C671

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Bedford Campus

  • Study mode

    Sandwich / Placement

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

We offer three football-related pathways (coaching, studies or business) where you choose your preferred specialism after your first year. This course prepares you to work as a skilled coach across a variety of football settings. You learn a range of coaching skills to help you deliver and plan training sessions; evaluate performances; implement improvement strategies; and put your learning into practice in football-related scenarios. There are also opportunities for placements, including with our official Education Partners, Luton Town FC.


Professional Practice Year

Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.


Facilities and Specialist Equipment

- Purpose-built strength and conditioning facility. - Free gym and Olympic weight room. - Sports arena.- Multi-use games areas. - Sports therapy and rehabilitation centre with a sports injury clinic, open to staff, students and external athletes/clients.- Sports massage rooms.- Industry-leading performance-analysis equipment, including a Nacsport camera system, In-Play Sports online performance analysis and Catapult GPS system.


Partnerships and Collaborations

- We are official Education Partners of Luton Town FC. We also enjoy working relationships with other football clubs and organisations, giving you the opportunity to put your learning into practice.- We are also a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).


Your Student Experience

- Our Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where academic staff get to know you well. - You also have the support of your own personal academic tutor who will guide and support you throughout your student journey. - Gain valuable work experience at our Human Performance Centre, which offers testing to sports people, teams and the public for fitness, flexibility and body composition assessments. - Take advantage of coaching opportunities with local schools and football clubs. - Gain recognised awards such as FA Coaching Level 1 (Introduction to Coaching Football) and Level 2 (UEFA C). - Take part in behind-the-scenes tours and match-day experiences to football clubs such as Luton Town FC and MK Dons as well as local football organisations and non-league clubs. - Field trips include St George鈥檚 Park, Burton-on-Trent, the home of England Football, and football clubs around the country

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 11,975per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire

  • University League Table

    129th

  • Campus address

    University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, Luton, LU1 3JU, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Sports Science

    65th out of 86 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    113 53%

    76th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    79.0 79%

    11th

    8

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.08 77%

    68th

    3

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