AdvDip(CPD) Advanced Coaching
Course Overview
The University of Bolton has a 'Teaching Intensive, Research Informed' ethos. We aspire to offer postgraduate student-focused courses that inform best practice in teaching and learning, underpinned by the research knowledge of our high-quality staff.This contemporary and stimulating stand-alone module supports you in building the expert coaching skills needed to support the professional development of education staff and enhance the quality of teaching and learning at your institution. Our welcoming team of highly experienced, professionally and academically qualified staff will support you in reflecting on your identity as a coach and guide you as you gradually develop your coaching competencies.
With our support, you'll explore a variety of coaching models, critically analyse their impact on professional development, and then develop your own competence in coaching. We'll guide you as you plan, deliver and reflect on your own coaching sessions, which will be recorded. These sessions will support you in reflecting on your learning journey towards developing advanced coaching skills. We'll also encourage you as you formulate recommendations on how to build and enhance a coaching culture in your organisation to support the quality of teaching and learning.
Highlights
- Our students are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds. Sharing your peers' individual and unique educational insights and perspectives helps enrich your learning experience.
- We promote research and critical enquiry, helping you learn to make sound, evidence-based independent judgements.
- This course is part of a suite of professional development courses covering contemporary issues and developments in education that focus on equipping you with advanced skills and knowledge to help your career progression.
- When you successfully complete this course, you'll be awarded an Advanced Diploma of CPD worth 30 credits at Level HE7 that can contribute towards the MEd Professional Development in Education or MA Educational Leadership degrees offered by the University of Bolton.
Key Features
- This course allows you to gain career-enhancing skills without committing yourself to an entire postgraduate degree.
- Face-to-face sessions and one-to-one support are offered by our team of highly experienced, enthusiastic and dedicated experts.
- Our academic team is actively involved in educational research, helping you to explore issues from a robust research-informed knowledge base.
- Our well-stocked library offers a comprehensive selection of relevant texts and access to an extensive online database of multimedia sources, including eJournals, podcasts, vodcasts and eBooks.
Entry Requirements
- Normally, you'll have successfully completed an honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, and have appropriate work experience.
- An initial qualification in teaching, if this is not formally part of your first degree, is desirable. Experience in the education sector is strongly advised because you'll need to reflect critically on your experience and relate theory to practice.
- We're more than happy to have an informal chat with you about this course, either over the phone or in person. If you wish to meet in person, please contact the Programme Leader to arrange a mutually convenient time. (While we reserve the right to interview it's not our usual practice for this course.)
- If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.5 with normally no less than 6.0 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
Career Opportunities
This advanced professional course can support you in building expert coaching skills of great value for ambitious education professionals. When you successfully complete this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to support the professional development of education staff and enhance the quality of teaching and learning at your school, college or university.
Fees & Funding
Home/EU Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
International Fees
No fee information is currently available, please contact the University of Bolton’s Academic Fees team by emailing AcademicFees@bolton.ac.uk for more information.
Bursaries
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2025-26 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
How to apply
Home Applicants
You may apply directly to the University using the University's online application form. Please select your chosen start date from the list below:
You should have to hand:
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Details of the educational establishments you attended and dates
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Your certificates for the qualifications you are using to gain entry to the course – you will need to enter the completion date and upload copies
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Details of any employment history including name, address, dates and role
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Personal statement – this can be either input into the relevant field or uploaded separately
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Details including e-mail addresses of two referees, at least one of which should be someone who can provide an academic reference
Please make sure any documents you wish to upload in support of your application are in pdf or jpeg format. Personal statements may be word documents.
Please ensure your data is correct at each stage of the application before you proceed to the next page. If you use the back button at any time during the application, you should check the validity of the data you have already input.
If you experience difficulties during the application process, contact the Admissions Team on 01204 903394 or admissions-team@bolton.ac.uk
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Apply online: University of Bolton APD Advanced Coaching (HE7) - 27 January 2025
International Applicants
International applications are not possible for this course
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.
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Teaching & Assessment
Collaborative learning that sees course members as co-developers of knowledge is a central focus and resource for this professional development course. You'll be involved in personal and professional research and sharing good practice as you contribute to forums, discussions and workshops on specific themes.
We use blended learning and a variety of learning and teaching methods, including online delivery and engagement where appropriate. You'll learn in individual, group and collaborative settings.
We employ formative assessment to support your learning, allowing you to reflect on feedback on your progress from your tutors and peers. The summative assessment strategy is underpinned by the production of a portfolio of evidence.
Modules
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.
- Advanced Coaching
Assessment methods
| Level | Assessment method |
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| Level 1 | Coursework 100% |
Learning Activities
| Level | Activity |
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| Level 1 | Guided independent study 84% Scheduled learning and teaching activities 16% |
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
