Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK’s most popular universities with more than 31,000 students. The University has decades of experience of delivering courses internationally and welcomes over 4,000 students from more than 120 countries.

A Sheffield Hallam degree gives students life-long access to a global community of thousands of graduates, including regular social and networking events organised in Hong Kong.

The programmes offered by the Sheffield Hallam University are internationally recognised by employers and professional associations. Graduates may be eligible for an alumni scholarship towards one of the postgraduate programmes offered in the UK.

Programme Overview

Programme Introduction

This programme prepares students for a career as a professional sports coach. Whether students want to work in a performance or participation role, in schools, governing bodies of sport, professional sports clubs or commercial sport and activity settings, this programme challenges and supports their development.

Students will benefit from a teaching team that combines active coaching, coach education, coach employment and coach development experience. Upon completion of the programme, they will have the opportunity to work in a sports
environment globally.

Programme Aims

This programme aims to:

• develop students as a highly employable graduate sport coach, focusing on personal, professional and transferable skills;
• facilitate students' knowledge and understanding of sport coaching and its application to coaching practice; and
• build upon students' academic skills and competencies in order to enable them to operate as an autonomous, innovative, enterprising and critically reflective lifelong learner.

Career Prospects

This programme prepares graduates for a career in:

• sport coaching within professional clubs, commercial companies or governing bodies of sport;
• PE teaching within schools and commercial organisations;
• strength and conditioning, adult activity and child physical literacy development; and
• management and leadership of coaching.

Programme Structure

The programme structure is as follows:

Assessment

Entry Requirements

• Holders of Higher Diploma in Sports Coaching awarded by VTC.
• Other qualifications of Higher Diploma or Associate Degree will be considered through qualification mapping on a case-by-case basis.

English Proficiency Requirements

• An overall band score of 6.0 in IELTS or equivalent.
• VTC Higher Diploma graduates are exempted from the English proficiency requirements.