At Worcester, you’ll gain plenty of hands-on coaching experience alongside lectures and seminars. You’ll have the opportunity to follow different pathways as you progress, allowing you to tailor the course to your career goals.
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Overview
This course is designed to give you the practical skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in the sports industry. From day one, you’ll work hands-on with people across a range of sports and abilities, building your expertise in coaching, physical activity, sports science and inclusive practice.
In your first year, you’ll cover the fundamentals of sports coaching, learning key coaching techniques and educational principles that form the foundation of effective coaching. During this year we’ll work closely with you to help you decide which direction you want to go in your career and with your degree. To support you in this journey, you'll be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor (this will be one of your lecturers) who will guide you throughout your studies.
In the second year you can choose to specialise, choosing modules that allow you to graduate with the following named degrees:
- BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching (Disability)
- BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching (Performance Analysis)
- BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching
You also have the flexibility at this point to switch to our Physical Education or Physical Education and Sports Coaching programmes.
Whichever route you choose, you’ll be well-prepared to step into a successful career in the sports industry.
Placements
Throughout the course, you’ll engage in practical coaching activities, gaining valuable experience that prepares you for the realities of a career in the sports industry.
A 100-hour work placement in your third year lets you apply your skills in a real-world setting, where you’ll work with individuals and teams in sports clubs, schools or community programmes. Recent students have been involved in coaching placements with sports organisations like the Gloucestershire Rugby Foundation, West Bromwich Albion Academy, and the Worcester Wolves Wheelchair Basketball Club. These placements provide essential hands-on experience and help you build a professional network in the sports sector.
Course content
Each year you will study a mix of mandatory and optional modules. This flexible course lets you explore career paths in coaching and the wider sports industry, giving you the skills to specialise in disability coaching or performance analysis.
Optional modules will run if they receive enough interest. It is not guaranteed that all modules will run every year.
Optional modules
Careers
The placements, practical sessions and coaching opportunities you’ll have throughout the course give you plenty to write about on your CV and help you build a network of contacts in the sports industry.
You’ll graduate with the skills, knowledge, confidence and experience to progress into a range of sports roles. This degree could be the first step toward your career as a:
- High-performance sports coach
- Academy coach
- Academy manager
- Strength and conditioning coach
- Community sports coach
- School sports coach
- Coach developer
- Disability sports coach
- Disability sport coordinator
- Sports performance analyst
- Sports development officer
- Performance lifestyle practitioner
- University lecturer
- Outdoor activities manager
You could also train to teach with a one-year Primary or Secondary PGCE at Worcester. Or specialise further with a postgraduate Applied Performance Analysis MSc or International Sport Management MSc.
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Course highlights
Teaching and assessment
Our course has been designed by academics and industry specialists to prepare you for a career in sport. So our teaching is a combination of practical sessions, seminars, lectures and one-to-one tutoring.
Evaluation is not all about written assignments and exams, you’ll also be assessed on your delivery of sessions, reflective journals and presentations.
Teaching and assessment contents
You are taught through a combination of interactive workshops, lectures, seminars and practicals. Taught sessions, accompanied by a range of authentic learning tasks, take a variety of formats and are intended to facilitate the construction and application of learning. Practical sessions are focused on developing subject specific skills and applied individual and group coaching delivery. Work-Based placements are also utilised within the course, with students undertaking a mandatory 100-hour placement within Level 6, enabling application of theory to practice, and an industry-relevant learning opportunity.
Meet the team
A small selection of the Sport and Exercise Science lecturers who teach on this course.
Tom Corden
Before joining the University Tom worked as an applied performance analyst for seven years at Nottingham Forest Football Club. There Tom had the opportunity to work with a variety of athletes and coaches from the academy all the way up to the Premier League, giving him a wide range of skills, experiences and expertise.
Tom's passion is using performance analysis to create positive learning environments, to provide helpful feedback to both coaches and players.
Dr Christian Edwards
Christian is a Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science and the Course Leader for the sports coaching degree pathway, and leads on sociological, psychological and research methods modules within the school’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Christian also coordinates the final year independent research project for all sports coaching and physical education degree pathways.
Michelle Morgan
Michelle Morgan joined the University of Worcester School of Sport and Exercise Science full-time in 2011, after fulfilling a number of part-time roles within the School during both her undergraduate and MSc studies. Michelle has a range of experiences in sports coaching (both in the UK and USA) with a Netball specialism as a UKCC Level 3 coach. In her role as a Senior Lecturer for the BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching Science degree, Michelle uses her industry and academic experiences to support and develop students’ understanding of the demands of the sporting industry, including the skills and qualities needed to be employable.
David Mycock
David consults and researches in the field of coaching science and coaches externally in elite level football. He has helped evolve the game of blind futsal and is a qualified FA Tutor. David is the Head Coach of Worcester Blind FC and has previously coached the England and Great Britain Blind Futsal teams at major tournaments, and is currently the Head Coach of the Czech Republic National Blind Football team.
David has a variety of NGB Awards and as an ex-professional football player is a member of the Professional Footballers Association. His role at the University has grown since 2006 and he is now the Link Tutor for the SSES Partnership programmes with Masaryk University in the Czech Republic.
Tom Corden
Before joining the University Tom worked as an applied performance analyst for seven years at Nottingham Forest Football Club. There Tom had the opportunity to work with a variety of athletes and coaches from the academy all the way up to the Premier League, giving him a wide range of skills, experiences and expertise.
Tom's passion is using performance analysis to create positive learning environments, to provide helpful feedback to both coaches and players.
Dr Christian Edwards
Christian is a Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science and the Course Leader for the sports coaching degree pathway, and leads on sociological, psychological and research methods modules within the school’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Christian also coordinates the final year independent research project for all sports coaching and physical education degree pathways.
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points required: 112
| Qualification | Grade |
|---|---|
| A-level | BBC |
| BTEC National Extended Diploma | DMM |
| T-level | Merit |
We do accept Access to HE Diplomas and other qualifications which may not exactly match the combinations above. Work out your estimated points with the UCAS tariff calculator.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about entry requirements, please call our Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk.
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The Government has announced that it will increase tuition fees and maintenance loans by 3.1% from the 2025/26 academic cycle. Subject to approval, the University intends to increase our tuition fees in line with this and as per our terms and conditions. This means that from September 2025 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees will be £9,535 per year.
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The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2025/26 academic year is £16,700 per year.
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Contact
If you have any questions, please get in touch. We're here to help you every step of the way.
Debra Price
Department Head for PE and Coaching; Principal Lecturer (Teaching) Sport Development/Sport Business; School Learning and Teaching Coordinator
d.price@worc.ac.ukAdmissions Office
admissions@worc.ac.uk01905 855111
