7Jun
UndergraduateUniversity of Cumbria has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Do you have a passion for being active, outdoor adventure, learning about yourself, working as a team, acting for the environment and ensuring the safety, welfare and engagement of others? Our outdoor leadership degree is taught at our Ambleside campus which is based in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake District National Park. You’ll live and study surrounded by breath-taking mountains and beautiful lakes – an unrivalled location for outdoor education. Course Overview You’ll develop outdoor and leadership skills, knowledge and experience working with people in challenging environments. You will enjoy great facilities at our Lake District campus whilst gaining all the skills you need to work in the outdoor sector. There will be plenty of opportunities to get outside and enjoy exciting field trips in a range of locations which may include the Highlands of Scotland, North Wales and the Spanish Pyrenees. This outdoor leadership course is organised to blend theory and practice seamlessly, using a range of adventurous outdoor activities to promote your learning whilst gaining valuable experience and skills to support your journey towards National Governing Body Awards. On this course you will...
- Benefit from the outdoor experience that's at the heart of this course with theory backed up by practice.
- Improve your competencies in mountaineering, climbing, sailing, caving and paddling.
- Explore the Cumbrian outdoors while developing academic, critical-thinking and valuable life skills.
- Learn to successfully lead people with the most up-to-date and best practice coaching.
- Gain valuable commercial and entrepreneurial skills – enhancing your employability.
Modules
Year one You'll explore the relationships between environmental, cultural and personal space in various outdoor settings. Plus, you'll develop your core skills in climbing, mountaineering and paddling.
- Outdoor Adventure Skills and Learning (Water)
- Outdoor Adventure Skills and Learning (Land)
- Living and Working in Groups Outdoors
- Outdoor Professional Development
- Physiology and Psychology for the Outdoor Leader
- Outdoor Leadership Theory and Practice 1
- Outdoor Leadership Theory and Practice 2
- Psychological Applications in Outdoor Contexts
- Coaching Individuals and Groups
- Evaluating Outdoor Leadership
- Research Design
- Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Outdoor Education (Optional)
- Sustainable Outdoor Event Management (Optional)
- Health, Wellbeing and Environmental Health (Optional)
- Dissertation
- Coaching and Facilitation in Outdoor Environments
- Outdoor Leadership Theory and Practice 3
- Commerce and Employment in the Outdoor Sector (Optional)
- Outdoor and Environmental Education (Optional)
- Therapeutic Opportunities (Optional)
Assessment method
Assessment methods are designed to provide both a creative and balanced strategy but also a range of engaging and challenging opportunities which include essays, reports, practical tasks, posters projects, portfolios and oral presentations to name a few. The assignment methods are related specifically to the stated module aims and learning outcomes, and the staff team work hard in the planning phase of programme delivery to ensure all assignments are equitably spread, through the use of the department assessment calendar across all levels. Furthermore, there is an over-arching ethos within the department that assignments are designed to encapsulate the idiom of ‘assessment for learning’ rather than of learning. A variety of modules are linked directly to employability, and particularly the actual behaviours and capabilities required of a professional outdoor leader. This is exemplified in the Level 6 module, entitled Participant Coaching, whereby students are assessed in coaching their peers, with the specific intention of improving their outdoor performance. Formative assessment is available in most modules, where students receive specific feedback on their progress this far, without the attempt being graded.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- NX23
- Institution code:
- C99
- Campus name:
- Ambleside
- Campus code:
- A
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 120 points
A level - BBC - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 21 credits M: 24 credits
Scottish Higher - BBBC - AABB
T Level - M
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| International | £14900 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Visit www.cumbria.ac.uk/studentfinance for more information about student fees and finance, and for details about our alumni discount.
Provider information
University of Cumbria
Registered Office
Fusehill Street
Carlisle
CA1 2HH
Course contact details
Visit our course pageUniversity of Cumbria
0845 606 1144