Course summary

Our highly regarded Physical Education and Youth Sport Coaching degree will prepare you for a career in teaching, coaching, health and fitness, or sports development. Practical performance and the development of teaching and coaching skills are central to this course. This course is informed by close links with organisations such as the Youth Sport Trust, Sport Across Staffordshire and the West Midlands Teacher Training Consortium. You’ll be taught by experienced lecturers who hold high-level coaching qualifications and are well connected within the industry. This will help to ensure that you’re work-ready when you complete the course, with your own network of connections already underway. As a Sport and Exercise student, you’ll be guaranteed a placement, internship or volunteering opportunity during your studies, in order to apply your knowledge and develop real world skills. On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport Coaching The course has a number of links with primary, secondary, private and special schools and academy across the region, and is informed by links with organisations including the Youth Sport Trust and Sport Across Staffordshire.