Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development (Top-up) BSc (Hons) degree course

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Honours

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1 Year

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This undergraduate degree is a top-up year for the Chelsea FC Foundation Coaching and Development foundation degree, leading to the award of Bachelor of Science.

Why study Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development (Top-up)?

This top-up year gives you the opportunity to develop and enhance your knowledge, understanding and practical application of talent development, performance analysis, advanced coaching pedgaogies, alternative education provision in football and business start-up and social enterprise.

You will also complete both your placement and research project within Chelsea FC Foundation projects and programmes.

Throughout your studies, you will also develop and enhance your critical analysis and independent thinking skills, as well as develop relevant professional and vocational practices related to the football and wider sport industry.

Please note: you will need to have successfully completed Chelsea FC Foundation Coaching and Development foundation degree in order to study this programme.

Why St Mary's?

The degree will be taught across a variety of teaching venues, including St Mary's University, Chelsea Football Club's training ground in Cobham and the Chelsea FC stadium, Stamford Bridge.

Key facts

Unique collaborative relationship with Chelsea FC Foundation
Opportunity to develop coaching and teaching practice in various Chelsea FC Foundation settings
Vocational qualifications are embedded into the course. These include: FA Level 1, FA Futsal Level 1 and Association for Physical Education Level 3
Variety of teaching venues, including St Mary's University, Chelsea FC training ground (Cobham) and Stamford Bridge

Please note: Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development (Top-up) is subject to validation.

Additional requirement information

International requirements

International students should check our country-specific pages for equivalents. If English is not your first language you will need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section (or equivalent).

Course content

Year one

Advanced Coaching Pedgaogies in Football

Chelsea FC Foundation Work Placement

Football Research Project

Performance Analysis 2

Start-ups and Social Enterprise in Football

Talent Identification and Development in Football

Please refer to the programme specification document for a summary of the programme.

Career opportunities

Successful completion of this degree will prepare you well for teaching, coaching and education related courses, such as a PGCE (primary or secondary), or FA level 3 (and above) award in coaching football.

Career Potential

You’ll be well-placed for a wide range of roles in football, whether you’re interested in coaching in the community, working in an elite football environment, teaching football in schools, development and project management, setting up your own business, or research/education. Suitable roles for graduates include:

Football specialist in schools
Sports development officer
Academy coach
Talent identification
Disability football coach
Football education roles
Research roles

The Careers Service has more information on graduate careers and part-time work available during your course.

How the degree is taught

Teaching methods

You will be encouraged to discuss your own experiences in light of the theoretical and conceptual areas covered in the foundation degree.

Teaching methods include practicals, seminars, lectures, workshops, observations, in-situ practicals (at various Chelsea FC Foundation contexts), problem-based sessions, technology-based sessions, and peer teaching.

Assessment methods

A range of assessment methods and strategies will be utilised in the delivery of this degree. Presentations, small group work, workshops and practical sessions will be used to create a positive and enabling learning environment.

The assessments of the modules will be aligned to modes of teaching and learning. Specifically, the assessments will help develop skills and competencies that are required in the workplace.

This degree gives me the opportunity to practically apply concepts that I learn in the classroom. I'm gaining first-hand experience in an environment that I want to work in.

I don't live on campus, but the ability to live at home and travel was a huge factor for choosing St Mary’s. It's great to come on to campus, everyone knows everyone and it’s a friendly atmosphere. The facilities are great and are always available for us to use.

Hanif Charles-Berry

I've been on this course for six months now and I can say that my coaching ability from the start until now has improved. I think that my thinking has improved the most; for example my ability to coach through game situations and create my own identity of what I want to see in my players.

I like life on campus because you get to see a lot of people and socialise as well. For some of our modules we've worked with students on the Physical and Sport Education degree, which is good because we got to branch out of our natural group and work with new people.

Using Stamford Bridge and Cobham Training Ground is probably the best thing about the course because how many people can say they have coached at the training ground or been inside the bridge? It has also been good because I've got to learn and work with top coaches from which I've received feedback and advice. It's also been good to see some of the players play and the see the difference in ability from what I'm used to at grassroots level.

Marcell

Facilities

Chelsea FC Training Ground (Cobham)

Chelsea’s Training Ground in Cobham hosts around a third of teaching...

Stamford Bridge

Around a third of teaching takes place at Chelsea’s Home Ground, Stamford Bridge...

Main Campus Library

Over 300 study spaces, 24 hour computer access and a variety of other services...

Naylor Library

The Naylor Library has 270 study places plus an on-site café....

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Fees and funding

Information about tuition fees, student loans and funding your studies can be found within our fees and funding section.

The UK Government has confirmed that EU applicants starting in 2019 or 2020 remain eligible for 'home fee status' and can access financial support.

Additional costs

Your tuition fees will cover the cost of all mandatory elements of your programme.

Additional costs could be incurred depending on optional modules chosen and other projects undertaken. For further information about additional costs please contact tom.hounsell@stmarys.ac.uk.

Scholarships

A range of scholarships and bursaries are available to new undergraduate students. This includes:

Further information

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Chelsea Football Club Foundation Coaching and Development (Top-up) BSc (Hons)

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