Certificate in Coaching (Credit rated at SCQF level 8) Reviews

I have learned many tools to coach my clients successfully and I enjoyed reading most of course materials

Found it really interesting if a little old fashioned in places. It could probably do with a refresh!

Very happy with course

It would have been nice if there was mixture of videos and texts for the learning material.

Easy to understand and access

Course content good, but quite awkward accessing via lengthy PDF documents. Provision of on-line course material with more interactivity would have been preferable.

minor quibble, but the page numbering in the printed lessons was occasionally out of sync.

The content itself was excellent - a broad range of theories, well explained in manageable chunks. Reading list and references provided were helpful for further learning. The exercises relating to each theory were helpful in consolidating the learning and applying theory to practice. Having lessons broken down in to separate documents was also useful. One suggestion I'd make for refinement is guidance in relation to the TMA - between the student handbook and the assignment booklet, there are three separate guides on structuring the TA. I found this a bit overwhelming and confusing, not sure which to align with. Could a single, definitive guide be implemented? Being dyspraxic, getting to grips with all the supporting information was a bit overwhelming for me. Can I suggest a dyslexia-friendly formatted version of materials, or at least to have the ability to copy and paste from the PDFs supplied so neurodiverse learners can adapt the font, layout and style of the document to suit my learning needs? All in all, though, I enjoyed the course, found it very useful and am now considering the PGCert. at UWS. This course gave me the opportunity to re-engage with academic learning, so my confidence in my ability to study has returned. I deeply appreciate being able to pay the course fees over a few months - this was an enormous help. Many thanks.

The course is well-constructed and the tutor is helpful. I began the course with limited prior knowledge of coaching and have now learnt lots about it from completing the reading, exercises and assignment. It’s a good introduction to coaching because it covers theory, practice and reflecting on your learning. I feel encouraged to continue studying coaching and the practical assignment has increased my confidence. The variety of case studies and exercises are interesting and thought-provoking.

This came just at the right time in my career and has helped develop my future