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P-L58F

PGA - Post Graduate Award

1 year part-time

October 2024

Centre for Lifelong Learning

University of Warwick

This is a part-time short course to provide you with comprehensive knowledge of the skills and theoretical perspectives relating to leadership coaching and team coaching.

Leadership and Team coaching is a hot topic as organisations see an importance of developing leadership talent and team effectiveness. This is a part-time short course to provide you with comprehensive knowledge of the skills and theoretical perspectives relating to leadership coaching and team coaching. After successful completion, this course will give you a level 7 Postgraduate Award qualification. This blended learning course has a 2-day face-to-face skill based interactive workshop, plus virtual learning resource centre material accessible 24/7 to suit your needs. This short course is designed to develop systematic theoretical knowledge, skills in practice and self-awareness, focussing on coaching in organisations in which leadership coaching and team coaching are used. The course will provide an understanding of the skills and models of leadership and team coaching and the impact this has on the role and skill requirements of the coach.  

The course is delivered by our faculty members who are experienced leadership and team coaches with significant business experience and able to integrate theory and professional practice.  

This short course is designed for people from a wide range of backgrounds, including individuals who are currently involved in coaching and consulting work within an organisational context, people who wish to work in these areas and/or those who are interested in studying for personal interest. 

The course is delivered by skilled tutors who are also experienced coaches and take a coaching approach to learning. 

The course involves engaging in interactive 2-day workshops for each module, plus independent study, and virtual learning available 24/7. The workshops take place at The University of Warwick, usually over two days. There is no place on this course for lectures, everything we do is with coaching at its heart; the workshops are designed and delivered as team coaching events to role model coaching in everything that we do. Assignments are project-based and follow each workshop. 

There is significant individual support available through the course team and assignments are project-based to demonstrate both your skills and knowledge and are completed following each workshop. 

A maximum of 21 students.

Each module typically consists of 2 days of intensive, attendance-based workshops combined with some independent learning using on-line study materials, links to key readings, online webinars and tutorial support.

Assessment

You will be asked to write a 5000-word assignment which compares a case study example of either your leadership or team coaching with the best practice theories presented in the course material.  

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you when you join us.

The University's standard entrance requirement is an undergraduate degree graded at 2:2 in any discipline. Equivalent professional qualifications are also be considered. If you have alternative qualifications and relevant experience, you are welcome to discuss these with the course team. 

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0.

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Leadership and Team Coaching

This module provides students with comprehensive knowledge of the skills and theoretical perspectives relating to leadership coaching and team coaching. The module is designed to develop systematic theoretical knowledge, skills in practice and self-awareness, focussing on coaching in organisations in which leadership coaching and team coaching will be used. This module takes an andragogical approach, with individual learning at the centre. The module will involve blended learning consisting of intensive all-day workshops plus virtual learning environment including online private module learning material accompanied by webinar and/or tutorial.

There are two possible routes: 

• Route A: choose 3 optional modules and a 60-credit dissertation. 

• Route B: choose 1 optional module and a 100-credit dissertation. 

Previously, a selection of the following options have been offered: 

• Career-related Learning 
• Organisations and Labour Markets 
• Career, Work Experience and Employability 

• Career, Vocation and Calling 

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