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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Bedford Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
4 Year
This course prepares you to work as a skilled coach across a variety of football settings. You learn a range of coaching skills to help you deliver and plan training sessions; evaluate performances; implement improvement strategies; and put your learning into practice in football-related scenarios. There are also opportunities for placements, including with our official Education Partners, Luton Town FC.
Professional Practice YearTake your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.
Course accreditation/industry endorsementWe increase the employability of our graduates by being a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
Facilities and specialist equipmentPurpose-built strength and conditioning facility Free gym and Olympic weight room Sports arena Multi-use games areas Sports therapy and rehabilitation centre with a sports injury clinic, open to staff, students and external athletes/clients Sports massage rooms Industry-leading performance-analysis equipment, including a Nacsport camera system, In-Play Sports online performance analysis and Catapult GPS system
Partnerships and collaborationsWe are official Education Partners of Luton Town FC and Bedford Blues RFC as well as other sporting organisations in the region such as Bedford Tigers RLFC, MK Dons, Cricket East and Be Active, giving you opportunities to build your employability through work placements.
Your student experienceOur Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where
academic staff get to know you well. You also have the support of
your own personal academic tutorwho will guide and support you throughout your student journey. Gain valuable
work experienceat our Human Performance Centre, which offers testing to sports people, teams and the public for fitness, flexibility and body composition assessments. Take advantage of
coaching opportunitieswith local schools and football clubs. Take part in
behind-the-scenes tours and match-day experiencesto football clubs such as Luton Town FC and MK Dons as well as local football organisations and non-league clubs.
Field tripsinclude St George’s Park, Burton-on-Trent, the home of England Football, and football clubs around the country.
Accommodation (Fitzroy Court) - 146.48 Per Week Placement year fee - 1400 Annual Fee - 15500
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