Make a difference with a Tutoring and Coaching PGCert

If you’re looking for a flexible and rewarding career that is relevant to your existing qualifications, why not train to become a tutor? With so many young people looking for additional educational support right now, it's a great time to enter the profession.

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Tutoring and Coaching will help develop your understanding of theories and approaches to tutoring and coaching, whether you are an established tutor or wanting to pursue a career in this field.

Key features

• Helps you select and develop techniques and approaches for one-to-one and group tutoring and coaching
• Explores diverse perspectives to tutoring and coaching in a range of educational contexts
• Increases your ability to tutor confidently by developing your understanding of learning theory
• Enhances your ability to plan for a range of tutoring and coaching scenarios
• Provides a highly flexible approach to learning through studying at a time of your choosing

What will you study?

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative.

Where could it take you?

Tutoring is an excellent and flexible way to help individuals improve their performance in their subject or area of work. Whether you are graduating, self-employed or are registered with a tutoring agency organisation tutoring services are called upon for a variety of reasons including:

• support with subject knowledge
• exam preparation
• close attainment gaps for educationally disadvantaged
• support with career-change
• lifelong learning