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Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

Develop the communication and interpersonal skills needed to establish and maintain an effective and developmental coaching relationship. In the company of leading experts and fellow students, you’ll also look at coaching as a tool for personal development.

Key features

During this part-time online certificate course, you will:

  • benefit from a full range of Association for Coaching members’ services
  • develop study and writing skills

Undergraduate Virtual Open Day: 29 April 2025. Click here to register.

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Teaching & Assessment

As part of our open and inclusive learning environment, you can enjoy the world-class resources and expertise of the University of Cambridge wherever you are on your academic journey.

Our video-based teaching platforms offer a flexible way to access lectures, while our Virtual Learning Environment makes it easy to study and learn online and interact with your tutor and fellow students.

Our teaching methods include lectures, presentations, and interactive and experiential learning activities. We will also give you reading and assignments to complete outside of classroom sessions.

Students are awarded a course mark on the basis of:

  • Three summative assignments 
    Each unit is assessed by a 3,000 - 3,500 word assignment 
  • Having undertaken an observed coaching practice session
    Students must undertake an observed coaching session during the course, which will be assessed on a pass/fail basis against the Association of Coaching (AC) competency framework
  • Submission of a reflective coaching log with evidence of satisfactory coaching practice
    Students are required to submit a reflective coaching log that evidences a satisfactory coaching process consistent with the coaching principles and practice skills as taught during the course. This will be assessed on a pass/fail basis against the Association of Coaching (AC) competency framework. The coaching log will consist of evidence of 20 hours coaching. These 20 hours can include up to 7 hours of coaching with fellow students on the course, including classroom-based activities.

There are more details about how this course is assessed in the course guide we will send you once you have enrolled.

 

Qualifications

This course is equivalent to half of the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree. It offers 60 Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) credits, which are recognised by higher education institutions and employers.

 

How many hours of study are required?

The award of academic credit is a means of quantifying and recognising learning and within the UK, one credit notionally represents 10 hours of learning. This course attracts 60 credits, so students should expect to need to study for approximately 600 hours in total to complete all units successfully. However, it is recognised that students study at different paces and use a variety of approaches, so this is a recommendation, rather than a hard-and-fast calculation.

The South East England Consortium (SEEC) Credit Level Descriptors for Higher Education (2021) are available here.

Unless otherwise stated, teaching and assessment for ICE courses are in English. If your first language is not English, please refer to our Information for Applicants pages for further guidance.

Course dates

10 Oct 2025 to 10 Jun 2026

Course duration

9 Months

Apply by

18 Aug 2025

Course fee

£4,900

Course director

Academic director

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

Virtual Classroom
(via Zoom or equivalent)

Qualifications / Credits

60 credits at Level 4

Course code

2526CCB421