What will I learn?
**Why an Integrated Foundation Stage?**An Integrated Foundation Stage starts your degree studies with a year spent learning the skills required to progress onto a full honours degree. Alongside an introduction to Sport, Coaching and Physical Education, you will develop valuable study skills, communication, team work and problem-solving techniques which help to build your confidence and prepare you for the rest of your course.**Why Sport, Coaching and Physical Education?**Our Sport, Coaching and Physical Education degree focuses on understanding the development of participants in sports teaching and coaching contexts. Lectures and seminars are taught through interactive and engaging student-centred approaches.Our course scored 96% for academic support and 94% for both teaching satisfaction and learning opportunities in the National Student Survey 2025.You’ll explore a range of contexts and disciplines, alongside 5 themes: inclusion, equity and inequality, identity and self, curriculum and pedagogy, governance and management, and growth development and maturation.The course introduces innovative approaches to coaching/teaching and encourages you to critically reflect on your own delivery and the impact different approaches have on learners. This ensures you’ll graduate with an understanding of contemporary issues in physical education and coaching, including motivations to participate in sport and physical activity, as well as the barriers to participation for different abilities and backgrounds.You’ll have opportunities to put your learning into practice with placements embedded throughout year 2 and 3, making sure you gain a competitive edge with a wealth of experience before graduation.**Why University of Gloucestershire?**University of Gloucestershire (UoG) is a vibrant, close-knit and diverse community where small class sizes and dedicated personal tutors ensure students receive guidance and support from day one. UoG has been offering a wide range of degrees, courses and apprenticeships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 1847. Alongside our strong support system, guest speakers, networking events and influential partnerships will help you prepare for life after graduation, whether that be in a successful career in your field or onto further study.**Our promises to you****UoG Career Promise** – if you're not in a job 6 months after graduating, we’ll guarantee you 6 months of free support post-graduation should you need it, followed by the offer of a paid internship and lifetime career coaching* (*eligibility conditions apply).**UoG Accommodation Promise** – we guarantee all first-year students’ accommodation on, or near, the campus you’re studying at.**UoG Connections Promise** – offering thousands of placements, internships, clubs and societies to help students find their community and build valuable experience and career connections.**After the course**Your story doesn’t end with us at graduation. We support our graduates to balance purpose with ambition, and 95% of University of Gloucestershire graduates are in work or further study within six months of completing their course*.*Graduate Outcomes Survey published 2024 and based on 2021/22 leavers.**Student life**Home to 11,300 students and 900 staff across four campuses, University of Gloucestershire offers dynamic learning environments on the edge of the Cotswolds, the UK’s largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With over 45 festivals each year, global business placements nearby and more than 500 bars, clubs and pubs, Cheltenham is known as the ‘Festival Town’, while Gloucester blends rich history with a modern city feel, from its iconic cathedral to its famous docks.**Visit us**Come and explore our campuses, facilities, teaching areas and accommodation. Book to come to an open day at glos.ac.uk/BookAnOpenDay.**To find out m
