MSc/PgDip/PgCert Coaching and Mentoring

Attendance

Part-time

Part-time – typically two and a half years
There are four modules each year, usually lasting four days
Starts January

At a glance

About this course

This course is for people involved, or interested in becoming involved, in coaching and mentoring. They may be • coaches or mentors • senior managers interested in developing their skills or those of their employees • independent consultants • scheme designers and evaluators.

Coaching and mentoring are now seen as important aids in organisations. Coupled with this rise in interest is a greater concern with evaluation and accreditation of mentoring and coaching activity.

In particular, coaches and mentors are under greater scrutiny in their ability to add value in coaching and mentoring contexts. These might include private businesses and public and voluntary organisations.

This course gives you opportunities to add and improve skills in these areas as well as engaging with the latest thinking in coaching and mentoring research.

The course will be attractive to the specialists devoting much of their time to coaching and mentoring. It is also for managers and others who wish to think through the implications of these important forms of activity for change in their organisation.

By drawing on the most recent research and the experience of consultants and in-house practitioners, this course combines innovation with relevance.

There are four modules each year, each usually lasting four days. You study coaching and mentoring theory and practice and how coaching and mentoring can be a central part of organisational change. Most assignments are work-based, so it delivers value to sponsoring organisations from day one.

Careers and next steps include coaching and mentoring practice, independent external consultancy, scheme design and evaluation.

Associated careers

The course should be attractive to people who

• are internal or external consultants who wish to extend their knowledge and strengthen their technical abilities

• have organisational experience after graduating in business and management, or in the social or natural sciences, and who now wish to develop as change agents

• are already working in areas of coaching and mentoring and who wish to broaden or strengthen their skill in the principles and practice

• are managers or directors who recognise the need for a fuller and more self-critical awareness of current developments in management thinking

Course content

Postgraduate certificate

You choose four modules from the list. At least two of the modules must be specialist modules.

Postgraduate diploma

You study all eight modules in the list.

MSc

You study all eight modules and complete a dissertation.

Modules

Coaching and mentoring skills and techniques
You develop critical awareness, understanding and application of the skills and techniques of mentoring and coaching in a range of live settings.

Developing strategies for change
You explore the themes of organisational strategy and change in the context of coaching and mentoring.

Coaching and mentoring and leadership
This module helps you understand how coaching and mentoring can influence, and is influenced by, the study and practice of leadership, within an organisational context.

The psychology and practice of coaching and mentoring
This introduces models of
• coaching and mentoring based on established therapeutic approaches
• applying behavioural science to improve life experience, work performance and well-being for individuals, groups, and organisations that do not have clinically significant mental health issues or abnormal levels of stress

Consultancy theory and processes
You develop understanding of the theory and practice of consultancy, whether you are acting as external or internal consultant or a line manager using consultancy approaches.

Coaching and mentoring supervision
This module enables you to engage with supervision as part of your coaching and mentoring practice. It helps you understand how supervision fits within an organisational context.

Coaching and mentoring scheme design and evaluation
You develop critical awareness and understanding of mentoring and/or coaching scheme design and evaluation, which helps you justify and apply the ideas within your own context.

Research methods
This module looks at the nature of management research by engaging debate about different forms of research strategy.

Dissertation workshop
You analyse and develop an issue associated with coaching and mentoring, and complete an in-depth piece of research on it.

Assessment

We assess each module by written assignment and skills practice by observation. You complete a dissertation to gain the MSc.

Entry requirements

You normally need one of the following

• a good first degree

• an equivalent recognised professional qualification, in a business or social science-related discipline from an approved awarding body.

You may already have developed substantial knowledge, experience and skills in a relevant field. We consider applications from people without a first degree individually.

If your first language is not English you must show a high level of written and verbal English language skill. A TOEFL test minimum mark, paper-based 570, computer-based 235, or IELTS 6.0, is the standard for non-native speakers of English. We offer English language tuition for students before the start of this course.

Fees

Home and EU students

2013/14 academic year

Typically £3,060 a year for years one, two and three

How to apply

Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form

Contact details

For more information contact Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, Stoddart Building, City Campus, Sheffield S1 1WB. Phone +44 (0)114 225 2820, fax +44 (0)114 225 5268, e-mail sbs@shu.ac.uk