Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning - BA (Hons)

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

What is special about this course?

Are you passionate about educating others while sharing your experience of the great outdoors? Join this incredible programme and work closely with Adventure Education providers, including the Outward Bound Trust®, to pursue a satisfying career as a professional adventure practitioner.

Provide safe experiences, promoting learning to help others to discover, reflect, and develop. Use your knowledge, understanding, and skills to plan, prepare, and lead activities in potentially challenging and wild locations, while maintaining strong links to all levels of the education curriculum. Learn how to create experiences that will last a lifetime, as part of the vibrant community of outdoor enthusiasts at Fort William, the Outdoor Capital of the UK.

Special features

• Access to outstanding adventure facilities set amongst some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK
• Receive tailored outdoor-activity skill development and professional NGB training and assessment with the School of Adventure Studies' 'practical credits system': continuous professional skills development throughout your degree and beyond
• Be part of a vibrant and active diverse student community of outdoor enthusiasts, based at the School of Adventure Studies in Fort William, the hub of the Outdoor Capital of the UK
• Live and work at the foot of Ben Nevis, in a region that is unique for its rich variety of outdoor opportunities
• Easily transfer between adventure programmes within the School of Adventure Studies: BSc (Hons) Adventure Performance and Coaching BA (Hons) Adventure Tourism Management and BA (Hons) Marine and Coastal Tourism
• Excellent links and work-placement opportunities with many adventure-based businesses and institutions in Scotland, the UK and internationally
• Residential field trips, clubs, international expeditions and many other opportunities to enhance your skills and experience in adventure activities

What can I do on completion of my course?

With a degree in Adventure Education you will hold a valuable array of knowledge and skills that are transferable to any of the various aspects of the UK or international adventure sector. The specific pathway you take will be vital in helping you shape your own chosen career. Adventure Education covers a wide range of career pathways and specialist fields, including:

• Outdoor centres schools educational expedition operators adventure therapy criminal justice rehabilitation
• Countryside ranger and environmental interpretation
• International expeditions
• Working in adult education
• Management and business development training
• Leadership and management roles in activity organisations
• Postgraduate teaching qualifications

Your career will grow and change as the years go on, and you may progress into any one of a range of exciting areas, so you may also find yourself involved in:

• Guiding, coaching and instructing in adventurous activities
• Adventure tourism
• Marine wildlife tourism
• Military or emergency services
• Higher level adventure sector leadership - shaping future policy and practice

Part-time study is not open to international students requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study in the