MSc Coaching and Mentoring

Course Overview

MSc Coaching and Mentoring is designed for those wishing to enter professional coaching and mentoring, or for those who are already professional coaches but who wish to extend their knowledge and practice to Masters level.

The programme is based on the use of transformative learning and covers the underlying principles and key theories of coaching and mentoring at Executive Level. This includes the key contemporary theories related to coaching and mentoring; supervision; attaining professional standards; ethics and ethical coaching practice; Transformative reflection; and the practical application in the contextualised work environment.

You will develop an understanding of the key challenges in contemporary coaching and mentoring, including; improved knowledge of the key theories appertaining to coaching and mentoring; an understanding of the ethics and how to attain professional recognition; an understanding of transformative reflection and transformative coaching; the opportunity to publish your work.

Course summary

The overall aims of the programme are:

• Encourage critical self-reflection on your coaching and mentoring practice to identify opportunities for purposeful research and learning.
• Provide a stimulating and challenging academic and scholarly environment for you to research a personally negotiated topic area within the field of coaching/mentoring.
• Enable you to conduct a critical review of contemporary debates and discourses relevant to your field of study.
• Develop systematic skills of objective analysis and critical evaluation of evidence, and develop confidence in presenting your findings and conclusions.
• Develop advanced academic writing skills in a style prescribed by professional publications in your field of practice.
• Encourage the expansion of your practice within your profession through the dissemination of your research findings to your wider community of professional practice.

Graduate destinations

This can lead to a career in Executive Coaching and Mentoring. Coaching and mentoring is regarded by employers as a contemporary method of leadership and management training within organisations.