Top-up course proves popular choice

The Blended Outdoor Leadership top-up degree teaching team are looking forward to working with our new intake of students.

The part-time course, designed by practitioners for practitioners, is run by Helen Hooper, Rosemary Powell and Keith McGregor, and is delivered over an 18 month period.

Modules are taught one at a time, with each module having two weekends of teaching.

Recent graduate Danny Morgan highly recommends the programme: "It is a hugely varied and interesting course. The assignments are well spaced over the period of the course, meaning the workload never gets too high.

"Rosemary and Helen are very experienced, passionate and helpful lecturers who will get the best out of you."

If you are interested in joining us you can start in January or September, or simply do one module as CPD.

The modules include:

Leadership and Change
Sustainable Outdoor Practice
Performance Coaching
Personal Emotional and Social Development in Outdoor Activites
Conditioning for Adventure Sports
Single Research Project

For further information please email Rosemary Powell or Helen Hooper.

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Scottish Winter Skills Enhancement

Our students recently tackled the Scottish Winter Skills Enhancement course as part of their studies. Two of the group - Hannah Smith and Jack Whiteside - have provided UCLan Outdoors with a record of their time in Scotland. Jack's video can be viewed above, while to read Hannah's blog please click here .

A number of the UCLan Outdoor team presented at the Adventure Sports Coaching Conference at Plas y Brenin earlier this year demonstrating the continuing participation of staff in industry Presentations included: Prof Dave Collins and Dr Loel Collins : Redesigning Training and Accreditation Systems in Adventure Sports Coaching Dr Howie Carson and Chris Eastabrook : Adaptive Automaticity in Adventure Sport: Contemporary Views And implications Sharon Rosser : Understanding successful aging through Nature Challenge Activities, insights from the older adult climbers, cavers and sea kayakers Dr Paul Gray : Using Social Interaction to promote, All good coaching is individualised Dr Helen Hooper, Rosemary Smith and Cath Wilson: Learning through sharing experiences: critical reflections of the experiences of three female outdoor instructors. Abstracts can be found here

Lodge hosts welcome week activities

First year undergraduates visited a local outdoor education centre as part of their induction week programme. The group took part in a team building trip to Hothersall Lodge in the Ribble Valley, where they enjoyed a range of outdoor activities designed to whet their appetites for the months ahead. Hothersall offers students the chance to gain experience and National Governing Body qualifications throughout their time on the UCLan Outdoors programme. For more information about the Lodge please click here .

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