Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year)
Basic Information
- Course ID
e8e27e0b-803c-40f7-b5ca-d25308792259- Option ID
434b1836-15b5-4257-a0c7-7bc058fb7589- Provider
- University of Bedfordshire
- Type
- undergraduate
- Academic Year
- 2026
- Source
- ucas
- Created
- 2/25/2026, 1:12:44 PM
- Updated
- 3/28/2026, 9:47:41 AM
Other Options for this Course
No other options
Listing Data (Raw)
{
"id": "434b1836-15b5-4257-a0c7-7bc058fb7589",
"duration": {
"quantity": 4,
"durationType": {
"id": "4",
"caption": "Years",
"mappedCaption": null
}
},
"features": {
"accelerated": false
},
"location": {
"id": "d2d57897-c519-0b08-9a6a-17bef029331c",
"url": null,
"name": "Bedford Campus",
"ukprn": null,
"address": {
"line1": "Polhill Avenue",
"line2": "",
"line3": "",
"line4": "Bedford",
"region": {
"id": "27",
"caption": "South East England",
"mappedCaption": "South East England"
},
"country": {
"id": "101",
"caption": "England",
"mappedCaption": "England"
},
"latitude": 52.141356791,
"postcode": "MK41 9EA",
"longitude": -0.4423234159
},
"isDefault": false,
"geoLocation": {
"latitude": 52.141356791,
"longitude": -0.4423234159
},
"tefCodeType": null,
"locationCode": "H",
"googleMapsUrl": null,
"googleMapsParams": null,
"locationCategory": null,
"geoLocationString": "52.141356791,-0.4423234159"
},
"startDate": {
"date": "09/2026",
"nonSpecific": false
},
"studyMode": {
"id": "19",
"caption": "Sandwich",
"mappedCaption": "Full-time",
"excludedSchemesForApplication": []
},
"durationRange": null,
"outcomeQualification": {
"caption": "Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)"
},
"academicEntryRequirements": {
"qualifications": [
{
"summary": {
"offer": "CCC",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 2,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "A level"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "96 points",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 1,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "UCAS Tariff"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "",
"requirements": "96 UCAS Tariff points"
},
"priority": 6,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Scottish Higher"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "",
"requirements": "96 UCAS Tariff points"
},
"priority": 5,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Access to HE Diploma"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "MMM",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 4,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)"
}
],
"ucasTariffPointsMax": 96,
"ucasTariffPointsMin": 96,
"ucasTariffPointsDisplayMax": 96,
"ucasTariffPointsDisplayMin": 96
}
}
Detail API Response (Raw)
{
"course": {
"id": "e8e27e0b-803c-40f7-b5ca-d25308792259",
"cpdFlag": false,
"options": [
{
"id": "434b1836-15b5-4257-a0c7-7bc058fb7589",
"status": {
"published": true,
"availableForApplication": true,
"applicationStatusSummary": "Available to Apply",
"acceptingApplicationsMessage": null,
"notAcceptingApplicationsMessage": null
},
"cycleId": null,
"modules": null,
"deadline": {
"id": "jan15",
"caption": "14 January",
"mappedCaption": null
},
"duration": {
"quantity": 4,
"durationType": {
"id": "4",
"caption": "Years",
"mappedCaption": null
}
},
"features": {
"accelerated": false
},
"location": {
"id": "d2d57897-c519-0b08-9a6a-17bef029331c",
"url": null,
"name": "Bedford Campus",
"ukprn": null,
"address": {
"line1": "Polhill Avenue",
"line2": "",
"line3": "",
"line4": "Bedford",
"region": {
"id": "27",
"caption": "South East England",
"mappedCaption": "South East England"
},
"country": {
"id": "101",
"caption": "England",
"mappedCaption": "England"
},
"latitude": 52.141356791,
"postcode": "MK41 9EA",
"longitude": -0.4423234159
},
"isDefault": false,
"geoLocation": {
"latitude": 52.141356791,
"longitude": -0.4423234159
},
"tefCodeType": null,
"locationCode": "H",
"googleMapsUrl": "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=10&size=2048x600&scale=2&markers=size:tiny%7Ccolor:red%7C52.141356791,-0.4423234159&key=AIzaSyDAC7vZWEFNPF6GFUZvXfO5PRDxdEC0Gc0&signature=6IaMiSzD1mMRwd4EPdjNgNczCc0=",
"googleMapsParams": "52.141356791,-0.4423234159",
"locationCategory": null,
"geoLocationString": "52.141356791,-0.4423234159"
},
"startDate": {
"date": "09/2026",
"nonSpecific": false
},
"studyMode": {
"id": "19",
"caption": "Sandwich",
"mappedCaption": "Full-time",
"excludedSchemesForApplication": []
},
"applyCycle": "2026",
"courseFees": [],
"courseType": null,
"entryPoints": [
{
"caption": "Year 1",
"isDefault": true,
"entryPointId": 1,
"minOptionDurationYears": 0
}
],
"durationRange": {
"max": null,
"min": null
},
"admissionTests": [],
"subjectOptions": [],
"useDefaultFees": false,
"providerApplyUrl": null,
"assessmentMethods": null,
"entryRequirements": null,
"internalReference": null,
"providerCourseUrl": "https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/courses/undergraduate/next-year/football-coaching",
"professionalBodies": [],
"qualificationLevel": {
"id": "RQF_6",
"caption": "RQF Level 6",
"mappedCaption": null
},
"subjectToValidation": true,
"outcomeQualification": {
"id": "47130",
"caption": "Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)",
"mappedCaption": "Bachelor degrees (with or without Honours)"
},
"deferredEntryDisallowed": false,
"additionalFeeInformation": "For information on the 2026 fees please refer to our website, https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/money/fees/",
"academicEntryRequirements": {
"noRequirements": false,
"qualifications": [
{
"summary": {
"offer": "CCC",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 2,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "A level"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "96 points",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 1,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "UCAS Tariff"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "",
"requirements": "96 UCAS Tariff points"
},
"priority": 6,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Scottish Higher"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "",
"requirements": "96 UCAS Tariff points"
},
"priority": 5,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Access to HE Diploma"
},
{
"summary": {
"offer": "MMM",
"requirements": ""
},
"priority": 4,
"notAccepted": false,
"qualificationName": "Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)"
}
],
"furtherInformation": "Applicants with other qualifications will be considered. If you would like to check that your qualifications will be accepted please contact the university.",
"ucasTariffPointsMax": 96,
"ucasTariffPointsMin": 96,
"contextualInformation": null,
"contextualInformationUrl": null,
"ucasTariffPointsDisplayMax": 96,
"ucasTariffPointsDisplayMin": 96,
"providerEntryRequirementsUrl": null
},
"additionalEntryRequirements": [],
"englishLanguageEntryRequirements": [],
"minimumAcademicEntryRequirements": null,
"subsequentYearsEntryRequirements": null,
"amsApplicationConfigurationOptions": {
"useAscii": false,
"hasNoVacancies": "False",
"customQuestions": [],
"vacancyStatuses": [
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "eu",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "eu"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "wales",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "wales"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "eng",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "eng"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "int",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "int"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "scot",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "scot"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "ni",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "ni"
},
{
"status": null,
"domicile": "roi",
"hasVacancies": true,
"flattenedVacancy": "roi"
}
],
"hasRestrictedVacancies": "False",
"hasRestrictedEligibility": false,
"restrictedEligibilityUrl": null,
"restrictedEligibilityInfo": null,
"useEnhancedCriminalConvictionCheck": false,
"notAcceptingInternationalApplications": "False"
},
"englishLanguageEntryRequirementInformation": null
}
],
"suggest": "Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year). University of Bedfordshire. Football studies. Sports coaching",
"summary": "This course prepares you to work as a skilled coach across a variety of football settings. You learn a range of coaching skills to help you deliver and plan training sessions; evaluate performances; implement improvement strategies; and put your learning into practice in football-related scenarios. There are also opportunities for placements, including with our official Education Partners, Luton Town FC.\n\n**Professional Practice Year**\nTake your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.\n\n**Course accreditation/industry endorsement**\nWe increase the employability of our graduates by being a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).\n\n**Facilities and specialist equipment**\nPurpose-built strength and conditioning facility\nFree gym and Olympic weight room\nSports arena\nMulti-use games areas\nSports therapy and rehabilitation centre with a sports injury clinic, open to staff, students and external athletes/clients\nSports massage rooms\nIndustry-leading performance-analysis equipment, including a Nacsport camera system, In-Play Sports online performance analysis and Catapult GPS system\n\n**Partnerships and collaborations**\nWe are official Education Partners of Luton Town FC and Bedford Blues RFC as well as other sporting organisations in the region such as Bedford Tigers RLFC, MK Dons, Cricket East and Be Active, giving you opportunities to build your employability through work placements.\n\n**Your student experience**\nOur Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where **academic staff get to know you well**.\nYou also have the support of **your own personal academic tutor** who will guide and support you throughout your student journey.\nGain valuable **work experience** at our Human Performance Centre, which offers testing to sports people, teams and the public for fitness, flexibility and body composition assessments.\nTake advantage of **coaching opportunities** with local schools and football clubs.\nTake part in **behind-the-scenes tours and match-day experiences** to football clubs such as Luton Town FC and MK Dons as well as local football organisations and non-league clubs.\n**Field trips** include St George’s Park, Burton-on-Trent, the home of England Football, and football clubs around the country.",
"atasFlag": false,
"contacts": [
{
"id": "14d5a279-ed0e-e01c-c923-ff72bdb9a14f",
"fax": "",
"email": "admission@beds.ac.uk",
"phone": "0300 3300 073",
"title": "Admissions",
"isDefault": true,
"hasCourses": false,
"isClearing": false,
"clearingUrl": null,
"enquiryLink": {
"url": null,
"caption": null
},
"availability": null,
"coursesCount": 0,
"isAdmissions": false,
"socialMediaPresences": []
},
{
"id": "53cd26ef-53ec-4052-939e-69fa416a9fc6",
"fax": null,
"email": "clearing@beds.ac.uk",
"phone": "0300 3300 073",
"title": "Admissions",
"isDefault": false,
"hasCourses": false,
"isClearing": true,
"clearingUrl": "https://www.beds.ac.uk/clearing",
"enquiryLink": {
"url": null,
"caption": null
},
"availability": "Thursday 17 August\t08:00-20:00\nFriday 18 August\t08:00-20:00\nSaturday 19 August 10.00–16.00\nSunday 20 August 10.00–16.00\nMonday\t21 August 09.00–17.00\nTuesday 22 August 09.00–17.00\nWednesday 23 August 09.00–17.00\nThursday 24 August 09.00–17.00\nFriday 25 August 09.00–17.00\n\nOpen Day Bookings here: \nhttps://www.beds.ac.uk/open-days/\n\nApply Online here:\nhttps://www.beds.ac.uk/clearing",
"coursesCount": 0,
"isAdmissions": false,
"socialMediaPresences": []
}
],
"keywords": null,
"provider": {
"id": "3261960f-0635-6329-ccde-717b18f97592",
"name": "University of Bedfordshire",
"ukprn": 10007152,
"address": {
"line1": "Park Square",
"line2": "",
"line3": "",
"line4": "Luton",
"region": {
"id": "27",
"caption": "South East England",
"mappedCaption": "South East England"
},
"country": {
"id": "101",
"caption": "England",
"mappedCaption": "England"
},
"latitude": 51.8782501399,
"postcode": "LU1 3JU",
"longitude": -0.4115387136
},
"aliases": [],
"logoUrl": "https://d1l6hqpjksdq9d.cloudfront.net/Prod/3261960f-0635-6329-ccde-717b18f97592",
"aliasName": "University of Bedfordshire",
"websiteUrl": "www.beds.ac.uk",
"liveProvider": true,
"providerCode": null,
"providerSort": "Bedfordshire, University of",
"providerUrls": [],
"imageLocation": "bronze silver bronze-01.png",
"institutionCode": "B22",
"providerShortName": "University of Bedfordshire",
"cukasInstitutionCode": null,
"requireAsciiDocuments": false,
"providerAbbreviatedName": "BED",
"aliasNameWithoutApostrophe": "University of Bedfordshire"
},
"subjects": [
{
"id": "2461",
"caption": "Football studies",
"mappedCaption": null
},
{
"id": "902",
"caption": "Sports coaching",
"mappedCaption": null
}
],
"auditions": [],
"studyType": null,
"department": {
"id": "cffa8f68-94cc-495e-8ae2-90fd34699467",
"name": "School of Sport Science and Physical Activity"
},
"hecosCodes": [
{
"hecosCode": {
"code": "100095",
"caption": "sports coaching",
"refDataId": "10043"
},
"percentageOfCourse": 100
}
],
"jacs3Codes": [],
"publishEnd": "9999-12-31T23:59:59.9999999",
"shortTitle": null,
"specialism": {
"primary": [],
"secondary": [],
"specialismStudyTypes": []
},
"visibleEnd": "2027-08-01T08:00:00",
"compositeId": "e8e27e0b-803c-40f7-b5ca-d25308792259-2026",
"courseTitle": "Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year)",
"facultyCode": null,
"routingData": {
"scheme": {
"id": "ucas",
"caption": "UCAS Undergraduate",
"mappedCaption": null
},
"destination": {
"id": "ug",
"caption": "Undergraduate",
"mappedCaption": null
}
},
"availableEnd": "9999-12-31T23:59:59.9999999",
"englishTitle": "",
"publishStart": "2025-04-29T00:00:00Z",
"visibleStart": "2025-04-29T08:00:00",
"taughtInWelsh": false,
"ucasApplyData": null,
"academicYearId": "2026",
"availableStart": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
"awardingBodies": [],
"applicationCode": "C671",
"courseTitleSort": "Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year)",
"abbreviatedTitle": null,
"balanceIndicator": null,
"copyFormRequired": false,
"internalReference": null,
"currentlyInClearing": false,
"ucasTeacherTraining": false,
"degreeApprenticeship": false,
"qualifiedTeacherStatus": null,
"sponsorshipInformation": null,
"internationalInformation": null,
"courseTitleWithoutApostrophe": "Football Coaching (With Professional Practice Year)",
"additionalAuditionInformation": null,
"higherTechnicalQualifications": false
},
"version": 63,
"academicYearsInformation": {
"2025": 1,
"2026": 1
}
}
Normalized Data
{
"scrapedAt": "2026-03-28T09:47:33.585Z",
"scrapedPte": null,
"scrapedUrl": "https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/courses/undergraduate/next-year/football-coaching",
"scrapedToefl": null,
"scrapedAiUsed": false,
"scrapedFeeRaw": "*Only available to UK/EU students. Play Video Entry Requirements 96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required Entry Requirements 48 UCAS tariff points including 32 from at least 1 A-level or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required Entry Requirements 96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required Fees for this course UK International UK UK The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. International International The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £16,900 per year. Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email [email protected] Fees for this course UK International UK UK The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 20",
"feesConfidence": 1,
"normalizedFees": {
"home": 9790,
"currency": "GBP",
"international": 16900
},
"scrapedAiError": null,
"scrapedDuolingo": null,
"scrapedTemplate": null,
"scrapedCambridge": null,
"scrapedIeltsBand": null,
"scrapedLangSource": "course_page",
"languageConfidence": 0,
"normalizedLanguage": {
"pte": null,
"ielts": null,
"toefl": null,
"duolingo": null,
"cambridge": null
},
"scrapedLanguageRaw": "International Foundation Year \n\nClose \n\nAcademic entry requirements for the International Foundation Year\n\nWe welcome applications from students who are studying for a qualification that is not accepted for direct entry onto the first year of our Bachelor’s degrees. Academic Entry requirements will vary depending on where you have studied, so please check the academic entry requirements for your country, to see if you are eligible to join our International Foundation Year. Some other international qualifications may be accepted. Play Video \n\nEntry Requirements\n\n96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required \n\nEntry Requirements\n\n48 UCAS tariff points including 32 from at least 1 A-level or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required \n\nEntry Requirements\n\n96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalentAn Enhanced DBS check is required \n\nFees for this course \n\nUK \n\nInternational \n\nUK \n\nUK\n\nThe full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year.",
"scrapedIeltsOverall": null,
"scrapedLangSourceUrl": null,
"scrapedTuitionFeeHome": 9790,
"scrapedTuitionFeeIntl": 16900,
"scrapedEntryRequirements": "Academic entry requirements for the International Foundation Year Entry Requirements"
}