Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Outdoor Leadership

Students will develop outdoor and leadership skills, knowledge and experience working with people in challenging environments. They will enjoy great facilities at Lake District campus whilst gaining all the skills they need to work in the outdoor sector. There will be plenty of opportunities to get outside and enjoy exciting field trips in a range of locations which may include the Highlands of Scotland, North Wales and the Spanish Pyrenees. The course is organized to blend theory and practice seamlessly, using a range of adventurous outdoor activities to promote their learning whilst gaining valuable experience and skills to support their journey towards National Governing Body Awards.

In this course students will: • Benefit from the outdoor experience that's at the heart of this course with theory backed up by practice. • Improve their competencies in mountaineering, climbing, sailing, caving and paddling. • Explore the outdoors while developing academic, critical-thinking and valuable life skills. • Learn to successfully lead people with the most up-to-date and best practice coaching. • Gain valuable commercial and entrepreneurial skills – enhancing their employability.