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FUTURESMART WILL GET YOU READY FOR YOUR NEXT CAREER

FUTURESMART has developed bespoke programmes to help professional athletes, servicepeople, people working in the performing arts sector to prepare for life after their first career comes to an end. Our programmes allow you to achieve practical and theoretical experience at a pace that suits your present career commitments and ambitions. We give you the option to attain academic and/or professional qualifications via a non-traditional journey that suits you. For example, we have a proven track record showing it is possible to pursue a successful professional sports career and obtain qualifications necessary for a successful second career.
All course work can be accessed and achieved online. Consultation and interaction with your personal tutor will be through video communication with the option of face to face meetings when required.

YOUR FUTURE. YOUR CHOICE. YOUR PACE.

PGCERT IN LEADERSHIP

Develop proficiency and a practical leadership framework to create value and add skills for your future pathway. The Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership (PGCERT) has been developed specifically as a bespoke programme by our Head of Education Carole Davies and her academy team and is a qualification unique to FUTURESMART. It makes it the perfect entry point to a Master’s degree for athletes, servicepeople, performing arts people without undergraduate qualifications. The PGCERT is a very valuable starting point to develop your critical, analytical, management, communication, problem solving and writing skills needed at Masters level.

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PS2E PROFESSIONAL SPORT TO EDUCATION

Within education there are many opportunities for career progression, from starting as a teacher to becoming the Head of a Department or a Headteacher, there are many routes you can take to progress your career. You can also work for publications and researchers specialised in teaching methods and materials, become a private tutor or travel the world teaching.

Like all our bespoke services the PS2E allows you to achieve the programme at a pace that suits your present career commitments and ambitions. You will be supported by one of our Professional and Personal Tutors within every aspect of the course and throughout the entire programme. The rewards from undertaking this programme are many. You will develop a clearer understanding of your attributes and have an appreciation of, and preparation for, future career pathways.

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PERSONAL PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE

A professionally produced collection of evidence of your updated CV; achievements; skills; work experience; qualifications; development and reflections. We help you to compile the best PERSONAL PORTFOLIO possible, for you to apply for your chosen second career or necessary qualifications when your time comes. An essential and outstanding asset to present to your prospective employers. It can, if desired, include the results of tests indicating which styles of learning suit you best.

It is also used in negotiations with Universities to access Masters courses without an undergraduate degree: it is evidence that you have the abilities to succeed at this level’To give you an edge in a very competitive open employment market. It also helps you focus on your future pathway in the light of past and present achievements.