Northern Ireland’s soccer fans can now enrol in Glasgow Rangers’ (BSc) programme, which offers “best-in-class” instruction from the club’s senior personnel.
Today, Thursday, the program—which is administered in cooperation with the Rangers Soccer Academy—was introduced in the Long Gallery of the Parliamentary Buildings in Stormont.
Webinars, coaching assignments in Northern Ireland, and in-person instruction at Rangers facilities in Scotland are used to facilitate the degree.
It is being operated in partnership with the Universal Centre of Sport (UCS) in Northern Ireland, the higher education division of VLUK, a national training provider that is governed and funded by the government. The programme has been accredited by the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. UCS is a UK-wide supplier of degree-level sports education, having been established in 2014. It has about 20 campuses, including ones in Manchester and Surrey.
Rangers Soccer Academies Manager Nathan Hanley told the News Letter: “It’s a blended course that takes place at home in Northern Ireland, with in-person teaching weeks at both our training centre and Ibrox. After that, the young people will be eligible for job placements through the initiative I run throughout Northern Ireland.”
Currently, he is in charge of weekly activities that provide up to 600 youth with coaching in NI schools. In addition to employing over 60 part-time instructors throughout Northern Ireland, Rangers also manages about 40 summer camps spanning from Randalstown to Rathfriland.
While employees at the training centre teach coaching, sports science, and medical topics, those at the Ibrox stadium instruct students in business, commerce, and administration.
Nathan states that the course’s main benefit over other sports science degrees is the opportunity for on-the-ground placement in nearby coaching situations, which adds practical learning to the academic. With the calibre of faculty offering instruction in business, coaching, leadership, and sports science, we are the finest in the class.”
Northern Ireland will begin offering the degree in September, after it has been offered in Scotland for the previous three years.A few job prospects start out as local coaching postings with the goal of working their way up to staff coach status.
Applying to the course will use UCAS points, just like applying to any other degree programme.
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