Consultancy work

Module Identifier: BR37620
Module Title: Consultancy work
Academic Year: 2027/2028
Semester: Semester 2
Co-ordinator: Dr Marco Arkesteijn
Reading List: View on Aspire
Other Staff: Dr Marco Arkesteijn; Dr Ruth Wonfor; Dr Ifat Shah

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Consultancy report: 3000 Words	60%
Semester Assessment	Practical: 20 Minutes	40%
Supplementary Assessment	Consultancy report: 3000 Words	60%
Supplementary Assessment	Practical: 20 Minutes	40%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Use your knowledge of underpinning health, sport or Exercise (where relevant) to solve a client based problem
Assess, evaluate, and prescribe an intervention to meet a client’s need enhance health, fitness or performance
Demonstrate the practical skills and techniques required to monitor and evaluate participants in a health or performance context
Demonstrate and awareness of health and safety, risk assessment and ethical considerations
Communicate information in both written and oral formats to both specialist and non-specialist audiences

Brief description

Based on the knowledge and skills developed during the degree, the final semester is to combine these into a particular scenario. You will demonstrate your client interaction skills, ensure valid and reliable data collection, use appropriate processing techniques, which will all lead to the interpretation of the data. Ultimately, you will produce reports that your client will be able to use for their benefits. These clients will comprise two types: When working with individuals, and when working within larger organisations. The individual is akin to being a performance analyst, a physiologist, nutritionist, psychologist, working in elite sports or in health services. The larger organisation is akin to working for government organisations, councils, charities, public bodies, as a consultant. Using these scenarios, this module prepares you for your career, which can range from sports, exercise, health and beyond.

Aims

To showcase real-world consultancy practice within sport and exercise science. ranging from individuals to national governing bodies. Learners will develop skills in client communication, needs analysis, project planning, evidence-based problem solving, and professional reporting to prepare for careers in applied practice and consultancy.

Content

Indicative contents comprises:
• Characteristics of a consultancy report
• Addressing societal issues
• Developing evidence based solutions
• Identifying appropriate assessment protocols that are valid, and reliable
• Conducting the Practical Skills Assessment and presenting the report.

Module skills

Skills type	Skills details
Adaptability and resilience	Students will be provided with academic and skill challenges during practical sessions and completion of assessment
Co-ordinating with others	Team work during practicals
Creative Problem Solving	Identifying a societal issue, and coming up with a potential solution to be pitched as part of the consultancy report
Critical and analytical thinking	Evaluating the most appropriate evidence-based protocol for the Practical Skills Assessment and for the consultancy report
Digital capability	Using equipment as part of the Practical Skills Assessment, as well as generating the report using Excel for data analysis
Professional communication	Produce a report suitable for the client, who is a member of the general public. The consultancy report is aimed at a larger organization.
Real world sense	Both pieces of coursework are set around likely activities in a career: assessing people, and producing reports (in particular when working for larger organizations).
Reflection	Practice during practicals to ensure the skills are fluent and stable during a higher pressure environment: the assessment.
Subject Specific Skills	Taking a multidisciplinary approach to client problems.Working with clients

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6