Entry requirements

Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above), or an equivalent international qualification however, professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience are taken into consideration positively and may be accepted in place of a degree.

In your supporting statement please let us know clearly your motivation to undertake this course. You will also need to list and provide evidence of existing coaching or other relevant professional and academic qualifications you have gained, such as accreditation with the International Coaching Federation, ILM level 7, CIPD level 7 or similar.

Months of entry

September

Course content

If you are a coaching practitioner holding a relevant qualification, this Postgraduate Certificate in Neurodiversity Coaching is especially designed to enhance your skills and knowledge to work towards effective coaching in a neurodiversity context.

Why choose this course?

This course offers you valuable continuing professional development (CPD) so you can gain specialised knowledge in neurodiversity.
It is led by some of the most pre-eminent authorities in neurodiversity coaching at work who, together, bring over 40 years of varied experience and research in the field.
Our on-campus teaching is complemented by high-quality online resources you can access via Birkbeck’s virtual learning environment.

What you will learn

Our Neurodiversity Coaching course gives you the opportunity to develop and enact neurodiversity coaching compassionately, ethically and informed by best evidence. This includes understanding how to embed intersectionality into your practice and being aware of multiple marginalised identities.

You will be exposed to progressive literature in this area which informs best coaching practice. You will also develop your competence and confidence to coach in a neurodiversity context with cognitive/behavioural topics, as well as with emotional and relational issues, within appropriate professional boundaries.

How you will learn

On this course we draw on the principles of active learning to offer you case studies, exercises and reflective discussions to ensure safe practice and learning in a supportive peer environment.

This course is taught via four intensive weekend sessions consisting of lectures, seminars, group discussions and coaching practice on campus. This is complemented by high-quality online study via our virtual learning environment, including collaborative sessions and one-to-one tutorials, video resources, readings and individual learning activities.

Highlights

In the 2023 National Student Survey, Birkbeck's School of Psychological Sciences ranked 5th in the UK for teaching.
We are consistently regarded as one of the top institutions teaching psychological sciences in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework we were ranked in the top ten universities in the UK for the third time.
Birkbeck is strongly oriented towards research in psychological sciences and we are home to the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Health and Lived Experience Cluster, the Birkbeck - UCL Centre for Neuroimaging and the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling.

Careers and employability

This Postgraduate Certificate in Neurodiversity Coaching is designed to offer you valuable continuing professional development and will equip you with the knowledge you need to practise in this area.

It also equips you to progress further in your studies by undertaking specialised Master’s level study in neuroscience or cognate fields, for example you may pursue your studies further at Birkbeck with our MSc Educational Neuroscience, MSc Brain and Cognitive Development or MSc Career Coaching and Coaching Psychology.

We offer a comprehensive careers service - Careers and Enterprise - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond. At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education and future ambitions.

Information for international students

If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.

If you don't meet the minimum IELTS requirement, we offer pre-sessional English courses and foundation programmes to help you improve your English language skills and get your place at Birkbeck.