Doctor of Coaching and Mentoring

The Doctor of Coaching and Mentoring is the only one of its type in the UK. Its key features are:

• Individual academic support from a team of expert researchers in the field. Staff have specific research interests and expertise in coaching and mentoring or related fields and visiting specialists provide further expert input. Assessment is through coursework assignments and a doctoral thesis, which is examined by traditional viva voce.
• Oxford Brookes Business School is a member of EDAMBA (European Doctoral Association in Management and Business Administration) PhDs and Doctor of Coaching and Mentoring (DCaM) programmes which shows recognition for our high quality programmes. This membership has numerous benefits to the Business School and its doctoral students.
• You will join a small, well-motivated group of like-minded students who will share your research journey. As a professional doctorate the programme is designed for experienced coaches or mentors seeking to deepen their knowledge and demonstrate commitment to the field.
• Training is given in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and most importantly the programme provides the support and opportunity to become an autonomous, published researcher. In this way you gain deeper, more critical insights into professional practices and concerns
• Studies are facilitated by monthly workshops in Oxford, which continue throughout the duration of the doctorate. The programme is part-time (five years including study at master's level, or three years if you enter with credit from an existing master's). There are also online workshops and discussions which augment face-to-face workshops
• Applicants would normally be expected to have a good honours degree, plus at least three years' experience in a related field. There is a 10% discount on the fee for alumni.

For more information about postgraduate study at the Business School, come to one of our Business School Open Days, or visit our web pages.

During the first stage of the programme, which on a part-time basis normally takes three years to complete, you focus on the taught level 7 and level 8 components of the curriculum. Once this is successfully completed, you move to the second stage - the thesis. Normally this takes two years to complete part-time.This course is designed as a five-year, part-time programme (or three years with level 7 exemptions for existing master’s qualifications), and is delivered through monthly study days held in Oxford (approximately eight per year).

In addition there are regular online workshops and discussions to support learning at a distance. There is individual coaching and academic support: face-to-face, telephone and email as appropriate.

Teaching and learning

The DCM is cross-disciplinary in its approach. As well as focusing on your own professional development - through reflective practice and individual, peer and group learning activities - you also consider the pivotal organisational and psychological dimensions of coaching and mentoring in depth.

This programme is delivered through monthly seminars and study days held throughout the programme which candidates are required to attend. Progression will be dependent upon successfully completing assignments based on the methodological training carried out during these study days.

Approach to assessment

Assessment is through a variety of coursework assignments and a thesis, which is examined by traditional viva voce (oral examination).

Specialist facilities

Oxford Brookes Business School has now moved to its new home at our Headington Campus. The university’s Headington Campus have undergone a £30m refurbishment to provide a new home for the Business School, which consists of a lecture theatre, teaching rooms, social learning space and a café. There is a new modern hall for teaching and special events like graduation.

This new home will help us to collaborate even more closely with university colleagues in other departments. It also provides a new Main Hall and a vibrant gateway into the Headington Campus. With these innovative spaces, students and staff can interact and collaborate in first-class facilities.

The Headington Campus is also home to the new John Henry Brookes Building, being the most significant project in the history of Oxford Brookes University. Set at the heart of our Headington campus, it has been designed for the future of higher education and has transformed the experiences of our students and the entire University community. The John Henry Brookes Building brings together the library and essential support services that offer academic, careers and international student advice. Find out more about the John Henry Brookes Building.

The majority of our student halls are close to the Headington Campus.

Attendance pattern

This course is designed as a five-year, part-time programme (or three years with level 7 or Masters level exemptions), delivered through monthly study days held in Oxford (approximately eight per year).

Programme changes

On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website. For more information, please visit our Changes to programmes page.

Tuition fees

Home/EU - part time fee: 2019/20: £7,530 2020/21: to be confirmed

International - part time fee: 2019/20: £7,530 2020/21: to be confirmed

Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course, if any, are detailed in the 'This course in detail' window above.

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Funding and scholarships

Entry requirements

• For graduate entry you should normally have a good honours degree, plus three years' experience in a related field
• If you have appropriate master’s level qualifications and experience, you may be eligible for exemptions from certain elements of the programme.

How to apply

How this course helps you develop

The programme provides the setting for developing deeper, more critical insights, into professional practices of coaching and mentoring and provides support for networking and career development as well as for becoming an autonomous, published researcher.

Careers

• Students graduating from the Doctor of Coaching and Mentoring programme can expect to be recognised as experts in their field. This will enhance existing freelance careers and create employment opportunities or promotions.

• Students are encouraged to publish while on the course and after completion of the thesis it is likely that you will continue to write for both the popular and academic press.

• There may be further career opportunities in academia and industry where the highest level of achievement is recognised and rewarded.

How Brookes supports postgraduate students

In the first two years of the programme, you are supported in your M-level studies by module tutors, a dedicated coaching supervisor (Year 1) and an academic supervisor (Year 2).

In Years 3-5, you have the support of the programme leader, module tutors, plus a dedicated director of studies and second supervisor who form a team to guide the preparation of your thesis.

Supporting your learning

From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.

Research highlights

The International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies is at the forefront of coaching and mentoring research. Our journal, our annual conferences and our professional network OBCAMS (the Oxford Brookes Coaching and Mentoring Society) offer excellent opportunities for the dissemination and sharing of research and ideas.

Research areas and clusters

We acknowledge a range of public definitions of 'coaching' and 'mentoring'. We see coaching and mentoring as two different, but closely linked, approaches to helping people increase their sense of self-direction, self-worth, efficacy and achievement. Coaching and mentoring are both human development processes that involve structured, focused interaction and the use of appropriate strategies, tools and techniques to promote desirable and sustainable change for the benefit of the client and other stakeholders.

Our team, led by Prof. Tatiana Bachkirova and Dr Elaine Cox, have research interests in the following areas:

• Philosophical underpinnings of coaching
• Developmental, leadership and team coaching
• Resilience
• Embodiment
• Transfer of learning
• The coaching relationship

For any more information on research please click here.

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