James continues: “We focus
on getting our students in
face-to-face for the areas of
the course which demand
face-to-face interaction, so
things like the practical unit (of
delivering a personal training
“
As a training
provider we
need to get
out there
and interact
with the
industry.”
session), a gym induction,
learning about training systems,
training techniques, or effective
teaching/instructing techniques.
We believe all need to be done
face-to-face.
“Although our students are
primed and prepared by
online learning, the real value
lies in the practical, and with
an intense approach in our
workshops where we cover a
lot. It all gels together at that
point.”
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Study Active also offers its
students individual coaching, if
required, as James explains.
“If a student has done a
practical workshop and needed
to improve or expand on certain
areas, we do lots of one-to-one
coaching, so it really is a true
menu of options whether it
is going to be eLearning, a
webinar, a practical workshop
or a one-to-one practical
coaching session.
“As it is all about assessment,
the question we ask ourselves
is ‘have we prepared our
students for the assessment?’”
With a guaranteed interview at
a Bear Grylls’ BMF Bootcamp
or another nationwide gym for
every student as part of their
learning with Study Active, it is
all about collaboration with the
sector.
“As a training provider we need
to get out there and interact
with the industry,” says James.
“A popular CPD product is
kettlebell training and we give
that to our students as a CPD
unit at no extra cost, so we
like to think that from linking
with the gyms and finding out
what they want from their staff
when they come in, we can
get our graduates ready for
work. The fact that we can then
refer students forward for an
interview with the various gyms
we work with, really is the icing
on the cake.”
Students’ development is
clearly the key factor in the work
of Study Active – a desire that
is further strengthened with
a promotion to its learners to
become REPs members.
As James explains: “It is a
real value-added item and an
opportunity to join REPs at a
preferential rate. The industry
www.exerciseregister.org
built-in contact from a tutor (via
a Skype tutorial, telephone call,
or face-to-face). There must be
ongoing support. We would
never expect a learner to be left
alone. We do have a dedicated
support team open seven days
a week who do nothing else
other than support students.
Even though students may be
using some online resources,
they are in constant contact
with us all the way through their
learning journey.”
is demanding universal
recognition of quality and
REPs brings that and students
are liking the fact that all
their hard work of achieving
the qualifications leads to
professional recognition with
REPs. Also, the benefits that
REPs offers are a real value-add
for all our graduates, and the
various tool kits and incentives
are only going to be good for
our graduates and their future
careers.”