HE@CRC SPORT (COACHING & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT) Tamara Richards, 22, former HND Sport (Coaching & Sports Development) student, now a lecturer at Cambridge Regional College I work at Cambridge Regional College as a part-time Sports lecturer, as well as teaching swimming and fi tness classes. My next goal is to gain a full-time contract at CRC so that I can make teaching sport my full-time career. I have Level 5 HND in Sport Coaching & Development, and Level 3 and Level 5 teaching qualifi cations. I’m a qualifi ced personal trainer, fi tness instructor, swimming instructor, and I hold the Higher Sports Leadership Award. “ Cambridge Regional College really is a great place to be! I studied sport here for four years from Level 3 to Level 5. I then achieved a teaching qualifi cation and now I work here. More about HE@CRC • Low cost, high value • Small class sizes • High quality vocational teaching • Trusted qualifi cations valued by employers • Apply direct to the college Enquiries Tel 01223 226315 Email enquiry@camre.ac.uk Web www.camre.ac.uk/ higher-education “I was a national swimmer until 2012 and trained six days a week, mornings and evenings. However my passion now is fi tness. I teach a range of fi tness classes and enjoy training myself. I’d advise anyone to work hard to achieve your potential.” Why did you choose to study HE Sport at CRC? I chose to do this course at CRC because I was already familiar with the lecturers and the environment and knew it suited me well. I found it fairly easy to progress to employment because the college supported me into teacher-training and gave me a placement which led to a job. ” What did you like about studying at CRC? I loved the fact that class sizes were small and the teachers were brilliant, supporting us all through the course individually. This made me feel like a valued person rather than just another number. What was the biggest difference between studying at Level 3 and Levels 4 & 5? The teaching style was the biggest thing for me as the emphasis is squarely on the learner, plus having to learn new skills such as referencing. My biggest challenge was learning how to reference properly. This takes time but becomes second nature the more you do it. It was a tough course but really benefi cial.
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