Popular coaching programme opens for applicants for 2021 intake The Swim England Senior Coach Programme equips coaches with the tools to create and develop individualised programmes and optimise the performance levels of aspiring athletes, at both youth and senior level. Applications for this year’s prestigious programme have been opened by the Institute of Swimming and … […]
This interactive online CPD (continual professional development), Introduction to Deaf Awareness and using British Sign Language in Aquatics from the Institute of Swimming, aims to help swimming teachers and coaches improve and adapt their sessions to better accommodate deaf and hard of hearing people in the aquatic environment. This course is delivered via webinar, it … […]
Swim England caught up with Martin Wilson last month to discuss his family’s passion for swimming, how they have coped with pool closures, and training with the Institute of Swimming through the pandemic. To say that the Wilson family enjoy swimming would be a huge understatement. Their involvement started from their daughter, Katie’s first baby … […]
Research suggests UK employees are increasingly likely to change career multiple times during their working life. The days of a job-for-life are well and truly gone, a September 2018 study revealed that the average worker in Britain considers changing career ten times per year, and nearly 20% are currently thinking about retraining. At the Institute … […]
A new online course to help improve the recruitment of pool Judge 1 technical officials has been officially launched. Candidates taking the Swimming Technical Officials – Judge 1 Theory will be able to understand the roles of timekeeper, chief timekeeper, inspector of turns and chief inspector of turns. They will also be introduced to the … […]
Commonwealth Silver Medalist and future Olympic swimmer, Jacob Peters, 18, is already taking steps to protect his career when he retires from competitive swimming, training to be a swimming teacher with the Institute of Swimming. The world-class athlete, who competes internationally for Team England, made his debut appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, winning … […]
Mum-of-two Meghan Hawash explains how a change in career led to her dream job. I’m sure everyone has that feeling sometime in their employment life that they’re stuck in a dead-end career, with very few prospects and no job satisfaction. I certainly did. I was hardly enjoying working in retail and when I had my … […]
What with tuition fees, rent and a busy social calendar, being a student can be draining on the expenses. These are supposed to be the ‘best years of your life’, or so you’ve been told. But unless you want to eat baked beans on toast all month – which actually is a very healthy addition … […]
Courses developed by the Institute of Swimming and the Swim England Talent Team to train coaches are to be delivered around the world thanks to a new partnership. The International Swimming Federation FINA has teamed up with the Institute of Swimming in a bid to increase the number of certified coaches across the globe. Three … […]