Gledhill, A

Hill, D

Knowles, Z

Thelwell, R

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Citation:Gledhill, A and Hill, D and Knowles, Z and Thelwell, R (2021) The BASES-Sport and ExercisePsychology Accreditation Route (SEPAR) Postgraduate Endorsement Scheme. The Sport andExercise Scientist (68). p. 17. ISSN 1754-3444Link to Leeds Beckett Repository record:https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/7902/Document Version:Article (Accepted Version)First published in The Sport and Exercise Scientist, Issue 68, Summer 2021. Published by the BritishAssociation of Sport and Exercise Sciences - www.bases.org.ukThe aim of the Leeds Beckett Repository is to provide open access to our research, as required byfunder policies and permitted by publishers and copyright law.The Leeds Beckett repository holds a wide range of publications, each of which has beenchecked for copyright and the relevant embargo period has been applied by the Research Servicesteam.We operate on a standard take-down policy. If you are the author or publisher of an outputand you would like it removed from the repository, please contact us and we will investigate on acase-by-case basis.Each thesis in the repository has been cleared where necessary by the author for third partycopyright. If you would like a thesis to be removed from the repository or believe there is an issuewith copyright, please contact us on openaccess@leedsbeckett.ac.uk and we will investigate on acase-by-case basis.The BASES-Sport and Exercise Psychology Accreditation Route (SEPAR) Postgraduate Endorsement Scheme  Drs Adam Gledhill and Denise Hill, and Professors Zoe Knowles and Richard Thelwell report on the progress of SEPAR and developments around SEPAR endorsed courses  The BASES SEPAR programme was launched in February 2020, having previously spent two years in development. The SEPAR is the latest Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) approved training route for Sport and Exercise Psychologists and facilitates professional skills development underpinned by supervised practice. Throughout their training, Sport and Exercise Psychologists in Training (SEPiTs) will acquire knowledge, skills, and experience relating to competencies that confers eligibility for registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist. Since its inception, 65 candidates have registered as SEPiTs and May 2021 will see the first cohort of individuals registered via the 1-year Accreditation of Prior Experiential Competence (APEC) graduate.   Owing to the early success of the SEPAR programme, the BASES Division of Psychology and SPEAR Committee entered discussions regarding how we could continue to support individuals to become eligible for entry in to the SEPAR programme. This article provides the headline information about further developments within SEPAR, including the formation of a postgraduate endorsement scheme for Masters programmes.  SEPAR Entry requirements   In addition to holding graduate membership of BASES as a minimum, registrants must be able to evidence “underpinning psychology” and an “MSc Sport and/or Exercise Psychology” at the point of entry. The ways in which registrants can evidence underpinning psychology knowledge are: successful completion of an accredited Psychology course (undergraduate or conversion); completion of the 60-credit Open University (OU) module offered exclusively to potential SEPAR candidates; prior recognition of underpinning “core” psychology knowledge from a Learned Society/professional body. There is also now an option for individuals who have completed core psychology programmes at an international organisation to have their equivalence mapped to the OU module. For the M-level qualification, candidates must provide evidence of a successfully completed MSc Sport and/or Exercise Psychology course. Should the MSc title deviate from a single-subject focus (e.g., Coaching Science, Sport and Exercise Science: Psychology), irrespective of whether completed in the UK or internationally, applicants are able to complete a mapping template, assessed by members of the SEPAR reviewer team, to evidence equivalence.   When launching SEPAR, and during the time since, we have fielded several questions regarding the M-level qualifications and entry routes to SEPAR. This prompted us to design, pilot, and now officially launch the BASES Postgraduate SEPAR Endorsement Scheme (BPSES). This scheme is aimed at supporting future Sport and Exercise Psychologists in choosing M-level courses that are BPSES Endorsed, and so will appropriately position them for application to SEPAR upon completion of their programme.   BASES Postgraduate SEPAR Endorsement Scheme  BPSES is a process of endorsement whereby MSc Sport and/or Exercise Psychology providers can apply to have their course independently reviewed by members of the SEPAR workforce as having sufficient coverage of the knowledge requirements, to allow graduates from their course to apply for entry on to the SEPAR programme. The BPSES allows Course Leaders (or equivalent) to specifically map their programme against the knowledge section of the SEPAR profile and provide a justification (with evidence) for how they believe the programme meets the requirements. The course will need to be deemed as demonstrating sufficient coverage of knowledge competencies to achieve BPSES.   As part of the endorsement process, it is expected that the course includes at least two staff with relevant professional accreditations. For the purposes of BPSES, appropriate accreditation and/or registration would include those who are HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologists and/or BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientists (with a psychology domain focus and support/research). Applicants will be requested to indicate the staffing profiles of those primarily responsible for delivering the programme and provide evidence of appropriate professional accreditation/registration.  A course will be SEPAR endorsed for a five-year period, unless there are significant curriculum amendments (e.g., changes to the modular structure or content). If successful in the endorsement application, endorsed courses will be placed on the BASES course finder, and the provider will be able to use the BASES SEPAR endorsed logo in relevant marketing materials. Consistent with existing BASES endorsement schemes, applications for BPSES will be possible at three points during the year: January 6th, May 6th, and September 6th.   Thank you to everybody who has supported the development of this next exciting stage of SEPAR!  Dr Adam Gledhill FBASES Adam is a Course Director: Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, the Chair of the BASES Division of Psychology, and the Editor of The Sport and Exercise Scientist. He is a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist.   Dr Denise Hill Denise is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Swansea University and Deputy Chair of the BASES Division of Psychology. She is a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist and SEPiT.  Professor Zoe Knowles FBASES Zoe is a Professor of Engagement and Learning at Liverpool John Moores University, a HCPC Registered Psychologist and the Chair Elect of BASES. She is a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist.   Professor Richard Thelwell FBASES Richard is a Professor of Applied Sport Psychology and Head of School of Sport, Exercise and Health Science at the University of Portsmouth. He is the Chair of the BASES SEPAR Committee, a HCPC Registered Psychologist and a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist.    

The BASES-Sport and Exercise Psychology Accreditation Route (SEPAR) Postgraduate Endorsement Scheme

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