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Intramural Sport Accreditation Scheme (NCL+ Award)

Highlight your transferable skills to employers

Your future employer will be looking for transferable skills. These include:

  • teamwork
  • communication
  • management
  • leadership

Intramural sport isn’t only fun, sociable and great for your health and well-being. It also gives you the chance to develop these skills, and boost your employability in the process.

The NCL+ Award is a university-wide accreditation scheme. It ensures that skills like these are highlighted to employers. Delivered in partnership with the Careers Service, the award is open to all intramural team captains.

What does the NCL+ Award give me?

If you succeed in gaining the award you’ll get certificates. You’ll be invited to an achievement ceremony at the Students Union.

You'll get formal recognition from Newcastle University via your HEAR document. HEAR is the Higher Education Achievement Report. It replaces your degree transcript as your record of what you have achieved while at University.

What do I need to do?

If you’re a current intramural team captain, you’re eligible to apply for and complete the award. You’ll need to fulfill the award criteria, but these add up to little more than you’re already doing.

Learn more about the NCL+ Award criteria

As an Intramural Sport Team Captain, you will be responsible for the overall management of your team ensuring all team requirements and responsibilities are completed throughout the year.

To achieve the accreditation mark for your role as Intramural Team Captain, you must satisfy the following criteria.

You must:

  • be a Sport & Fitness Centre member
  • complete all relevant registration requirements
  • attend the start of season captains meeting (11s football and rugby union)
  • submit your Squad Registration Form (outdoor sports only)
  • ensure all your players are Sport & Fitness Centre members
  • fulfil all team fixtures
  • ensure all league rules and duties are followed
  • attend 4 workshops throughout the year
  • submit a short piece of writing about your skill development at the end of Term 2

Evidence that you have completed all of these requirements will be collected by Participation & Events Officer.

If you would like to use your Intramural Team Captain role to achieve your accreditation, email [email protected] with ‘Intramural Accreditation’ as the subject line, and confirm where you are currently at with your criteria. Include information such as the name of your team, your role, and training that you have attended.

*see ‘Final Document’ information on www.nusu.co.uk/employability

Get started

If you’re interested in applying for the award, please email Liam Isaac. Include details of your current role, and briefly describe why you would be interested.