The Football Accredited Universities Portal.
This is the new home on the BUCS website for all things Football Accreditation, where you can submit reports during the reporting windows, manage sign-ups for member services, and apply for football development funding opportunities.
This is the latest of our football development digital projects provided through funding from The FA, which has already provided all Football Accredited institutions with the opportunity to run their intramural football and futsal programmes on BUCS Play.
Reporting Window 1 Is Now Open
You may edit your report as often as you like up until the reporting window deadline of 30 January 2025.
Follow the instructions below to get started.
Getting Started
Existing Football Accreditation Leads already have access to the portal. If you have not previously
logged into MyBUCS, click here to activate your account and set your password.
Once you have registered, simply login and get started. Once logged in, use the MyBUCS menu to
navigate to the Football Accredited University home page.
Submit Your Accreditation Report
From the Football Accredited University home page, click ‘Report your progress’ to submit your
reporting figures for reporting window 1. The window closes on 30 January 2025, and you may edit
your report as often as you like up until the reporting window deadline.
Your accreditation rating will update automatically after approximately 10 minutes.
Completing Your Report
The report will ask you to provide data for participation and workforce at your institution. Please see below for definitions for each of the areas we ask data for:
Participate
Intramural: Any internal student competition format (Football only)
Turn up and Play: Any non-competition student activity (Football only)
Futsal: All Futsal activity outside of BUCS teams
Other: Any Football activity that does not fit any of the other areas (e.g. Charity match, staff team)
Sessions delivered by coaches with a minimum of an EE Playmaker qualification: This is to confirm that each session delivered by the university has a qualified coach present. Not every coach will need to be qualified, as long as one coach at the session is (student or staff).
Number of students attended a non-BUCS Referee CPD Event: Any student attendees of CPD delivered by The FA, County FA, partner organisations or the university themselves related to refereeing.
Lead
Trained: upskilled whilst at university (not from prior training)
Deployed: actively deployed within the university or in the community
Total: all students qualified in the relevant role (active or not, qualified before or at university)
Compete
Please complete the figures for all BUCS and LUSL competitive teams as stated.
Number of students attended a non-BUCS Coach CPD Event: Any student attendees of CPD delivered by The FA, County FA, partner organisations or the university themselves related to coaching.
Edit Your Institution Details
You will need to edit your institution details to update information such as your football and futsal offer,
areas of priority in football development, your relationship with your County FA, and more. You can do
this by clicking 'Edit institution' from the Football Accredited University home page. Please keep these
updated regularly.
Edit Your Profile
The first time you login, you will need to edit your profile to ensure your personal information is correct
and to update information such as your job title in the 'Institution details' tab. You can do this by clicking
'Edit profile' in the MyBUCS dropdown menu.
Support
Should any additional staff need access to the portal, you can set up additional Football Accreditation
Leads and Football Strategic Leads by clicking 'Edit institution' from the Football Accredited University
home page, or alternatively contact us for support.
If you have any questions or need any support on the Football Accredited Universities Portal, please
email Alai Ayyakannu on [email protected].
