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Performance and community sport

Many of these experts are also lecturers on our degrees, which means you’ll get high-level expertise and exciting opportunities as part of your learning. Community sport is also a core part of our provision. You can develop your experience of community sport through our partnerships with local projects and charitable organisations. If you're interested in making a difference through research, you could work with our staff to explore the benefits of physical exercise in improving the health and academic performance of children and adolecents. With so many opportunities to gain extra experience, we'll support you to make the most of those that matter to you. You'll make community connections and explore potential career paths to find the right one for you. Graduate with an impressive CV that stands out to employers in the sport and exercise sector.

Our performance Sports Academies help students reach their sporting peaks. They also enable those not competing to gain valuable experience behind the scenes, working with athletes, coaches, therapists and scientists as part of practical sessions or to undertake research for applied projects. You could treat athletes in our sports therapy clinic, coach players to reach their maximum performance using our specialist sports technology, or refine rowers’ technique in our laboratories. You could also get to the heart of the action, helping our sports teams with pitchside first aid or developing your marketing and social media skills at big games. You'll be working alongside a range of sports professionals who are coaching and developing our Sports Academy teams.

Want to compete in your sporting discipline alongside your studies? Turn to page 37 to find out more