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PROSPECTUS 2020 S C H O O L O F S P O RT A N D EXERCISE SCIENCES
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UK TOP 15 Sport and Exercise Science degree
5 STAR RATED endorsed by The British Association of
SPORTS SCIENCE Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES)
04 WHY SPORTS SCIENCE? DEPARTMENT TEACHING
06 CAREER SUPPORT (Times Good University STRONG
08 STUDENT SUPPORT Guide 2020) INDUSTRY
LINKS (QS stars, 2018)
10 SPORT AT SWANSEA
14 LOCATION
18 ACADEMICS
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
COURSE INFORMATION
Innovative
28 SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
TEACHING
30 SCHOLARSHIPS
100%
32 FAQS
STATE-OF-THE-ART RANKED 9TH
33 HOW TO GET HERE
FACILITIES AND IN THE UK
LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH
of graduates in
at the Swansea QUALITY
work or study
University Bay within 6 months of (Times Good University
Guide 2020)
Campus graduating (DLHE)
£450m
80%
IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ
The following message contains some very fees may become necessary due to legitimate staffing,
important information. Please read it before financial, regulatory and academic reasons. We will
BEACHSIDE
you use this prospectus. endeavour at all times to keep any changes to a minimum BAY CAMPUS RANKED 7TH
and to keep prospective students informed appropriately.
This guide was printed in the Autumn of 2019. It Any changes to the information contained in this guide
of our graduates are in a
graduate level job (DLHE)
for Graduate Prospects
contains information on programmes that Swansea will be updated quarterly.
University intends to run for students who are planning IN THE UK
to start university in the autumn of 2020 and 2021. Undergraduate:
We have made every reasonable effort to ensure that on the online course pages at (The Guardian University
the information provided is both helpful and accurate www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses RANKED 61ST IN THE WORLD League Table 2020)
as at the date of publication. However, some changes,
for example to programmes, study location, facilities or by CEOWorld Magazine (2019)
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Why Sports Science?
SCIENCE IS THE
Stopping
ARE YOU
ONE HUMAN
Making a
corruption difference to
and cheating INTERESTED IN? how people
ACTIVITY
in sport live
Exercising
T H AT I S T R U LY
PROGRESSIVE.
and/or How exercise
playing can impact
sport The elite How health on health
performance is viewed
environment in society
THE BODY OF
YES?
THE SCHOOL OF SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES
POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE
IS TRANSMITTED
HAS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR YOU
F R O M G E N E R AT I O N
OVER RECRUITING OVER T O G E N E R AT I O N
9,000 141,000 £19,334 AVERAGE GRADUATE
PEOPLE SALARY
EMPLOYMENT
(IBISWorld Sports Clubs –
OPPORTUNITIES UK Market Research Report)
(SaveTheStudent.org)
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Our vision for
employability is to equip our
Asthma UK Centre
for Applied Research
BRITISH CYCLING
Sport and Exercise Science
graduates with the ability to British Bobsleigh
CAREER SUPPORT
address challenges of the
future, leading to fulfilling British Swimming ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT Play Wales
and notable careers. International Centre for Sport Security Hockey Wales
Professional and capable,
We are committed to
ensuring that our students
Our support includes: they will demonstrate the
value of having a Swansea
International
are provided with the best
level of employability support
• Annual Careers Fair
• Weekly Graduate Employer
University Sport and
Exercise Science degree
Olympic Committee COLLABORATION
WITH INDUSTRY
from day one of their degree Presentations as the backbone to a Novo-Nordisk INTERNATIONAL
with us. rewarding career. TENNIS
• CV Guidance NSPCC CHILD FEDERATION
PROTECTION
WELSH
• Mock Interviews
We have a dedicated Dr Gavin Bunting, The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at
Employability Team within • Summer Placement Support IN SPORT UNIT
ROWING
Director of Employability Swansea University has strong and established
the School, whose role it
is to continuously provide
• Alumni Networking
Sessions
in the School of Sport and
Exercise Sciences
Rugby DEPARTMENT OF
links with a large variety of local, national, and
international organisations.
opportunities for our students
to improve their skills and
Football EDUCATION
These links have inspired developments in our
Union
HEALTHY SCHOOLS
find their perfect career NETWORK AND research and student curriculum, and allow us to
post graduation. SPORT WALES
engage with external bodies in a number of ways:
SPORT WALES • Collaborative research funding bids
DIABETES UK ABMU • Exchange and training of research staff
• Collaborative use of specialist equipment
Leadership Trust Hywel Dda • Advisory and consultancy service
QUINTIC CONSULTANCY LIMITED
PUBLIC
HEALTH
WALES
UK Anti-Doping Department of HealthNational Institute for Health
and Clinical Excellence
Swansea City AFC Welsh Rugby Union
UK Sport UK ATHLETICS COMMANDO JOES
BARNETT
UNESCOUNODC GP SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING
WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY
Local Health Boards
City and County of Swansea
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STUDENT SUPPORT, ACADEMIC OFFICE HOURS
TEACHING & LEARNING All teaching staff have
designated office hours
during the week. Students
Providing the best student experience possible is of the utmost are encouraged to drop in
importance to us at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, to discuss lecture content,
and we have well-established systems and support staff in place request assignment
in order to facilitate this. feedback, or to raise
any academic issues
ACADEMIC MENTOR PEER MENTOR that they have.
PROGRAMME PROGRAMME
Each student is assigned New students in Y1 will
a Personal Academic have the opportunity to sign STUDENT INFORMATION
Mentor (previously known up as a mentee of a student TEAM
as a Personal Tutor), with from Y2-3, who they can The Student Information
whom they meet throughout meet several times in the Team is your gateway
the year in a series of year for informal support to accessing advice and
compulsory individual and and guidance. guidance during your
group sessions. Personal studies here at the School
Academic Mentors are of Sport and Exercise
an individual contact for Sciences. You can reach
every student, and they are the team via Reception in
there to provide support, ONLINE RESOURCES
the Engineering Central
encouragement, and help The Student Intranet, MyUni building, between 8:30am-
for the students to achieve and Blackboard online 5pm, Monday-Friday
their academic potential. pages are regularly updated (excluding bank holidays).
with relevant resources,
including: lecture notes,
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
A Student Representative
assignment/exam results
and feedback, careers event School of Sport and
Exercise Sciences
information and graduate
is elected from each job opportunities.
programme for each year
of study to provide the
feedback and views of the
student body on a range Scan
of topics to academic and
FIND OUT MORE me
support staff at the monthly
Student-Staff Forums. Check out our student guide at:
www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/courses/student-support
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SPORT
at Swansea THE WELSH VARSITY CUP MATCH
WHATEVER YOUR LEVEL, WHATEVER
YOUR AMBITIONS, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
PROVIDES SUPERB SPORTS FACILITIES,
OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT.
Our £20 million Sports Village is home to:
• Wales National Pool 50m • Multi-purpose Sports Hall
and 25m ‘warm-up’ pools • International Athletics Track
• Fully-equipped UniGym • Rugby/Football/Cricket/
• Indoor Training Centre Lacrosse Pitches
Swansea v Cardiff is the biggest
student sports event – and grudge
• Climbing Wall • Tennis Courts
match – in Wales. Whether you
• Physiology Suite and • All Weather Astro Pitches
Sports Massage Facilities fancy being in the stands, in the
cheerleading squad or even
part of the scrum, it’s an
unmissable date.
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WE’RE CHANGING
THE WORLD 65 DEGREES NORTH REACH THE SUMMIT
Welsh swimmer, Jazz Carlin, OF ANTARCTICA’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
wearing the Blizzard Jacket
65 Degrees North seeks to help in the
APPLIED SPORTS, TECHNOLOGY, rehabilitation of wounded or damaged
ex-servicemen and women by offering
EXERCISE AND MEDICINE (A-STEM)
the opportunity to participate in a
challenging adventure.
A-STEM is one of the few Sport and Exercise Science Research
Centres that are housed within an Engineering College in the UK. A team of Swansea University research
We therefore have a well-resourced, research-driven environment, experts have been supporting 65 Degrees
underpinning our distinctive, cutting-edge multidisciplinary research, North on their most recent challenge, helping
focusing on Elite and Professional Sport, Ethics Integrity and a group of military veterans with physical and
3D printed model of physical activity mental injury to reach the 16,000 feet summit journey to ensure the best possible chance of
Governance, as well as Exercise, Medicine and Health.
of Mount Vinson in Antarctica. accomplishing the World First Record attempt.
The research team offered support with
Our research is industry driven, addresses real life challenges in
Known as “the top of the bottom of the physical and mental fitness, nutritional care
sport, health and exercise and impacts on practice and policy.
World”, Mount Vinson is one of the coldest and sleep pattern monitoring, all of which
and most remote places on earth. As of 16:30 are key factors in the overall success of
World leading research is conducted in a number of areas, including
(GMT-3) on Sunday, 15th January 2017, the expedition.
anti-doping and sports ethics, children’s physical activity, and
exercise physiology, and in a wide range of contexts from elite and a 5-strong team from 65 Degrees North
successfully reached the summit! To reach Swansea University has collaborated closely
professional sports, to clinical, home, and educational environments.
the summit, the team battled strong katabatic with 65 Degrees North over the past few
winds, brutally low wind-chill temperatures, years on a number of challenges. Researchers
Our research has a clear real world focus, with outcomes fed back
high altitude and the threat of loose slabs and from Sport Science and the College of
into practice to improve the performance of elite athletes, or improve
avalanches whilst also pulling pulks containing Science also helped a team to prepare for
health and well-being in the general public and clinical populations.
food, clothing, and survival equipment. the world’s first unsupported crossing by an
amputee of the 600km Greenland ice cap, in
Reconstruction of Welsh Archer on Research experts at Swansea University aid of Help for Heroes.
Mary Rose
BREAKING RESEARCH NEWS supported 65 Degrees North on their
SWANSEA RESEARCH HELPS BRITISH SKELETON ATHLETES WIN 3 MEDALS NEW STUDY REVEALS NUMBER OF OBESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS. WORLDWIDE HAS RISEN TENFOLD IN THE PAST FOUR DECADES.
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BEACHFRONT
LOCATION
BAY LIBRARY 24HR BUS (term-time)
Approximately 20 minutes to
COMPUTATIONAL FOUNDRY Singleton Campus, 10 minutes to city centre
ENGINEERING MY UNIHUB
Your one-stop-shop offering information and
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
guidance on any aspect of student life;
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT from finances, to course-load, to housing
THE COLLEGE OTHER FACILITIES:
• Coffeeopolis coffee shop
THE CORE, FOOD COURT • Faith space
THE GREAT HALL
• Gym and sports facilities BEACHFRONT
• Launderette
• Students’ Union LOCATION VIRTUAL
SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE TOUR
swansea.ac.uk/virtual-tour
VIRTUAL
TOUR
swansea.ac.uk/virtual-tour
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15
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870 mile 10 Things WHEREVER YOU
WALES COASTAL PATH YOU MUST DO GO IN SWANSEA...
Wales is one of the four countries that make
BANG
O R
WRE
XHA
1 Eat Joe’s Ice Cream you’re by the sea
up the United Kingdom (UK). Wales has its
own language – the oldest living language
M
2 Paddle in Swansea Bay
It’s a beautiful location and a buzzing city; warm and friendly,
in Europe – and the University offers
discounted Welsh lessons if you would
SNOWDON
IA
3 Visit the National
Waterfront Museum –
it’s compact, yet offers it all.
like to learn! one of many museums Swansea is as rich an environment for living as it is for
and galleries in the city learning. From its breath-taking sweep of award-winning
St David is the
Wales has an abundance of castles to
explore, mountains to climb and delicious
patron saint
of Wales and
4 Surf down the Gower beaches and coves to its dazzling nightlife, eclectic dining
and unique shopping experiences, it’s 378km2 of everything
local dishes to try – the perfect antidote to a
long week of studying. If you would like to
is celebrated
yearly on
5 Grab fish & chips at
Mumbles Pier
you need to make your student experience amazing.
find out more about things to do in
Wales, we recommend that ABE
RYS
1ST MARCH 6 Walk around our Marina
LIBERTY
STADIUM
you visit: visitwales.co.uk
Wales is the land of
TW
Y TH
7 Socialise with friends
on Wind Street CITY CENTRE
mythical BRECON BE
ACONS
8 Eat Welsh cakes at
KING ARTHUR SINGLETON
BAY CAMPUS
Swansea Market PARK CAMPUS
The world’s first
wearable electronic
hearing aid was
9 Watch football, or the
nation’s favourite, rugby
developed in 1935 by at the Liberty Stadium GOWE
EA R
Welsh inventor, ANS
SW
Edwin Stevens NEW
POR
T
10 Take in a show at the
Grand Theatre
MUMBLES
CARD
IFF
HOME OF THE GOWER
SWANSEA IS THE THE UK’S FIRST AREA
LESS THAN LESS THAN LESS THAN 3 MOST AFFORDABLE
RD SWANSEA HAS AN
OF OUTSTANDING
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF
UNIVERSITY CITY NATURAL BEAUTY
1 HOUR
FROM CARDIFF
3 HOURS
FROM LONDON
4 HOURS
FROM MANCHESTER
IN THE UK 241,300
(Times Higher Education 2018)18 19
OUR ACADEMICS Innovative
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences has over 26 members of staff,
including 21 academics, 2 technicians and 3 research staff.
TEACHING
We’re proud to provide an outstanding learning experience and are championing ‘blended
learning’, which includes the use of online/e-learning technologies to complement, support
and enhance traditional face-to-face learning methods. Blended learning includes:
Our focus is on how
Sports Science can be
applied practically. This, LIGHTBOARD
together with high-profile Built by a team of our
VIRTUAL REALITY
internships with major undergraduate students, our
Visiting buildings before
sporting teams and Lightboard Studio allows the
they’re built, or learning
health organisations, creation of interactive videos,
about intimate parts of
where the presenter faces
has made Swansea’s equipment, helps give
towards the screen with
Sport and Exercise our students a new
overlaid writing and
Science students highly understanding of what
PowerPoint slides.
employable when they are studying.
they graduate.
Professor Gareth Stratton,
Head of the School of Sport ONLINE LEARNING
LECTURE CAPTURE
and Exercise Sciences MATERIALS
Many of our academics
Created by our
record their lectures,
academics to enhance
so that students can
student understanding
re-watch them in their
of difficult topics.
own time.
Find out more information about our academic staff on our website:
www.swansea.ac.uk/sports-science/staff20 21
BECOME
OUR DEGREE A GLOBAL
PROGRAMMES OFFER A STUDENT
YEAR ABROAD ZAMBIA
SCHEME Travelling the world and living
outside the UK has always
been something I wanted to
We run an annual expedition to Zambia that gives
students and staff the opportunity to put their
theoretical knowledge into practice by completing
do, and when a Year Abroad a humanitarian project.
became a possibility, it seemed
like the perfect opportunity
to take.
PUT YOUR
AUSTRALIA I’m glad I got Brisbane,
LEARNING INTO
Australia, as I’ve visited the
CANADA city before.
PRACTICE
CZECH REPUBLIC I’m mostly looking forward
FRANCE to being in a warmer climate,
GERMANY meeting new people and trying
out new modules which I
SPAIN wouldn’t have otherwise been ENHANCE YOUR
USA able to do. EMPLOYABILITY
Rachael George
BSc Sport and Exercise Science
(with a Year Abroad)
www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/international-expeditions22 23
WE ARE A TRULY STUDENTS FROM
115
BLYTON PEREIRA, ANQI LI, CHINA
GLOBAL SCHOOL...
INDIA “I really enjoyed Swansea
“I decided to come to and found the lecturers
COUNTRIES
Swansea due to its great very supportive.”
reputation in the UK and
the world.”
KAROLINE KJUSS,
NORWAY
“I wanted a university with top
study facilities and lecturers,
and of course a university with
a good location. I got more
than I expected.”
MEREDITH DAVIES, USA
AHMED MAHMOUD, EGYPT
“Living in Swansea was exciting
“Staff members are incredibly
because I don’t go to school in a large
supportive. I sensed that during my
city. Swansea is big enough to have a
stay and even before arriving here.
lot going on, but small enough so it
My course supervisor kept (and is
isn’t overwhelming.”
still) checking up on me regularly
during my course duration. To sum
up, the institution embraced me from
FELIX MMEKA, NIGERIA day one, and I couldn’t have been
more thankful.”
“I needed to find an amazing city (amazing
people and scenes, balanced lifestyle of both
NASSER AL-KAABI, QATAR
education and extra-curricular activities, low
cost of living, etc.) that I could call home while “I decided to study at Swansea University
studying and after five amazing years, I can say because Swansea is a safe place and the
I haven’t been disappointed with that choice.” University has a good population.”24 25
UCAS CODE C600
TYPICAL OFFER: CAREERS
AT WORK WITH...
BSc SPORT AND AAB – BBB Our Sport and Exercise
Will Sparkes
(Recommended subjects include Science graduates have
EXERCISE SCIENCE
Sciences, Maths, PE and Psychology) excellent career prospects
and enjoy a very high
employment rate.
BSc SPORTS SCIENCE GRADUATE AND EMPLOYED
BASES (The British Opportunities for our AS A SPORTS SCIENTIST AT LA GALAXY
Association of Sport graduates continue to
As a student on the BSc Sport and Exercise Science course, you and Exercise Sciences) grow in both the public
will be provided with an academically rigorous and BASES- Endorsed Course
and private sectors.
accredited programme of study covering the factors that influence
The major areas of
participation and personal performance in sports.
employment include:
• Sport and Exercise
Here is a sample of the topics you will study during your degree:
Science support (e.g.
Welsh Institute of
YEAR 1 Optional modules YEAR 3 Sport, UK Sport, and
• Human Anatomy • Exercise Physiology Compulsory module Professional
• Biomechanics • Biomechanics • Sport and Exercise Science Sports Teams)
& Technology A & Technology C Research Dissertation • Sports Development
• Research Methods & Ethics • Strength & Conditioning II • Sports Promotion
• Foundations in Exercise • Exercise Science: Optional modules • Sports Commerce
Science Interventions and • Sports Biomechanics (clothing, equipment,
• Human Physiology Applications • Sport, Diet and Disease tourism)
• Biomechanics • Psychological Dimensions • Exercise, Growth and • Sports Management
& Technology B of Sport 2: Excellence in Development • Sports Coaching
• Strength & Conditioning Adolescent Athletes • Sport Integrity, Ethics • Teaching and Lecturing
• Psychological Dimensions and Policy • Health and Fitness
of Sport 1: Understanding AND
AND Consultancy and
Children’s Participation • The Ethics of Doping: Health, Management
Sport and Society • Health Related Exercise • Health Promotion and
• Kinanthropometry • Sports Psychology 3 Leisure Management
YEAR 2 • Biomechanics • Sport and Exercise • Specific Careers within
& Technology D Physiology the NHS While studying at Swansea, I enjoyed the many lab-based
Compulsory modules
• Developing Research • Human Nutrition sessions we did across most of the modules. It’s always
Methods for Sports Science • Critical Issues in important to be able to apply the theoretical principles into
• Employability, Innovation Sport Sociology practice, and I think this really sets you up for when you
& Engagement • Contemporary Issues in GET IN TOUCH progress into a dissertation or to an applied setting
Sport Pedagogy after university.
Email: study@swansea.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514
swansea.ac.uk/sports-science26 27
UCAS CODE C602
TYPICAL OFFER: AT WORK WITH...
BSc SPORT AND AAB – BBB CAREERS
Aiste Junelyte
(Recommended subjects include PE, Our programme is
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy/Ethics) designed to enable
students to acquire the
transferable skills that will
equip them to move into
a range of careers. The
This course will enable students to gain an understanding of sport and exercise subjects through
School of Sport of Exercise
a social scientific and humanistic lens, developing a knowledge of sport, health and exercise in
Sciences reported 100%
society. It centres on key subject strands: Philosophy of Sport, Sport Psychology, Psychology of
of graduates in work and/
Health and Exercise and Sport Policy. The programme is designed to enable students to develop
or further study within six
critical thinking and analytical skills that can be applied across the spectrum of academic and real
months of graduating, with
world challenges.
79% in graduate level jobs
(taken from the most recent
Destination of Leavers from
Here is a sample of the topics you will study during your degree: Higher Education survey
16/17).
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
The major areas of
• Psychological Dimensions • Psychological Dimensions • Health Related Exercise
employment include:
of Sport 1: Considerations of Sport 2: Understanding • Sports Psychology 3
for Youth Sport and Developing • Sport & Social Science
• Education
• Introduction to Critical Adolescent Athletes Research Dissertation
• Sports policy
Reasoning • Critical Issues in Sport • Contemporary Issues in
• Sports development
• Research Methods for Sociology for Sport & Sport & Social Science
• Exercise referral
Social Science Social Science • Sport Integrity, Ethics
• Rehabilitation contexts
• Introduction to Ethics & • Employability, Innovation and Policy
• Community wellbeing
Sport Policy & Engagement for Sport &
• Social prescribing
• Introduction to Sport Social Science
initiatives
& Society • Developing Research
As a Sports Science professional to be, it’s important to
• Foundations in Methods for Sport &
have a good understanding of a wide range of topics to
Exercise Science Social Science
be able to work in the field. The course will cover multiple
• The Ethics of Anti-Doping:
subjects where you will be collecting data, analysing it
Health, Sport & Society
and applying your knowledge to get the best possible
• Exercise Science:
outcome. In Psychology for example, you are presented
Interventions and
with theories that not only help you learn about human
Applications GET IN TOUCH behaviour in sporting situations, but also about yourself
which in turn helps with your own development during
Email: study@swansea.ac.uk
your time at Swansea University.
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514
swansea.ac.uk/sports-science28 29
Successful Students Over the three years of
my BSc, I had accumulated
WORKING IN INDUSTRY
some great skills to offer the
team, including physiological
Without undertaking the MSc at Swansea, there is
testing and technical analysis.
no way I would have got to where I am now. During the
The company now has over
MSc, I was offered the opportunity to work on a diabetes
100 athletes working with
research project. I believe that the experiences I gained
10 coaches on a one-to-one
from participating in such a project provided me with the
Modules such as Human basis and we work with some
vital skills needed to undertake a PhD study. Also the help
Physiology and Nutrition of the largest race organisers
from the staff was overwhelming, their support gave me
allowed me to explore in the country to develop
the push I needed to go out and get what I wanted.
and learn about the and deliver bespoke training
pathophysiology behind packages.
Tegan Carpenter
certain lifestyle diseases and Completion of my third year dissertation provided PhD student
prevention of cardiovascular experience in conducting research and it was through Thom Phillips
disease or type 2 diabetes. It lecturers at Swansea that I was made aware of the Sports Medicine Doctor
also exposed me to practical teaching and research expertise they had available at
skills that are directly the University of Glasgow. Subsequently, I completed
applicable to what I do now my PhD at Glasgow University and am now lecturing
as a Physiologist. in Exercise Physiology and Exercise for Health at the
University of Plymouth.
Rebecca Steingass Without my academic
Health & Wellbeing Physiologist Dr Francesca Burton background in sports
The knowledge I learned whilst at Swansea
Lecturer in Human Physiology science and the applied
University is invaluable in helping me to get to where
work that I undertook
I am today. For instance, the testing I run at stadiums
alongside my degrees,
is almost identical to the work I completed during my
I would not be in my current
undergraduate degree, and the Biomechanics module,
position. Due to the nature
in particular, gave me the relevant transferable skills that
of my role, I draw upon
I regularly apply in my role.
My degree in Sports Science, combined with lots of work aspects of sports science
experience placements throughout university, most definitely I’m positive that without that I studied in Swansea
Chris Aldred
led to my opportunity at West Ham. All along the way, I felt the help of the lecturers on a daily basis.
Football Systems Operator at Hawk Eye Innovations
I was adding value to my CV and making sure I stood out at Swansea University, I
from other candidates – anything I could do to help me get would not be working with a Joe Taylor
a foot in the door and get a chance to impress. Premiership team. Performance Analyst at the
English Institute of Sport
Eamon Swift Tom Taylor
1st Team Rehabilitation Fitness Coach at West Ham United Sport Scientist30 31
There is also a Sporting Bursary which can be applied for if you have not been awarded
a scholarship.
SCHOLARSHIPS SPORTING EXCELLENCE BURSARY
SPORTING ENTRANCE Criteria
Students who have been selected or who have already performed to a high level that required
additional funds to allow competition who have not got a Sporting Scholarship
SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Expected to
represent Yes, where possible
SU
WHAT IS AVAILABLE?
Financial Full-time up to £500 P.A.
award Part-time up to £500 P.A.
Our Sporting Entrance Scholarship schemes aim to cover the enormous spectrum of talent which
students hold in individual and team sports. We look for students who not only satisfy the normal
academic requirements for admission, but who have also demonstrated outstanding ability SPORTING SCHOLARSHIP & BURSARY SUPPORT
in whatever sporting sphere they have made their speciality. There are four different levels of
scholarship available: Potential package may also scholarship will be awarded. MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
include: Please go to www.
swansea.ac.uk/sport/high- £2,000 will be awarded to
• Academic Mentor
performance-sports-and- all students who achieve AAB
• Flexible study option
PROFESSIONAL SPORTING scholarships/tass- at A Level (or equivalent:
ELITE ATHLETE BUCS • Profile on University website
ATHLETE EXCELLENCE
and-scholarships for Scholarship Equivalence Table
SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP • Publicity assistance
SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP UK and EU). Achievement
• Swansea University more information.
Coaching or competing of an equivalent grade in
branded kit
to a very high standard EXCELLENCE the Welsh Baccalaureate
Coaching or • Sketty Lane Sports Facilities
(including but not SCHOLARSHIPS Advanced qualification is
competing to parking permit
exclusively: County, recognised for the purposes
Already achieved
International or
Regional, Academy, Stand out performer or
• Summer accommodation
Junior International £3,000 will be awarded to of the award.
Criteria a paid professional Junior International) in coach in their sport in • Complimentary Sport
in a BUCS sport all students who achieve AAA
sporting contract a BUCS Sport. These a non BUCS sport Swansea Membership
or recognised in a at A Level (or equivalent: Each Scholarship will be
will represent the • Free gym membership
national pathway as a Scholarship Equivalence Table worth £2,000 over three
University as a coach • Free Wales National Pool
future international UK and EU). Achievement of years (paid in three equal
or as a player for the membership if sport requires
nominated team an equivalent grade in the instalments – with £670 paid
• Access to S&C, nutrition,
Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced in the first year, £670 paid
BUCS sport or physio and sports
Expected to qualification is recognised for in the second year and £670
represent No
recognised in a
Yes No
massage support
national pathway as a the purposes of the award. paid in the third year).
SU
future international HOW TO APPLY
Each Scholarship will be worth For further information
Full-time up to £1,000 Full-time up to £3,000 Full-time up to £2,000 Full-time up to £2,000
There is one application form £3,000 over three years (paid about European country
Financial P.A. P.A. P.A. P.A.
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