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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Designed for those with a foundation degree or high-level HND in a related subject, this course covers a wide range of areas within sport.
Depending on your previous experience and learning, you will be able to tailor your degree to your career ambitions - whether they lie in coaching, physical education, sport development, sport business, sport marketing, physical activity and health or aspects of sports science, this is an opportunity to refine your expertise and top-up your qualification to a degree with just one year of additional study. Your career success will be central to this course and we will give you the skills to enhance your employability.
You will meet with your course leader and personal tutor during induction week in order to pick your specific area of study.
You will be able to choose one of the following eight areas:
SPORT AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
We're passionate about sport and at our University there's a huge range of sports and activities for you to get involved in, including more than 40 sports clubs. If you'd like to find out more about what we have to offer - including our Carnegie Sports Scholarship Scheme - take a look at our Sport & Active Lifestyles website.
Research Excellence Framework 2014
Research Excellence Framework 2014: 59% of our research submitted was assessed as world leading or internationally excellent.
With a choice of learning routes, we will help you choose the best options for you. The opportunity to personalise your course to meet your skills and career aspirations will help to set you on the right career path. Our staff are experts in their field so you can be sure of high quality sport teaching in the area you are interested in. There will be the chance to volunteer for sporting events such as World Championships or the Commonwealth Games.
You can also can boost your CV by gaining nationally recognised sporting qualifications such as UK Coaching Certificates and gym and personal trainer, which are both available at the University.
SPORT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
We offer a sport volunteering opportunities for anyone with an interest in sport. If you want to stay ahead of the game and have a competitive advantage in the job market then sport volunteering is an ideal way to gain extra knowledge and skills on top of your degree. Volunteering is a huge advantage if you want to pursue a career in the sports industry - and it will look great on your CV.
BSc (Hons) Sport Studies - Costas Tsakirides Leeds Beckett lecturer Costas talks about the Sports Studies Top Up course