Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Sciences

Enabling people to   ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL

Do you want support people to live healthier and more mobile lives? Learn from our Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Sciences team who have expertise in physical activity, exercise, purposeful activity, health promotion and lifestyle management to foster healthy living.

Pursue a career in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, sports and exercise therapy or sport and exercise medicine. At Leeds Beckett, you'll develop your skills and confidence through a combination of teaching, group work, and placement experiences, learning to solve problems and communicate effectively.

Using problem-solving approaches and evidence-based practice our courses provide students with a comprehensive range of modules covering the theory and practice. These enable students to consolidate and transfer skills to the wider clinical contexts. In addition, our Clinical Skills Suite is a purpose-built teaching facility designed to prepare students for these clinical and practice-based placements. Placements are organised on students’ behalf for some of our courses. We have excellent employment rates and receive excellent feedback from clinical educators and clinical managers alike.

your student experience

Right from the start, you'll start applying your knowledge in practical projects and exercises. You'll challenge yourself to discover skills and techniques, and you'll be supported all the way by fellow students, experienced staff, and even established practitioners. Take the next step with confidence.

Get to know our courses

Whether you're looking to enter a front-line role or to develop deeper research, you'll find a course that inspires you at Leeds Beckett.

We offer a BSc Occupational Therapy course and an MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) course. Upon graduation, you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as an occupational therapist.

The BSc and MSc Occupational Therapy courses are both accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).

Both of our physiotherapy courses are validated and approved by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health & Care Professions Council.
The team has specialist clinical experience across the breadth of physiotherapy and our staff members produce empirical research and presents peer-reviewed journal papers to national and international audiences. Many of our staff are Fellows and Senior Fellows of ‘Advanced HE’ being the British professional body that promotes excellence in higher education. 

We are proud to have a number of Visiting Professors including Karen Middleton (Chief Executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy).

If you wish to pursue a career in sport then you may be interested in our four-year pathway that comprises the full-time three-year BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy course and a one-year postgraduate MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine – the MSc may be studied on a full-time or part-time basis.

Our courses produce highly-skilled practitioners who can apply their expertise to a range of sports and at all levels. Graduates have gone on to secure roles with rugby league giants Leeds Rhinos, rugby union’s Yorkshire Carnegie and Chesterfield Panthers, netball’s Yorkshire Jets and cricket’s Yorkshire Diamonds.

Both courses are accredited by The Society of Sports Therapists, the lead organisation for sports therapists in the UK.

Our sports and exercise medicine team is made up of qualified medical and healthcare practitioners with the necessary knowledge and skills to manage the health requirements of recreational and elite sports participants.

PG Cert Sports Injury Management Sports Injury Management lecturer, Richard Partner talks about the benefits of studying the course.

CLINICAL SKILLS SUITE

Our state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Suite includes our dedicated practice rooms which provide hands on learning alongside rehabilitation techniques, activities of daily living and communication skills.

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your teaching community

Our teaching staff have a range of skills and experience, and will prepare you for the next step in your journey. We're a community of active practitioners, dedicated researchers and inspiring lecturers. Together, we're committed to training you to tackle tomorrow's big health challenges.

A collaborative and diverse research community

Our colleagues are involved in multi-disciplinary research across the university. To find out more about the work we do, explore our research centres.

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