Sports Scholarships

• Financial support - towards your fees or as an honorarium (the amount to be agreed with the Head Coach and Scholarship Manager)
• Professional Coaching - available in the sports highlighted in bold below
• 2019-20 academic year Sports Membership - allows access to all of the university's fitness and sports facilities including fitness classes and social sport programmes
• 2019-20 Athletic Union membership
• Minimum two strength & conditioning sessions per week
• Official Sports Scholarship leisurewear
• Physiotherapy support from the Coach House Physiotherapy Clinic
• Specialist workshops covering performance, lifestyle, nutrition and sports psychology

Performance level guidelines for Sport scholarship support are available below.

Students must be competing at age group or senior International level in the sports listed in the eligibility section - please note achieving the guideline standards does not guarantee sport scholarship support.

The panel welcomes applications from athletes who compete at World / Olympic Games level in a sport not mentioned above.

In team sports the coaching staff may need to recruit a player in a specific position who can be offered scholarship support even though they have not met the criteria guidelines for their sport.

American Football

• Scholarship offers will be made on the recommendation from LBU Head Coach Dale Bottomley

Athletics 

• Attend Senior Major Championships in the year of the application
• Achieve top eight in continental or world age group championships

Basketball

• Playing for a BBL squad or WBBL squad

Football

• Playing for a Women's Super League or a Women's Championships team.

Futsal

• Senior or age group international

Hockey

• Men - Play in English Premier Division, GB international, Home National international or Under 18's & above international honours
• Women - Play in Investec Premier Division, GB international, Home National international or Under 18's & above international honours

Netball

• Home Nation senior or age group international
• Super League squad player

Rugby league

• Championship or League One player
• England or GB age group international

Rugby Union

• Men - Scholarship offers will be made on the recommendation from LBU Head Coach Kerry Wood and Director of Rugby Colin Stephens
• Women - England senior or Under 20's international

Squash

• Men - Top 450 world ranking
• Women - Top 150 world ranking
• Joint - Junior Worlds individuals last 16 or better. British Junior Open U19 Quarter Finals or better. Junior European Championships quarter finalist. Part of the England Squash EDP programme.

Tennis

• Has or have had ATP / WTA world ranking points or reached the last round of qualifying draw/ played in several events. Made a Minimum of 3 main draw appearances in British Tour Events reaching the quarter finals or better. Have a Junior ITF ranking of 500 or less.

Triathlon

• Standard: Proven record of winning individual BUCS medals in either Duathlon, Sprint Triathlon and/or Olympic distance triathlon in the previous 2 years. Alternatively having placed in top 10 at World U-23 championships or Top 5 at European U-23 championships. Please note Triathlon has its own bonus scheme for details contact Mick Hill.

We have a limited number of Scholarships to award and therefore in addition to requiring you to meet the above criteria we will give priority to students who can demonstrate that they will make a significant contribution in their respective sport.

Meeting the criteria does not equate to entitlement to a scholarship.