Sports Scholarships

19/20 sports scholarships applications open until 27 September. 

We have been supporting our students to reach their potential through the Carnegie Sports Scholarships Scheme since 2002.

Current scholar Alex Yee holds the second fastest UK Park Run time and claimed gold in the ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Cape Town. Alex leads an established list of Leeds Beckett scholars that includes alumni athletes such as Great Britain triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown, who finished third in the 2018 Triathlon ITU World Series (2015), Team GB Olympians race walker Tom Bosworth (2013) and 1.500 metre runner Laura Weightman (2013), Lionesses footballer Lucy Bronze, England Rugby League player Alex Walmsley and many more.

Each year we award a number of Sports Scholarships to high performing athletes who are committed to upholding the values of the university and represent us in BUCS events and who demonstrate the ability to progress and achieve high levels of success within their chosen sport.

Where possible Sports Scholars have the opportunity to discuss flexible study depending on their chosen course & sporting demands.

Scholarship holders receive technical, pastoral and financial support to help develop their sporting performance alongside their studies. If you want to be a Leeds Beckett Sports Scholar in 2019/20, see if you meet the selection criteria for your sport and submit an online application form.

For any further information

Please contact Mick Hill on m.hill@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

• 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 below - please note achieving the guideline standards below does not guarantee sport scholarship support.

Archery, badminton, boxing, canoeing, clay pigeon shooting, climbing, cricket, cycling, equestrian, fencing, futsal, golf, gymnastics (Artistic), hockey, jujitsu, judo, karate, korfball, lacrosse, modern biathlon / Pentathlon, orienteering, pool, rifle,  rowing, sailing, snooker, snowsports, surfing, swimming, table tennis, trampolining, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, wakeboarding, water polo, weightlifting & windsurfing

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.

We also offer scholarships in American football, athletics, basketball, football, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, squash, tennis and triathlon.

You can see the selection criteria guidelines below:

We have a limited number of Scholarships to award in 2019-20 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.