CONTACT US School of Sport and Exercise Sciences Bay Campus Swansea University SA1 8EN Wales UK Telephone: +44 (0)1792 295514 Email: [email protected] FOLLOW US SwanseaUniSportsScience SUSportsScience PROSPECTUS 2021 SCHOOL OF SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCES 11 03 UK TOP 15 Sport and Exercise Science degree UK TOP 10 endorsed by The British Association of SPORT AND Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 04 WHY SPORTS SCIENCE? EXERCISE SCIENCE STUDENT 06 CAREER SUPPORT DEPARTMENT STRONG SATISFACTION 08 STUDENT SUPPORT (Times Good University INDUSTRY Guide 2020) 10 SPORT AT SWANSEA LINKS (NSS 2019) 14 LOCATION 18 ACADEMICS 22 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 24 COURSE INFORMATION Innovative 26 SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS TEACHING 28 SCHOLARSHIPS 30 FAQS STATE-OF-THE-ART RANKED 9TH 31 HOW TO GET HERE FACILITIES AND THE HIGHEST IN THE UK LABORATORIES AWARD (GOLD) FOR RESEARCH QUALITY at the Swansea for teaching University Bay (Times Good University excellence at UK Guide 2020) Campus universities IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ The following message contains some very fees may become necessary due to legitimate staffing, £450m 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 80% RANKED 7TH and to keep prospective students informed appropriately. of our graduates are in a This guide was printed in the Spring of 2020. It contains Any changes to the information contained in this guide for Graduate Prospects information on programmes that Swansea University will be updated quarterly. graduate level job (DLHE) intends to run for students who are planning to start IN THE UK university in the autumn of 2021 and 2022. We Undergraduate: have made every reasonable effort to ensure that the on the online course pages at ST (The Guardian University information provided is both helpful and accurate as at www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses RANKED 61 IN THE WORLD League Table 2020) the date of publication. However, some changes, for example to programmes, study location, facilities or by CEOWorld Magazine (2019) 04 05 Why Sport and Exercise Science? SCIENCE IS THE Understanding Making a the psychology ARE YOU difference to of health and INTERESTED IN? how people ONE HUMAN exercise live ACTIVITY Exercising THAT IS TRULY and/or How exercise playing can impact sport The elite How health on health performance is viewed environment in society PROGRESSIVE. THE BODY OF YES? SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE IS THE RIGHT POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE COURSE FOR YOU IS TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION PEOPLE EMPLOYED TO GENERATION 164,713 £20,447 100%of graduates in ACROSS THE UK AVERAGE GRADUATE work or study INDUSTRY SALARY within 6 months of (IBIS World Sports Club – (SaveTheStudent.org) graduating (DLHE) Market Research 2020) 06 07 Our vision for Asthma UK Centre employability is to equip our BRITISH CYCLING Sport and Exercise Science for Applied Research graduates with the ability to British Bobsleigh address challenges of the British Swimming ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT Play Wales CAREER SUPPORT future, leading to fulfilling and notable careers. International Centre for Sport Security Hockey Wales Professional and capable, We are committed to Our support includes: they will demonstrate the ensuring that our students value of having a Swansea International • Annual Careers Fair are provided with the best University Sport and Olympic Committee level of employability support • Weekly Graduate Employer Exercise Science degree COLLABORATION from day one of their degree Presentations as the backbone to a Novo-Nordisk INTERNATIONAL with us. • CV Guidance rewarding career. TENNIS NSPCC CHILD FEDERATION WITH INDUSTRY • Mock Interviews PROTECTION We have a dedicated Dr Gavin Bunting, The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Employability Team within • Summer Placement Support Director of Employability IN SPORT UNIT WELSH Swansea University has strong and established the School, whose role it • Alumni Networking in the School of Sport and Rugby ROWING links with a large variety of local, national, and is to continuously provide Sessions Exercise Sciences DEPARTMENT OF international organisations. opportunities for our students EDUCATION to improve their skills and Football HEALTHY SCHOOLS These links have inspired developments in our find their perfect career Union 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 Hywel Dda • Collaborative use of specialist equipment Leadership Trust • Advisory and consultancy service QUINTIC CONSULTANCY LIMITED PUBLIC Department of Health HEALTH UK Anti-Doping National Institute for Health WALES and Clinical Excellence Swansea City AFC Welsh Rugby Union COMMANDO JOES UK Sport UK ATHLETICS BARNETT UNODC GP SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING UNESCO Local Health Boards WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY City and County of Swansea 08 9 ACADEMIC OFFICE HOURS STUDENT SUPPORT, All teaching staff have designated office hours TEACHING & LEARNING 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, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences 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 that they have. ACADEMIC MENTOR PEER MENTOR PROGRAMME PROGRAMME Each student is assigned New students in Y1 will COLLEGE PEER MENTOR a Personal Academic have the opportunity to sign COORDINATOR up as a mentee of a student Mentor (previously known Your College Peer Mentor from Y2-3, who they can as a Personal Tutor), with Coordinator is your meet several times in the whom they meet throughout gateway to accessing year for informal support the year in a series of advice and guidance and guidance. compulsory individual and during your studies here group sessions. Personal at the School of Sport and Academic Mentors are Exercise Sciences. You can an individual contact for reach them via Reception every student, and they are in the Engineering Central ONLINE RESOURCES there to provide support, building, between 10am- encouragement, and help The Student Intranet, MyUni 12pm and 2pm-4pm for the students to achieve and Blackboard online on Monday, Tuesday, their academic potential. pages are regularly updated Thursday, Friday, and 1pm- with relevant resources, 3pm on Wednesday. including: lecture notes, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES assignment/exam results and feedback, careers event SUPPORT CAFES A Student Representative information and graduate Scan is elected from each job opportunities. Open to all Sport and programme for each year Exercise Science students. of study to provide the We run cafés in Maths, me feedback and views of the Software, Science, and student body on a range Writing. of topics to academic and FIND OUT MORE support staff at the monthly Student-Staff Forums. Check out our student guide at: www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/courses/student-support 10 11 SPORTSPORT 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/ Swansea v Cardiff is the biggest • Indoor Training Centre Lacrosse Pitches 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. 12 13 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 journey to ensure the best possible chance of Governance, as well as Exercise, Medicine and Health. 3D printed model of physical activity mental injury to reach the 16,000 feet summit 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 physical and mental fitness, nutritional care sport, health and exercise and impacts on practice and policy. Known as “the top of the bottom of the World”, Mount Vinson is one of the coldest and sleep pattern monitoring, all of which are key factors in the overall success of World leading research is conducted in