Sport Sciences at Brunel University London are currently ranked as the best in London. As a Brunel student, you will enjoy research-led teaching of the highest quality; quality that will stand you in good stead in your future employment. Our great location in London, plus our strong links with sports personnel, organisations and institutions at local, regional, national and international levels, enables us to offer our students considerable opportunities for career progression. As a Coaching pathway student, you will acquire knowledge and understanding of sport health and exercise sciences in relation to the vocation of coaching. The focus is on the evaluation and application of different pedagogical approaches within the coaching setting. As a result, you will better understand of athletes’ learning and developmental needs. You will also have the opportunity to develop understanding of professional practice and enhance key skills for lifelong learning in preparation for professional training as a coach. Please note: you only have to decide on your pathway at the beginning of your second year. Aims The first and foremost aim of our newly-revamped programmes is to give you the opportunity to build your degree to suit your preferences and needs. This is why we offer a range of bespoke pathways, all of which are designed to improve your versatility and confidence – and ultimately your employability. Your employability after graduating is important to us, so we offer a range of opportunities and events throughout your course to prepare you for life after graduation. These include: * sandwich placements in the UK and abroad * employability workshops by the award winning Placements and Careers Centre * sport science careers events and * opportunities to study in America. We have an international reputation for sporting excellence, offering sport scholarships and making flexible arrangements for high level performers. Up to 100 national sporting honours are achieved by our current students each year and we can boast many Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European champions amongst our graduates.

Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey These statistics relate to graduates from a number of different pathways – Sport Sciences, Sport Sciences (Coaching), Sport Sciences (Exercise and Fitness), Sport Sciences (Human Performance), Sport Sciences (Administration and Development), Sport Sciences (Physical Education) and Sport Sciences (Physical Education and Youth Sport). Sport Sciences graduates tend to fall broadly into two groups – those who ultimately wish to progress into sport and fitness professions and those who use their degree as a route into another non-related career. In 2011/12, 47.4% of all employed Sport Sciences graduates were working in jobs classified as ‘managers and senior officials’, ‘professional’ and ‘associate professional and technical occupations’. With around 60% of graduate positions open to graduates from all disciplines Sport Sciences graduates have a range of employment options open to them. In 2011/12, six months after graduating: * 73.4% of graduates with a first degree were in employment * 11.9% were in full-time further study * 7.7% were combining work and study Read more about graduate destinations for this subject area We prepare you for a broad range of career opportunities in a wide range of sport-related jobs, in such areas as coaching, consultancy, fitness testing and training, higher education and research, sport development, sport management, teaching, and youth work. Graduates have found positions with, among others, the UK and regional Sports Councils, national governing bodies for sport, international organisations, sports clothing/footwear companies, professional clubs and local authorities, as well as in the leisure industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the armed forces. Undergraduate study can prepare you for PGCert (Education) courses and Master’s degrees. Placements All Sport Sciences students can include a work placement year as part of their course. Current students are working at many different companies in the UK and overseas including Queens Park Rangers Football Club, the London Sports Trust and Quiksilver. We encourage all students to undertake a placement as research shows that these students secure better grades in their final year and earn significantly more upon graduation. In 2010 the difference in pay between graduates who had undertaken a placement and those who hadn’t was analysed. Graduates who had undertaken placements earned £4,412 more per year six months after graduating. The main objective of the Work Placement is to give Sport Sciences undergraduates an opportunity to apply their knowledge of theory to practical problems in real-life situations. In this way the relevance of the theory becomes more apparent and often the application of knowledge leads to a deeper understanding of the theory itself.