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 student on our Sport, Health and Exercise Science programme, you will have the opportunity to select from a diverse array of topics, which encompass the contemporary and classic themes from Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, such as Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing, Sociology of Sport, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy – all of which are underpinned by a solid grounding in research skills and work-based learning. Thus, you can build a skills and knowledge portfolio to suits your particular strengths and needs – and to enhance your employability. 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.

We work closely with our award-winning Placement and Careers Centre to offer a broad range of opportunities for students to enhance their employment prospects while studying with us. Such opportunities include * Sandwich placements in industry * Sport-specific careers fairs – Careers in Sport * study abroad at San Francisco State University * Summer placements with members of teaching staff, as Research Assistants * Internship opportunities (paid and unpaid) with local and national teams/organisations * Local authority summer camp experience in coaching * Links with professional bodies such as BASES and the BPS. * Opportunities to gain coaching and personal trainer awards On completion of their studies, students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the following skills: * Communication – written and oral (through assignments, research projects, and group presentations) * Ability to work as part of a team through collaborative activity (eg group projects and presentations across all three levels). * Ability to network: being able to form relationships and get to know people * Ability to interpret different forms of data and work across different disciplines * Willingness to learn and act independently when required * Adaptability when confronted with different – and sometimes challenging - situations * Ability to conduct research, analyse and interpret findings, both quantitative and qualitative independently * Ability to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines/targets 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. Careers 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.