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Lancaster University's Sports and Exercise Science degree programmes are accredited by the British Association of Sports and Exercise Science (BASES). In their own words, accreditation provides reassurance that the degree course provides a robust curriculum and ensures graduating students are well prepared to enter into the sport and exercise profession.
We study people. How they move, how they think, and how they react under pressure. We study how bodies respond to exercise, from couch to 5k, to monitoring elite athletic performance. We examine how exercise is beneficial before surgical procedures, how the menstrual cycle impacts injury susceptibility, and how exercise benefits mental health. We study all this and much, much more.
We offer a standard three-year option and a four-year study abroad option with your third-year at one of our overseas partner institutions.
Our students show you Sports and Exercise Science's focus on people - in sports and beyond, how they are supported and nurtured by our academic team, and how studying at Lancaster has given them the confidence to take their studies wherever they want.
EXPO2023 is the last part of final-year module MED340 Professional Practice. Students are required to work in groups to communicate a specific idea in the field of Sports and Exercise Science to a diverse audience. In these films, our students show a variety of themes and ideas covering health, fitness, and beyond.
Module lead and Director of Outreach, Dr Sarah Powell, introduces Sports and Exercise Science EXPO2023.
In this film, our students explore the STEM gender gap, and look at what equity for women in sport would mean.
In this film, our students contrast what 'being your best you' means in the context of health versus how we might perceive what our 'best' is.
Students talk about the dangers of concussion in sport.
In this film, students talk about what you can do with a degree in Sports and Exercise Science.
Students here talk about the 'sixth sense' or proprioception - the way we understand our body's position in space.
A BSc Sports and Exercise Science from Lancaster University will open doors to a career in the sports industry or beyond. It could lead to employment in the private and public sectors, including the NHS, local authorities, national sporting associations, sports governing bodies, education, professional sports clubs, public sports and recreation facilities, and the community.
Exercise Physiologist, Biomechanist, Sports Psychologist, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Health Promotion Specialist, Personal Trainer, Performance Analyst, or Sports Development Officer.
Progress to a discipline or specific Master’s degree in areas such as exercise physiology, or pursue a career in research with a PhD.
Human Performance Laboratory manager, Jack Cunnington
You will explore the science behind human performance in sports, exercise and health. Using our elite sporting and clinical technology, you will gain the skills to capture and analyse physiological and biomechanical data to better understand human performance and activity. You will learn how to act to enhance performance and activity - whether for competition or disease management - and how to provide feedback to an athlete, a patient or member of the general public.
You will have classes in the Human Performance Lab from the very start of your studies, that will train you on the cutting-edge technology used by today’s elite athletes. These include the HP Cosmos treadmill, Biodex isokinetic dynamometer, Cortex online gas analysis system, electronically braked cycle ergometers, and our Optojump performance assessment system to name just a few.
Our purpose-built Strength and Conditioning Room provides a workout space full of high specification conditioning equipment. You’ll have the opportunity to train, or train others to a high level of performance in year one module Exercise Prescription. This room is home to a GHD bench, ski ergometers, watt bikes, assault bikes, and Technogym skillmills, skillruns, skillbikes and skillrows.
We have invested over £4 million in new life science laboratories. In your first year, you will use these during the practical elements of Molecules of Life and Cell Structure and Function, taught by colleagues from the Faculty’s highly ranked Division of Biomedical Science.
Welcome to the Human Performance LabAs well as a purpose built facility for your Sports and Exercise Science studies, you'll have access to the Lancaster University Sports Centre.
Facilities include a 25 metre swimming pool with eight lanes; a climbing wall and bouldering cave designed by mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington; a high-performance strength and conditioning room; sauna and steam rooms; a sports hall with eight badminton courts; four squash courts; and a state-of-the art 100 station gym.
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The Performance Perfected Periodical is a quarterly newsletter by Lancaster’s Sports and Exercise Science team that highlights student activities (placements, field trips etc), successes, and staff achievements and links to their latest research and publications.
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