Choosing Sports and Exercise Science at Lancaster University is choosing one of the very best programmes of its type in the UK. We offer an academic Sports and Exercise Science degree that allows specialisation in both eilte performance and public health settings. We are a young, ambitious programme: We want to to train the Sports Scientists of the future. We want to train you.
Dr Chris Gaffney is Director of Admissions for Sports and Exercise Science. In this short presentation, he talks about the programme and what you would study if you were to choose Lancaster. He shares what makes our approach special and how we set our students up for success in the future.
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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.
As they come to the end of their time at Lancaster, our students come together to deliver a joint project on communication in science.
Our students tell us that they grow so much in confidence over the course of thier studies with us. A Sports and Excercise Science degree from Lancaster Uniiversity will give you not only the hard skills of a trained Sports Scientist, but it will also give you tremendous transferable skills. Communication, presentation, critical thinking, academic and other writing skills. We aim to set our students up so they can take their studies wherever they want.
Watch our final year students demonstrate their skills in communicating various aspects of sport and public health.
Science communication and public engagement is a core skill for our students, and this module, taught at the end of their final year, gives them the confidence to do just that.
Students aim to build awarness of and understanding about concussion and its short and long-term impacts.
Do you think there is a relationship between how high you can jump and how long you might live? Research suggests that there may be. Our students explain how this is the case and suggest ways to improve functional muscle strength.
A group of our students explain the mestrual cycle and how the hormones involved in its various stages impact on sport performance.
Students demonstrate the importance of heart health and what people can do to affect that.
How does exercise impact on our mental health? The science is very clear: exercise and getting out and about is hugely beneficial for our mental health.
