1. Sport

2. What qualifications will I need ?
Sport is one of the most competitive and popular university subjects with 5 applicants for each Sports Science place, for example.
You will need to achieve AAA or AAB (or more) or equivalent for the most competitive courses although you will find lower offers and a range of two year foundation degree
Check with your teachers to find out your predicted grades. Make sure they are good enough to meet likely offers
Offers are made on the basis of your predicted grades NOT on what you think you can get at the end of the course
Check the ‘Course Specific Requirements’ on the Entry Profile for each course on the UCAS website

3. Degree or Foundation degree?
Three year degree course are available OR two year Foundation degrees in some universities.
Foundation degrees will ask for lower grades at A level. You can go ion for a third year if you do well and get a degree at the end of the course
EXAMPLE: Sport (Coaching), Sports Therapy and Sport (Health and Fitness) at Bath University

4. Which Degree Route?
There is tremendous variety in Sport degrees offered
There are broad degrees which cover a number of relevant subject disciplines
There are also very specialised degrees degrees such as Water Sport Science, Equine Sport Science or Sports Psychology
What skills/subject knowledge do you want to be able to offer a potential employer or post-graduate degree admissions tutor?
The different types of degree will lead to very different career routes

5. Which Degree Route? Sport Science
You are likely to cover such things as:
Anatomy
Physiology
The principles of training
Sports nutrition
Sports psychology
It would enable you to:
provide sport science expertise to support to athletes
work in the health and fitness industry as lifestyle consultant, personal trainer or rehabilitation specialist
service exercise prescription and well-being exercise projects in the community
advise on sport nutrition
Need at least one science
A level for most courses

6. Which Degree Route? Sports Management
You are likely to cover such things as:
Role of health and fitness in society
Business and finance
Marketing
Practical management of sport/leisure centres
Placement experience
It would enable you to:
Work in commercial (business) and community sport management running sport/leisure facilities
Work in local authority and voluntary sector sport running sport/leisure facilities
Work in event management

7. Which Degree Route? Sports Studies
You are likely to cover such things as:
Sport in society
The development and history of sport
Personal development
Sport issues and ethics
Global sport
Sport tourism
It would enable you to:
Work in community sport
Work in sport media
Work in local authority and the voluntary sector sport
Work in sport research
Teach or lecture in Sports Studies

8. Which Degree Route? Sport Development/Coaching
You are likely to cover such things as:
The theory and principles of coaching
The use of technology in coaching
Sports science
Sport psychology
It would enable you to:
Work as a sport development manager/officer
Work as a community sport development officer
Work as a sport leader or coach for an organisation
Work as a youth development officer

9. Which Degree Route? Sport/Physical Education
Another option is a Sport Education course with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) enabling you to teach PE in a school or college. Sport Education course codes with an ‘X’ in front on the UCAS system will give you QTS.
You are likely to cover such things as:
Physiology, sociology and psychology of sport
Principles of coaching
Fitness and training
How to teach sport
Policies in sport
A three year Sport degree could also be followed by a one year PGCE course as a route into teaching

10. Keep up to date with the ‘Inside Sport’ pages on the BBC website

11. Read PE Review