Overview
Sport and Fitness is offered widely in the UK, so the useful comparison is between departments rather than between countries. It is a three year undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Sport and Exercise Sciences includes a placement at most departments, and the strength of those links varies a great deal.
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Careers opportunities
This sector pays modestly at entry and hires on practical competence, so the accreditations and hours logged during the degree matter more than the classification. A great deal of the work is in health, education and the public sector rather than in elite sport.
Roles graduates go into
- Strength and conditioning coach
- Sport or exercise scientist
- Performance analyst
- Rehabilitation practitioner
- Development or community officer
- Physical education teacher, with a teaching qualification
Where they work
- Clubs, academies and national governing bodies
- Leisure operators and health clubs
- NHS and private rehabilitation services
- Schools, colleges and universities
- Local authority sport development
After the course
Accreditation with BASES for sport scientists, or the UKSCA for strength and conditioning, and both require logged supervised hours after graduation.