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Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) 2024 entry

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Intro

Our new sport coaching degree will equip you with the required knowledge, understanding, skills and experiences to become a professional sports coach. 

Our degree offers you a unique opportunity to follow your interests by studying for a core award of Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) or one of the following specialist awards after the first year of study:

  • Sport Coaching with Development
  • Sport Coaching with Performance
  • Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and Physical Education.

Whichever pathway you choose, you can be sure that you'll gain the knowledge and skills that employers have identified as most valuable.

Two work placements will enable you to gain practical coaching experience in different sports, settings and scenarios giving you a competitive edge in the graduate jobs market. 

Learn from staff who teach from their own professional coaching experiences in sports including tennis and cricket, and who continue to engage with national and international sport. 

Our Falmer campus has excellent sport and lab facilities and is situated next door to Brighton and Hove Albion FC’s stadium. Brighton hosts many large-scale sporting events including the Brighton Marathon and London to Brighton cycle ride. 

If you are looking to start your studies in 2023 our Sport Coaching degree will look a bit different. 

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Key facts

Location Brighton: Falmer

UCAS code CX6C

Full-time 3 years

Endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)

New for 2024

This new course is in the final stage of development and may change. Check back for the latest information. 

Our sports-related courses are joint 9th in the UK and in the top 100 globally

QS World University Rankings® 2022

Course content

Course structure 

The degree will take either three or four years to complete, depending on whether you opt for a placement year. 

You’ll learn through lectures, seminars, workshops, group activities and hands-on experience. The balance of knowledge and practical skills is designed to prepare you for career success in the sport coaching profession. 

The first year of the degree provides a broad introduction to coaching in topics such as physiology, psychology, biomechanics, training principles, sport development and sociology. During your first year you will decide whether to continue on the Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) or to study for one of the specialist pathways: 

  • Sport Coaching with Development
  • Sport Coaching with Performance
  • Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and Physical Education.

The pathway that you choose will shape the rest of your degree and the modules you study in years 2 and 3. On all pathways you will learn practical sports coaching skills in years 1 and 2 and put these into practice on work placements in years 2 and 3.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, we will inform you of any improvements or innovations to the curriculum through Student View.

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Year 1

The first year provides a broad overview of the field of sports coaching. Your experiences in year 1 will help you to decide which area you would like to specialise in, or whether to retain a more general focus to your studies.

Modules

  • Fundamentals of Coaching

    This module will enable you to develop your understanding of roles, responsibilities and processes of coaching. The content focus is on consideration of the many foundation skills and knowledge bases required to create a successful coaching environment. You will reflect on your coaching experience in order to re-conceptualise coaching, and practice your coaching skills in unfamiliar and challenging contexts. The module will also explore implications to coaching of policy and legislation.

  • Practical Application of Coaching

    This module will give you the opportunity to apply fundamental coaching principles in a range of different settings. The module targets the planning, application and reflection of foundation skills which are generic to all coaching contexts. You will be challenged to display fundamental coaching skills in increasingly challenging contexts. Alongside this practically oriented module, you will contribute to on-going analysis and discussion of coaching case studies.

  • Preparing for the World of Sport

    This module will support you in the transition to academic study at university. You will be encouraged to take responsibility for, and reflect upon your own learning, development and employability. You will be given support to develop the skills needed to produce high quality academic work. This module will also introduce you to research skills and practices used to investigate sport as well as raising awareness of careers information and services.

  • Science of Movement

    This module combines the study of physiology, psychology and biomechanics into a module designed to meet the needs of PE, sports studies and sports-coaching-based students.

    You will develop an understanding of muscular and cardiovascular aspects of human development and movement. You will study skill acquisition and gain an understanding of motor control. Finally, you will develop biomechanical understanding through recording, analysing and evaluating human movement and performance using qualitative analysis.

  • Sport, the Body and Society

    This module will give you an insight into a range of social issues connected to the sporting body. It will introduce you to socio-cultural theories and concepts about the body and sport. This is done through a variety of case studies and topic areas that you will explore through an active and engaged problem-solving pedagogy. You will be encouraged to reflect on taken-for-granted behaviours and experiences in sport to enable you to develop your own social scientific approach to understanding the sporting body.

  • Who Runs Sport?

    Understanding why sport is structured and organised in the way it is has become the most important factor for anyone thinking of developing a career in sport. This module will introduce you to issues of governance, government, policy initiatives, funding and media coverage. Content includes a view of the relationships between sport and sports coaching, sport and health/physical activity, sport and physical education, the sources of funding for sport and why sport is such 'big business'.

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Year 2

Core modules for all pathways

  • Coaching Contexts and Methodologies
  • Coaching Professional Practice
  • Contemporary Issues in Performance, Development, or Youth Sport and Physical Education
  • Data Analysis and Research Methods 

Options*

You'll choose two option modules aligned to your chosen pathway.

Sport Coaching

  • Performance Assessment and Training Prescription in Strength and Conditioning
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Performance Analysis
  • Power and Politics in Sport
  • Sport for Development and Peace
  • Leading and Managing People in Sport
  • Creating a Positive Teaching and Learning Environment
  • Education Studies 2: Policy and Practice
  • Primary Physical Education: Theory and Practice

Sport Coaching with Development 

  • Power and Politics in Sport
  • Sport for Development and Peace
  • Leading and Managing People in Sport

Sport Coaching with Performance

  • Performance Assessment and Training Prescription in Strength and Conditioning
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Performance Analysis

Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and Physical Education

  • Creating a Positive Teaching and Learning Environment
  • Education Studies 2: Policy and Practice
  • Primary Physical Education: Theory and Practice

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

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Final year

Core modules for all pathways

  • Coaching Professional Enquiry 
  • Critical Perspectives on Performance, Development, or Youth Sport and Physical Education
  • Dissertation

The Coaching Professional Enquiry module involves a work placement which will deepen your experience in the vocational context of your degree.

Options*

You'll choose two option modules aligned to your chosen pathway.

Sport Coaching

  • Advanced Performance Analysis
  • Applied Sport Psychology
  • Community Sport Development
  • Critical Social Issues in Sport
  • Education Studies 3: Inclusive Practice
  • Physical Education in the 14–16 Curriculum
  • Primary Physical Education: Active Learning
  • Sport Entrepreneurship
  • Advanced Strength and Conditioning

Sport Coaching with Development

  • Critical Social Issues in Sport
  • Community Sport Development
  • Sport Entrepreneurship

Sport Coaching with Performance

  • Advanced Strength and Conditioning
  • Applied Sport Psychology
  • Advanced Performance Analysis

Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and Physical Education

  • Physical Education in the 14–16 Curriculum
  • Education Studies 3: Inclusive Practice
  • Primary Physical Education: Active Learning

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

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Placements

You’ll have a placement opportunity in both the second and final year of your course to put your classroom learning in to practice.

During your second year you’ll plan a project supported by a mentor and implement the project with the organisation. In your final year you’ll spend around 40 hours with an organisation.

For both placements our employability hub will help you find one to meet with your interests and career aspirations. 

We will support you before, during and after your placements and keep in touch with your placement host.

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Specialise in development

At the end of your first year you can choose to continue with the broad study of coaching with the Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) degree or to specialise in one of three areas: development, performance or youth sport and physical education.

Sport Coaching with Development BSc(Hons)

Sport when used as a tool for development can increase participation, promote a healthier lifestyle, bring communities together and tackle social issues. 

Alongside core sport coaching modules you'll choose options focusing on areas including sport for development and peace, politics in sport and social issues in sport. You'll also have the opportunity to take part in the university’s award-winning Football 4 Peace programme.

This pathway will provide you with the skills and knowledge to pursue a career in this important area. Opportunities exist with many organisations including NGOs, sport and leisure clubs, and local and central government. 

Specialise in performance 

At the end of your first year you can choose to continue with the broad study of coaching with the Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) degree or to specialise in one of three areas: development, performance or youth sport and physical education.

Sport Coaching with Performance BSc(Hons)

Our performance pathway focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to analyse and improve the performance of athletes.

Alongside core sport coaching modules you'll choose options that include advanced strength and conditioning, sport psychology and performance analysis.

This pathway will provide you with the skills and knowledge to pursue careers with organisations such as professional sports clubs, National Governing Bodies and in educational settings. Roles could include personal trainer, performance coach, scientist or performance analyser.

Specialise in youth sport and physical education

At the end of your first year you can choose to continue with the broad study of coaching with the Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) degree or to specialise in one of three areas: development, performance or youth sport and physical education.

Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and Physical Education BSc(Hons)

This sport coaching pathway is designed for those who wish to work with children and young people in a coaching context. 

Alongside core sport coaching modules you'll choose options which include creating a positive teaching and learning environment, primary PE and the secondary PE curriculum. 

The skills and knowledge gained from this pathway will make you suitable for a variety of roles within youth coaching, PE and school sport. You could also apply to study for a one-year PGCE to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Meet the team

Dr Anastasiya Khomutova, course leader

Dr Anastasiya Khomutova is a senior lecturer on our Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) and Sport Management BSc(Hons) programmes.

Anastasiya is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and is currently completing accreditation as a Sport Psychologist trainee with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).

As a practitioner, she works with international and domestic athletes, ranging from amateur to elite level, from sports including triathlon, figure skating, football and MMA. She is also a member of the managing council of FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology), where she serves as a part of the research team. Anastasiya’s research focuses on cultural sport psychology and safeguarding in sport.

Read Anastasiya's full staff profile

Academic Anastasiya Khomutova

Other members of the teaching team

  • Dr Louisa Beale
  • Dr Gary Brickley
  • Glenn Cook
  • Dr Jeanne Dekerle
  • Bill Filby
  • Joanna Gardiner
  • Dr Ifigeneia Giannopoulou
  • Robert Harley
  • Dan Howells
  • Dr Marc Keech
  • Dr Neil Maxwell
  • Stuart Mills
  • Sue Perry
  • Floris Pietzsch
  • Warren Smart
  • Dr Nick Smeeton
  • Dr Gillian Teideman
  • Dr Andy Theodoulides
  • Dr Jim Wallis
  • Dr Peter Watt

Facilities

From the 2024 academic year our sport courses are relocating to the Brighton: Falmer campus. 

Throughout your course you will utilise the full suite of practical and laboratory facilities with outdoor and adventurous activities supported by the close proximity to the South Downs.

The university’s Falmer campus is being re-developed and will have extensive sporting facilities including:

  • sports hall marked for netball, volleyball, basketball, badminton and cricket with nets
  • large fitness suite
  • five outdoor grass football pitches
  • outdoor grass rugby pitch
  • floodlit synthetic turf full size pitch 
  • floodlit netball and tennis courts
  • artificial outdoor cricket wicket.

Our laboratories will be equipped with the latest modern facilities, and accredited by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and the English Institute of Sport (EIS).

You will have access to facilities including a -10 to +50°C hot-cold chamber, an altitude/hypoxic chamber that rises to the equivalent of 5500m, 3D motion analysis, ground reaction force plates, a DXA bone scanner, exercise physiology laboratories, biomechanics laboratories and biochemistry laboratories.

Find out more about the facilities available to our sport and exercise students.

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Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you’ll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports Scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about Sport Scholarships.

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In sport and exercise sciences, leisure and tourism, 100% of our research impact is assessed as outstanding or very considerable in terms of its reach and significance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Careers

Professional endorsement

Our Sport Coaching BSc(Hons) degree is endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) against the CIMSPA Professional Standard: Coach. CIMSPA endorsement confirms that the degree meets industry standards and provides graduates with the knowledge and skills that employers have identified as most valuable.

Our three specialist pathways have been aligned to the relevant CIMSPA Professional Standards and their endorsement is subject to approval.

CIMSPA is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector, committed to supporting, developing and enabling professionals and organisations to succeed and, as a result, inspire our nation to become more active.

Graduating from a CIMSPA-endorsed course will look impressive on your CV and help it to stand out to employers in a competitive environment.

We were also one of the first 10 institutions nationally, selected to become a CIMSPA Higher Education Partner.

The partnership offers many benefits for students studying this course including substantially discounted CIMSPA student membership. Membership will improve your employability and includes free CPD e-learning, magazines and digital newsletters, networking opportunities, and access to graduate work placement, volunteering, internships and job opportunities.

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CIMSPA Education Partner Higher Education logo

Prepare for your sport coaching career 

In your career you need a combination of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and relevant experiences – and you’ll get all of this from your degree. 

  • You’ll gain hands-on coaching experience throughout the course from your peers in year 1, to coaching children in year 2.
  • Your placements will help you stand out to potential employers and gain valuable contacts.
  • Our specialist pathways and option modules enable you to tailor your degree to suit your interests and personal career goal.
  • Field trips and guest speakers will add to your learning experience and provide networking opportunities.
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Placements 

Placements give you a great opportunity to get practical coaching experience, enhance your cv and build up your network of industry contacts. Our students have been on placements with organisations including:

  • Sussex County Cricket
  • Lewes Football Club (Women’s Premier League)
  • South Coast Basketball Initiative
  • Football4Peace International
  • MU Foundation
  • British Triathlon
  • British Cycling
  • Brighton and Hove Albion FC.

You could also choose to go on a study placement spending a term with one of our partner universities in Belgium, Germany, Poland or Spain.

A student on the Football for Peace programme

Work-related experience 

Throughout the course you’ll have opportunities to develop your skills in cardiac rehabilitation, the strength and conditioning of elite athletes and in coaching of specific sports including football, athletics and basketball. Students have recently worked on a 10-week functional movement skills project for the Under 12 Sussex cricketers with our masters students.

We also include field trips to take your learning out of the classroom and into the real world, Recent trips have included Source Park and Eastbourne Golfing Park.

Visiting guest lecturers will add to your experience and provide opportunities to network. Speakers have included:

  • Adam Haniver, England Boxing
  • Tim van Noort, Sussex Lead Coach
  • Neil Plimmer, Sussex Golf Pro Coach.
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Graduate destinations 

This course will provide you with the opportunity to develop a career in many areas of sport such as:

  • professional coaching in government body programmes 
  • social development and community programmes
  • PE teaching and associated roles within PE and school sport
  • sport, exercise and health consultancy and support
  • personal training and life coaching.

Our graduates have taken up roles in participation and performance sport with private, public and professional sports bodies, and also in community coaching in local and international contexts. They are now working for organisations which include:

  • Sussex Cricket
  • Lawn Tennis Association
  • England Hockey
  • Sport Brighton
  • Sussex County FA
  • private and state schools.

Further study 

We run several masters degree programmes should you decide to continue your studies. Our courses include:

  • Applied Exercise Physiology MSc
  • Applied Sport Physiology MSc
  • Strength and Conditioning MSc
  • Sport and Exercise Science MRes
  • Sport and International Development MRes

You could also apply to study for a one-year PGCE to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

You can also choose to apply for a research degree and join our team of world-leading researchers.

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Supporting your employability 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more...

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Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–DMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
 30 points, including three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at distinction and 21 credits at merit or above.

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton, and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Other
All offers are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced disclosure check.

Don’t meet these entry requirements?
Our Sport BSc(Hons) with integrated foundation year provides an extra year of study at foundation level if you do not have the academic qualifications or experience needed for entry to this course.

Successful completion of the foundation year enables you to progress onto year 1 of this degree.

International requirements and visas

International requirements by country
Country name
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language centre

For English language preparation courses.

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For degree preparation courses.

Visas and immigration advice

Applying for a student visa

Check out our step-by-step guidance.

Flexible admissions

When you apply to Brighton we want to hear about who you are. Grades are never the whole picture; we're interested in things like creativity, resourcefulness, persistence and the capacity to think big and find new ways of doing things. And we recognise that not everyone has the same background. That's why we treat everyone who applies as an individual. We recognise many qualifications and we care about all of your achievements and the experiences you've had that set you apart.

Find out more

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Fees

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 15,300 GBP

Info

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2023–24.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Falmer campus

Set in the South Downs, our Falmer campus is around four miles from Brighton city centre. Students based here study a range of subjects – from 2024 these will include education studies, teaching, sport and exercise, nursing and midwifery, allied health professions and medicine. Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium and beautiful Stanmer Park are right next door.

Falmer campus has two halls of residence on site, as well as a library, restaurant, cafes and the students' union shop and bar.

The campus sports centre has a fitness suite, activity studios and a sports hall. There is also a floodlit astroturf football pitch, netball and tennis courts.

Specialist learning facilities at Falmer include the curriculum centre used by teaching and education students, which houses over 30,000 teaching resources, and clinical skills and simulation suites used by health students. New facilities are being developed ready for September 2024 when all of our sport and health students will be based here. Learn more about the changes at Falmer.

Cycle lanes link Falmer with our other campuses and the city centre. There are regular bus services to the city centre and other campuses. Falmer train station is right next to campus and a nine minute journey to central Brighton.

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Accommodation

Brighton: Falmer

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students.

Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

  • You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:
  • Falmer campus is linked to the halls on Falmer campus and at Varley Park. All halls are self-catered.
    • Paddock Field and Great Wilkins halls offer a range of rooms on our Falmer campus, minutes from your classes, and on the edge of the South Downs.
    • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Falmer campus and four miles from the city centre. Public transport in the city is excellent, and there’s a shuttle bus between our Brighton campuses during term time.

Want to live independently? We can help – find out more about private renting.

Outside views at Falmer accommodation

Outside views at Falmer accommodation

Extensive facilities at Falmer sports centre

Extensive facilities at Falmer sports centre

Students dining at Westlain

Students dining at Westlain

Local area

About Brighton

The University of Brighton is at the heart of our city's reputation as a welcoming, forward-thinking place which leads the way when it comes to the arts, music, sustainability and creative technology. Brighton is home to a thriving creative community and a digital sector worth £1bn a year to the local economy, as much as tourism.

Many of the work-based learning opportunities offered on our courses such as placements and guest lectures are provided by businesses and organisations based in the city.

You can also get involved with city festivals and events such as the Brighton Festival, the Fringe, Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Science Festival, the London to Brighton bike ride, and the Great Escape festival of new music to name but a few. Other annual highlights include Pride, the Brighton Marathon, and Burning the Clocks which marks the winter solstice.

You'll find living in Brighton enriches your learning experience and by the end of your course you will still be finding new things to explore and inspire you.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Maps

Falmer campus

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more.

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Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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 Student views  

 Rob Peters 

"I chose the University of Brighton because I liked the campus on the open day and knew of other people who were at the university, or had been, and recommended it. My first placement was with Tennis in the Park where I coached both children and adults. I also carried out a couple of terms at a local primary school, supporting the classroom teacher in delivering PE.

"Working at a tennis club with a great reputation was a great experience for me and something which helped me get my role with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) after graduation. The regular presenting and coaching in front of the cohort was really important, as I often have to present to coaches, volunteers, players and referees.

"I am currently a regional tennis services assistant for the LTA’s south-west participation team, where I work on key projects within the region to get more people playing tennis. I have been working with tennis clubs to modernise the way in which they operate, supporting venues with facility funding, writing business plans and providing overall support. I also help organise training courses and work with Southampton University to develop their tennis offer.

"It’s a great course to keep your options open. I was unsure of the type of role I was looking for but this wasn’t a problem, as the course allowed me to apply for a broad range of jobs."

Rob Peters

 Larette Tritton 

“I knew I wanted to have a career in the field of sport coaching and the course description really emphasised the importance of theory and practice. I enjoyed the variety of modules that were offered – I could pick ones that I was really interested in. With this element of freedom, I could create my own path. 

“Every teacher had an abundance of knowledge. They were always there to provide support when needed.”

“My second year placement was at Hampden Park Sports Centre, where I coached football and badminton; for my final year, I was at a community exercise circuit class in Angmering. Both placements exposed what I needed to improve on, giving me a holistic insight into the coaching world. 

“The course impacted my life massively as it changed my career direction. I discovered a passion for maximising participation in sport and exercise. This is something I had never thought about previously.

“After graduation I worked for Freedom Leisure as a sales and marketing assistant. I followed up enquiries with a motivational call, booked appointments, carried out needs analysis, conducted tours and was involved with marketing strategies and plans. 

“I now work for Sussex County Football Association as a Football Development Administrator. I look to promote and develop the game, supporting the FA National Game Strategy, setting up and booking people onto coaching courses, offering advice on the coaching pathway, and liaising with sports councils, NGBs and key partners. 

“The course positively challenges you – I guarantee you will grow and reach new heights academically.”

Larette Tritton

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