School of Sport and Health Sciences

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Expedition to Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) students who opted to take the 3rd year choice module, Expedition Physiology, visited the Welsh mountains just before the Easter holidays.  Dr Neil Maxwell was the brainchild behind the module, with the first cohort starting back in 2003/04, and which evolved from several sleep deprivation studies Neil ran. He reports…

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Trip to The Gambia for sport students

Students studying on our Physical Education, Sport Coaching and Sport and Exercise Science  degrees have just returned from an incredible eight days in The Gambia running a Football for Peace project. The University of Brighton’s award winning Football for Peace [F4P] coaching programme highlights the social and fraternal attributes of sport in such a way…

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Volunteering at uni improves skills

The University of Brighton’s Active Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme is an exercise programme that supports individuals with heart disease to improve their health and wellbeing through physical activity. The project supports teaching and learning and provides placement opportunities for students. Students work under the supervision of specialist exercise instructors to enable the programme to run…

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Catching up with sport science graduate Ben

Ben Sayers is a two-time University of Brighton graduate. He graduated from our Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) in 2016 before continuing his studies on our Strength and Conditioning MSc where he achieved a distinction. Ben is physical performance and preparation coach at Wycombe Wanderers FC having been with the club since he graduated. We…

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Sport science career progression day

Final year students on our Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) took part in our annual career progression day this month to help prepare them for life after graduation. We were delighted to welcome back some of our sport and exercise science degree graduates for the event to chat about their careers and provide advice and…

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Global Triathlon Network fat burning challenge

The University of Brighton were contacted by Global Triathlon Network to help them investigate fat metabolism. Global Triathlon Network (GTN) provides content for professional and aspiring triathletes to inform, entertain and inspire them to become better triathletes. Its YouTube channel has 780,000 subscribers. Former Silver Medal Olympic Pentathlete Heather Fell, along with Mark Threlfall and…

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Seminar tackles falls – a major global public health problem

The school’s Sport and Leisure Cultures research group hosted a seminar over the weekend delivered by visiting researchers from the University of Seville, Spain. The event was attended by staff and students as well as guests from other universities and sports federations from 13 different countries. On the first day, the seminar outlined the public…

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Catching up with our graduates at Wycombe Wanderers FC

Academics from the School of Sport and Health Sciences were delighted to be invited to watch League One Wycombe Wanderers play by graduates Ben Sayers and Josh Hart as a thank you for all the help given to them in their personal development. Ben graduated from our Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) in 2016 before…

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Meet Dr Mark Hayes

Dr Mark Hayes is course leader of our Sport and Exercise Science BSc(Hons) degree and a University of Brighton graduate. Your journey into teaching I was studying general science at Galway Regional Technical College in Ireland. I was fascinated by science but also passionate about sport and exercise and one day by chance I came…

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Come to an applicant event

Our applicant events are a great way to learn more about your course after you have applied, to get to know us better and make sure we are the right university for you. To book you’ll need your University of Brighton student number which you’ll find on any emails you’ve received from us about your…

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