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BSc (Hons)

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Sports Therapy

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

3 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

CB63

Delivery

Campus Taught

Foundation entry

For any athlete, injuries happen. Learn the specialist skills and knowledge to manage an athlete's rehabilitation and recovery. Play a part in athlete's reaching their peak performance.

Get the opportunity to learn critical sports therapy theory and the hands-on skills that make it happen. It’s your chance to get to grips with the expertise vital for caring, managing and rehabilitating sports people.

Learn how to assist athletes with wide-ranging injury assessments and sport-specific rehabilitation programmes. We’ve crafted our modules to give you the underpinning principles of sports science and strength and conditioning. You’ll cover the areas of physiology, psychology, pathology and manual therapy during your studies. We’ve focused on real industry skillset demands. This means you'll explore functional rehabilitation and contemporary approaches in sports injury management.

We recognise that specific skills aren't always developed in the classroom. You’ll work practically in our industry-standard sports facilities, building up clinical practice experience on paid placements. You'll be supported to gain experience in real-world environments. To do this you'll have access to our strong industry links of over 120 placement providers across the North West. These placement providers range from professional to amateur-level sports clubs.

Why study with us

Hone your skills on placement. Choose from premier league or championship football clubs, National Rugby or Super League Rugby Clubs. You'll also be able to choose from a range of other sports and clinical environments.
Ranked 2nd in the North West for Graduate Prospect Outcomes in Sport Science - Good University Guide 2023.
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Sports therapy degree

You’ll study a range of modules designed with the support of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST). When you graduate you can become a full member.
Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities. These facilities will help you put theory into practice, helping injured athletes return to competitive sport.
As part of your studies, you’ll gain an external qualification for FA Pitch side First Aid Qualification. This is alongside a VTCT Level 4 Sports Massage Therapy qualification.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

90%Face-to-face

10%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Accreditations

This course has been designed with the support of its accrediting body, the SST, the lead organisation for Sports Therapists in the UK. On graduation you will be eligible for full membership of the organisation.

What can you do with a degree in sports therapy?

Our Sport Therapy BSc (Hons) degree programme is shaped around your future. You'll learn the specialist knowledge, practical skills and vital experience to get you ready for professional practice.

This is a degree with a professional focus. We know the value of real-world experience, because of this, you'll have opportunities to put what you’ve learned into action with real athletes and sportspeople.

You’ll also have placements throughout your studies, helping you gain both skills and contacts of your own. You can also work in our student-led Sports Therapy and Sports Massage Clinic at the Preston Campus. The clinic is a fully-functional injury clinic with the availability of the movement analysis lab.

That’s why it’s no surprise that so many of our graduates have developed very successful private injury clinics. Our other graduates have jobs in professional and semi-professional sports clubs and organisations. Now that Sports Therapists often work alongside other health professionals, there are also opportunities to work within the NHS.

Fees and funding

2023/24

Full-time£9,250 per year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14,900 per year

2024/25

Full-time£9,250 per year

Part-time£1,540 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£16,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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Care Leaver Bursary
Our Care Leaver Bursary is for students who need extra support because they have been in care or are estranged from their parents.
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Estranged student support
Estranged Student Support Bursary is for students who need extra support because they are estranged from their parents.
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Dependants Bursary
Students with financially dependent children may be eligible for our Dependants Bursary as part of our financial support package. 
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Contextualised Admissions Bursary
We recognise that the last two years have been very challenging for young people and learning has been impacted. To help support students eligible for a contextualised offer we are offering a bursary of £250 in their first year of study.
Find out more about Contextualised Admissions Bursary

This is a practical course with lots of hand-on learning. You'll spend as much time using the facilities at our sports arena, Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, Movement Analysis Lab as you will in the classroom. Additionally, you'll have access to our on-site student-led clinics. So, while you'll learn the theory in lectures, tutorials, and seminars, you'll also have ample opportunity to put it into practice. This includes helping injured athletes in their return to competitive sport.

You'll learn from a team with a range of backgrounds, professional therapists and academics. You'll take modules underpinned by high-quality research, from grassroot sport to the Olympic stage.

We are passionate about our research informed teaching. Our staff are regularly involved in research projects, conference presentations and publications.

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This course is based in the School of Health, Social Work and Sport

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Sports therapy degree

Module overview

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Visit us this autumn

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Academic expertise

Accreditations

What can you do with a degree in sports therapy?

Fees and funding

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Scholarships and bursaries

Care Leaver Bursary

Estranged student support

Dependants Bursary

Contextualised Admissions Bursary

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Industry links

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