Students study for Masters and Doctoral degrees within an experienced support structure of Professors, Associate Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers and Research Fellows. Full technical and administrative support is provided. Postgraduate experiences are enhanced with a programme of workshops and seminars, including sessions with internationally recognised visiting academics. Research students are housed in modern study suites and provided with a personal computer with specialised software and internet access; they also have access to generous travel funds. The majority of research students have both presented their work to international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals prior to graduation. Over the years SSHS research students have won numerous international and national awards for research excellence and all students have moved into full-time employment on graduation. Former students work in universities all over the UK as well as in Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore and the USA.

Our research is organised around five research groups and centres: Biomechanics; the Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC); Sport and Exercise Physiology; Health and Performance Psychology; and the Qualitative Research Unit (QRU)