Sports Science
Job Profiles
To help you make an informed career choice Prospects have compiled comprehensive profiles on jobs and occupations throughout most sectors of industry and commerce. Each profile includes the following information:
- Job Description and Typical Role Activities
- Salary and Conditions
- Entry Requirements
- Further Training or Professional Study Required
- Career Development Paths and Opportunities
- Typical Employers and Vacancy Sources
- Related Jobs
- Graduate Case Studies
- Useful Contacts and Further Resources
Career Options
Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject! Find out:
- What skills you have developed by studying your particular subject area
- What your job options are with your degree
- Which career areas do most graduates with your degree go into
- What further study options are open to you
- Useful contacts and further resources
Graduate Job Sites
Leisure Opportunities - Useful vacancy and news site.
Leisure Management - Covers all branches of leisure industry including sport. News and events plus vacancy listings.
Sportsweb - Recruitment consultancy for the Health and Fitness industry. Includes full-time and temporary jobs. Searchable job database.
Sport recruitment - Online agency with vacancy listings.
ISPAL - Quasi "professional body" for Sport and Leisure industry with online job postings.
Jobswithballs - Recruitment website with searchable vacancy database
Leisurejobs - Online searchable vacancy database
The Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM) - "Professional body" with online jobs listings
All the Top Bananas - Searchable key word database which trawls other recruitment sites. Try putting in "sport" or "leisure"
BASES - The UK professional body for sport and exercise with online job pages
Graduate Employers
Below is a selection of employers that recruit Psychology graduates.
Marriott Hotels
Midlothian Council
Heriot-Watt University
Useful Links
Sportscoach UK - The leading agency for development of the UK Coaching System
Sport Scotland - The national agency for sport in Scotland. No vacancy section as yet
Sport England - The national agency for sport in England. Has a vacancy section for vacancies within the organisation.
UKSport - Sports agency with news section
Skills Active - The Sector Skills Council for sport and Leisure. Has a useful careers website including tips on entry
English Institute for Sport - A nationwide network support services, designed to foster the talents of our elite athletes. Information on various branches of sports science
British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) - BASEM is the representative body in sport and exrecise medicine (SEM) and is the largest, multidisciplinary SEM organization in the U.K
SportsIQ - Information about the range of professions within the sports industry.