Sports Science

Your Careers Adviser

The Careers Adviser with responsibility for School of Life Sciences is:

Kirsty Qualtrough (Room SR 1.07)

Book an appointment if you want to speak to Kirsty about your future career plans.

The resources on this web page have been selected to provide you with the best tools to help you with your career planning as well as the application process.

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
  • View Sports Science Job Profiles

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
  • View Career Options with Sports Science Degrees

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