Facilities and expertise in Sport and Exercise

Undergraduate

At Staffordshire University you’ll find all the industry-grade facilities and equipment you need to prepare for your future career in the sports sector. Explore the dedicated laboratories and specialist indoor and outdoor learning environments our sport and exercise students use to learn, research, coach and train.

In our £30m Science Centre you’ll find the specialist sports labs that include industry standard analytical lab equipment, kinetic analysis and gait analysis machines, and software such as Dartfish and Tacklesport that will help you understand and enhance athletic performance. If you’re looking to study the sporting mind, we also have The Basil Ashford Sports Psychology Laboratory that contains everything you need to research the areas of exercise psychology and motor learning.

There’s more to Staffordshire University than studying when it comes to sport – we also have extensive sporting facilities for recreational use, including our Sir Stanley Matthews Sports Centre which is fully equipped with everything you’ll need to study and play sport.

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The facilities for sports therapy are amazing. I work within the student run Sports Therapy Clinic and am enjoying every minute which I spend working in there and developing my knowledge and experience with external clients. It definitely makes me look forward to graduating and developing a career as a sports therapist.

Georgia Lucas

BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy

Facilities

Expertise

As a sport and exercise student at Staffordshire University, you’ll learn from expert academic staff that teach from their experiences, using real-world examples.  Our teaching team ranked 4th for academic support and 5th for teaching in the National Student Survey 2023 so you can be confident you're learning from the best.

Our degrees are accredited by industry bodies, including The Society of Sports Therapists and The British Psychological Society, and endorsed by The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, so you can be confident that our courses are credible and provide a quality education.

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Our staff

Daniel Dawson

Course Director

Dan is a lecturer in Sport and Exercise and is the Course Leader for PGCE Physical Education and PE and Youth Sport Coaching courses.

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Jack Bullock

Senior Lecturer

Jack is a Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Physical Education as well as an active researcher across the education sector. His main areas of interest are student experiences and teaching and learning pedagogy.

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Dr Stephanie Romano-Smith

Lecturer

I am the course leader of Distance learning Sport and Exercise Psychology BSc (Hons) degree programme. I also have teaching responsibilities across undergraduate and postgraduate awards in the area of sport and exercise psychology.

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Philip Walker

Senior Lecturer

Philip's expertise lies as a sport and exercise scientist, specialising at master's level in Strength and Conditioning. Philip has many years of coaching experience in a wide range of sport, at all levels.

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Rebecca Warnett

Senior Lecturer

Rebecca is course lead and a senior lecturer in Sports Therapy. Since graduating in 2014 from Staffordshire University with a degree in Sports Therapy she has worked in football, ran her own sports injury clinic alongside lecturing. 

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Edward Stanhope

Senior Lecturer

Edward is a graduate Sports Therapist and researcher. He specialises in exercise in people with non-communicable diseases, specifically the effects of exercise in women diagnosed with breast cancer throughout the stages of their care continuum.

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Dr Alexander Blackett

Head Of Department-Sport & Science

Researcher in sport coaching, I consult with international sports organisations and national sports governing bodies to improve coach education, learning and development provision. I was awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Services in 2017.

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My goal in life was to become a PE teacher. Not only do I want to inspire children through physical activity, but I also want to help them grow and develop as an individual, and to hopefully have an impact on their life that they can take through to adulthood.

The lecturers have always been there if I needed to ask a question, and the support is second to none. They have made my university experience so much more than I could have imagined and have also given me the confidence in myself that I can achieve my dream.

Wendy Ollier

BSc (Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport Coaching

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of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’

Research Excellence Framework 2021

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

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Four Star Rating

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