- excellent sporting facilities on campus, including gyms, sports halls, squash courts and outdoor pitches
- with over 30 student-led sports clubs, there’s something for everyone
- take classes in everything from Pilates to swing
- sports bursaries are available for talented student athletes
- Sport facilities on campus
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Sport at Sussex is organised by the University service, Sussexsport, and Students’ Union Sport. Both are committed to ensuring that you have access to a wide range of sport and fitness opportunities, with facilities for all. The University has two sports centres on campus, and also provides a training venue for Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Sport facilities on campus include:
- two large multi-purpose sports halls
- two well-equipped fitness rooms with state-of-the-art cardiovascular and resistance equipment
- a strength and conditioning room and a free-weights room
- a dance studio/martial arts dojo
- four squash courts with glass backs
- a therapy room offering a sports injury clinic, treatments in massage, Reiki, aromatherapy and beauty therapy services
- a floodlit artificial turf pitch (hockey and soccer)
- four grass soccer pitches
- a rugby and a cricket pitch
- six hard tennis courts.
- Sports clubs
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Students’ Union Sport supports over 30 studentled clubs, which include various outdoor sports such as windsurfing, sailing and mountaineering, as well as more traditional sports such as soccer, netball, rugby and hockey. The University has had recent Championship success in table tennis, basketball, rugby and ultimate frisbee.
- Classes and courses programme
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Sussexsport offers a fantastic range of dance and movement classes with activities such as aerobics, yoga, tai chi, circuit training, Pilates and various dance styles such as salsa, swing, hall fusion, contemporary and ballet. In addition, coaching courses are available for squash, tennis and badminton. There are also opportunities to try five different styles of martial arts.
- Sports bursaries
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Sports bursaries are offered to talented student athletes who have reached national standard in their chosen sports. All bursary recipients receive mentoring support to help them balance their academic and sporting requirements.
For further information or an application form, contact the Sports Development Officer on T +44 (0)1273 877687 or E sussexsport@sussex.ac.uk
- Competitions
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Opportunities exist for those belonging to Students’ Union Sport clubs to take part in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions and local leagues. Club activities also include tours and exchanges with universities and teams abroad. Sussexsport organises intramural and interschool leagues and events for those who want to take part in campus-based competitions.
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Megan’s student perspective
‘Sussex has been great for more than just the academic side of life – since my first year, I've been really involved in sports at the University, especially with the Ultimate Frisbee team. Our women's team has won the outdoor national championship title five times since I joined the University, which is a credit to the hard work of captains over the years, and also to the incredible talent of our head coach who is widely regarded as one of the top coaches in the UK.
‘The support from the Students' Union and from Sussexsport has been fantastic. A lot of our players (myself included!) come to Ultimate from a “non-sporty” background and the quality of the coaching and support at Sussex really helps them to develop into athletes and phenomenal players.
‘On a personal level, being lucky enough to receive a sports bursary has been fantastic for me – this year I am representing Great Britain at the European Beach Championships and the support from the University means I can get excited about playing rather than worrying about money.’
Megan Hurst
PhD in Psychology