Sports facilities

You’ll be challenged and supported by experienced coaches, therapists and scientists to develop the practical and theoretical skills you need to succeed after graduating. Our sports facilities have recently been expanded to include a brand-new stadium, pitches and sports hall.

• New sports arena – this international-standard arena was built in 2018. Just a short walk from campus, it features a new stadium that seats over 800, 3G all-weather pitches and cricket grounds, complete with pavilion. As well as lectures, this is where our sports clubs train and compete as part of BUCS competitions. It’s also home to our very own Netball Super-league team, The Severn Stars.
• Sports therapy clinics – treat elite athletes and gain hands-on experience in our weekly clinic sessions. The therapy clinics give you the practical experience and skills you need to start your career in prevention and rehabilitation.
• Strength & conditioning suite – enhance performance capabilities in our dedicated suite. Our facilities allow for highly accurate diagnostics to be run on any athlete’s strength and prepare you for delivering professional training programmes.
• Environmental lab – using our environmental chamber, screen athletes for exercise-induced asthma, or train them for the Olympics, desert marathons and even climbing the highest peaks.

• Physiology lab – understand the functions and mechanisms of the body. Working alongside world-leading researchers, you’ll explore the chemical/physical functions and disabilities an individual can experience when exercising, and work on projects such as tackling the global physical inactivity crisis.
• Biomechanics lab – this lab’s specialist staff and equipment will help you determine indicators of sport performance, such as gait and joint strength, or more medical impacts on the body’s mechanisms such as strokes.
• Respiratory lab – investigate respiratory physiology in athletes and diseased populations, becoming highly-skilled in determining areas such as VO2 kinetics and exercise-induced asthma. Students have worked with professional sports teams such as Forest Green Rovers and Athletic Club Bilbao.