BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation (with Integrated Foundation Year)

Program Overview

The BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation (with Integrated Foundation Year) is a four-year program designed for individuals lacking the necessary qualifications for direct entry into a sports rehabilitation degree. The program provides a supportive alternative route into higher education, where students will learn to prevent, examine, and treat sports-related injuries. Students will undertake a minimum of 400 hours of work experience and complete a range of courses and qualifications to enhance their CV. The program emphasizes developing clinical skills needed to become an independent learner and practitioner.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The BSc (Hons) Sport Rehabilitation (with Integrated Foundation Year) is a four-year program designed for individuals passionate about pursuing a career as a sports rehabilitation professional but lacking the necessary qualifications for direct entry.

Objectives:

• Develop knowledge and build a solid foundation of core skills needed to progress from the sports rehabilitation foundation year onto the full degree program.
• Develop hands-on techniques, learning skills such as sports massage, musculoskeletal injury assessment, and joint mobilisations and manipulations.
• Become creative in devising and implementing functional and sport-specific exercise rehabilitation to restore athletes.
• Put theory into practice by completing placements early on in studies.
• Complete a range of courses and qualifications to enhance your CV.

Description:

The program offers a supportive alternative route into higher education, where students will learn to prevent, examine, and treat sports-related injuries. Students will undertake a minimum of 400 hours of work experience, including opportunities like supporting runners in the Brathay 10 marathons in 10 days event and working in sports injury clinics. The course provides knowledge from industry-sourced professionals and access to facilities such as a rehabilitation clinic, strength and conditioning room, and biomechanics and physiology laboratories. Industry links, including top-flight football teams, help accelerate job searches.

Assessment:

Year 1:

• Written assignments
• Reports
• Essays
• Oral presentations
• Poster presentations
• Portfolios
• Set exercises (e.g., producing a DVD news report)

Years 2-4:

• Practical skills assessments
• Professional discussions
• Competency logbooks
• Group/individual presentations
• Online resources
• Case studies
• Reflective reports
• Academic essays
• Assessment reports
• Written exams

Teaching:

Year 1:

Encourages reflection on skills development in learning and personal contexts to make appropriate choices and decisions. Uses challenging and authentic tasks to stretch capabilities in real-world learning and assessment.

Years 2-4:

Aligned with the educational requirements of the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) and CIMSPA.

• Includes educational knowledge, practical skills, and competencies required by professional bodies.
• Content and skills mapped against CIMSPA benchmarks for the Strength & Conditioning Trainer qualifications.
• Utilizes computer-based technologies to reinforce practical skills (e.g., online videos of skills) and for graduate employability skills development (e.g., website construction).
• Employs Learning and Teaching Assessment (LTA) approaches continually evaluated and improved using module evaluations, student feedback, peer review of teaching, and module development sessions to enhance the student learning experience and maintain best-practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment.

Other:

The program emphasizes developing clinical skills needed to become an independent learner and practitioner. It provides opportunities for small-group clinical problem-based learning, where students plan, discuss, and apply evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Students are encouraged to attend conferences, which may incur additional costs. The program requires a minimum of 400 hours of vocational placement for BASRaT accreditation. Placements are sourced in local settings, but opportunities may arise for placements further away, potentially involving travel and accommodation costs.

Tuition Fees and Payment Information:

• UK: £9,250 per year
• International: £13,575 per year
• Fees for a BSc course with an integrated foundation year are as stated.
BSc fee for the following years of study (years 2-4) is £9,250.