Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)

The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme, or TASS as it is better known, is a Government funded programme that represents a unique partnership between talented young athletes, National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB’s) and the Higher (University) and Further (college/school) Education sector. TASS aims to help its athletes to balance academic life with training and competition as a performance athlete.

The programme was established in 2003 by the then Secretary of State, the Right Honourable Tessa Jowell MP, Department of Culture Media and Sport. Since 2004, when the first TASS awards were made, the scheme has invested over £24million into athletes and the supporting network around them, providing up to 6000 awards enabling thousands of talented athletes to fulfil their sporting potential and become medal winners of the future.

The University of Essex currently hosts the following TASS athletes for 2011/12:

Daniel Johnson - Canoeing

Nathan Grant - Equestrian

Amy Ottaway - Goalball

Rheanna Pavey - Sailing

Rupert White - Sailing

James Bollingbroke - Sailing

Ryan Crouch - Swimming

Emily Scrivener - Wheelchair Basketball

Freya Levy - Wheelchair Basketball

For more information, please contact Laura Eddie, Sports Development Officer, leddie@essex.ac.uk, 01206 873392 or visit the TASS website www.tass.gov.uk