You can choose to bring your students for a full or half day visit to the Human Performance Unit.
Full day visits (09.30 – 15.00/15.30) include TWO taster sessions.
Half Day visits (AM: 09.30-12.30 or PM: 12.30-15.30) include ONE taster session.
There are currently three taster sessions to choose from:
Exercise Physiology
The Exercise Physiology session is designed to support your students understanding of aerobic and anaerobic parameters of fitness, VO2 max, respiratory exchange ratio, lactate thresholds and energy systems.
Students will perform, record and interpret data collected during the following exercise tests: VO2 max and lactate threshold test, sub-maximal cycle test, anaerobic cycling power test (6 second sprint), countermovement jump.
Biomechanics
This taster session will support your students understanding of key principles of biomechanics and how they relate to sports performance. Students will use specialist software and equipment within the University of Essex sports science laboratories to cover topics including speed, velocity, acceleration, force and angular motion.
The practical activities in this session include: Straight line sprinting through timing gates, the assessment of jumping using bilateral force plates, technique analysis using motion capture and video software.
Sports Psychology
This session introduces students to important psychological factors in sport, including stress, competitive anxiety, motivation, decision making and reaction time.
Interactive practical activities during this session bring these topics to life, enabling the students to experience and observe the application of psychology to sport and exercise science.
Book an academic workshop with School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences.
Social reform in 1890-1920 United States
The years between 1890 and 1920 saw huge changes in the United States. Social reform altered the face of the country, with impacts lasting to this very day.
This taster session introduces students to the key events which shaped that social reform, including changes to labour and education across the country.
Students will identify links between these reforms and the rights-based movements in the ensuing decades, discussing the contributions that grassroots campaigners have made throughout this period of history.
Book an academic workshop with Department of History.