Performance Sport

One of four Basketball England Talented Athlete Universities, our coaching is led by Tom Sadler.

We offer sports scholarships to talented athletes in our focus sports providing coaching and support services, and free kit and use of facilities worth in excess of £1000.

An adapted scholarship package may be available to exceptional individual athletes outside these sports. Our package includes:

• quality coach support
• strength and conditioning coach support
• physiotherapist conditioning screening
• double bed, accommodation 100m from training venue
• allocated lifestyle advisor
• flexible academic provision (extended study, adapted exam times)

Additionally, we offer sports bursaries for undergraduate students worth up to £3000 per year, for dual-career athletes looking to combine their education with a route to playing professional sport upon graduation. We also offer a small number of fee waivers and fee reductions to post-graduate students who have already competed at the highest level.

We are also an accredited Sport England Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) centre, able to offer an annual package of support and funding worth £2750 for athletes nominated by their National Governing Body in around 25 sports.

Please complete this application form (.pdf) and return it to:

Sport Centre
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO6 3EW

Tel. 01206 873016

Or by email to screcept@essex.ac.uk

Our sports scholarships plus package includes access to over £500 worth of additional services:

• additional physiological testing and monitoring
• additional physiotherapy access
• access to medical support

We also offer a range of Sports Bursaries. Our Sports Bursaries are cash awards, paid on a termly basis dependent on adherence to sporting and academic targets following a review. Bursaries are available in three tiers:

• tier 3 athletes up to £500 per year
• tier 2 athletes £501 - £1500 per year
• tier 1 athletes £1501 - £3000 per year