Higher Education in sport and physical activity

Looking to build a career in sport and physical activity?

Thinking about higher education or university?

Choose a course that offers a great start to your career.

Courses endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) provide:

  • The knowledge and skills needed by the sector
  • Learning that meets the professional standards for the sector, set by employers
  • Qualifications that major employers demand
  • Opportunities for part-time and seasonal roles while you’re studying
  • Improved employment prospects post-graduation

 

Make the right course choice and see your career fly.

Choosing an endorsed course

By choosing a CIMSPA endorsed course, you can be reassured that the training is of a high standard and that you will be equipped with the right knowledge, skills and behaviours to perform your role and progress in your career.

Endorsed courses help to:

  • ensure that the course provider is delivering quality training to a minimum standard
  • let potential employers know that you have acquired the desired skills and knowledge that they are looking for, to enable you to competently carry out the role.

What’s next?

If you are considering a career in the sport and physical activity sector, there are a number of pathways you can choose in order to travel to your next destination. From a variety of further and higher education options to employment or volunteering, there is an option to suit every career explorer.

The CIMSPA Careers Hub

The CIMSPA Careers Hub has been developed to be your ‘one-stop shop’ for careers in the sport and physical activity sector, providing resources to support you throughout your career.

Visit the CIMSPA Careers Hub

Where next... post 18? Foundation courses, Volunteering, Degree-level study, Higher-level apprenticeships, Vocational course, or Employment?

What is a Higher Education Partner?

CIMSPA Higher Education Partners represent the sport and physical activity sector’s leading universities and higher education institutes. The endorsement of CIMSPA reflects a commitment by higher education providers to equip students with the skills, knowledge and experience needed to effectively transition into roles in the sector by aligning courses with professional standards.

CIMSPA endorsed degree programmes are certified as meeting professional standards set by the most highly regarded employers in the sector. Once an institute has become a CIMSPA partner, all degree programmes relating to a career within the sport and physical activity sector will be eligible to be endorsed and quality assured.

We already work in partnership with some of the leading sport and physical activity education institutions in the country.

Who is a CIMSPA Higher Education Partner?

All of our Higher Education Partners can be found within the Partner Directory.

Visit ARU

Anglia Ruskin University

Visit University of Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire

Visit BCU

Birmingham City University

Visit Birmingham Newman University

Birmingham Newman University

Visit University of Brighton

University of Brighton

Visit Buckinghamshire New University

Buckinghamshire New University

Visit Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University

Visit Cardiff Met

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Visit UCLan

University of Central Lancashire

Visit University of Chichester

University of Chichester

Visit Coventry University

Coventry University

Visit University of Cumbria

University of Cumbria

Visit Edge Hill

Edge Hill University

Visit Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh Napier University

Visit Hartpury University

Hartpury University

Visit University of Hertfordshire

University of Hertfordshire

Visit University of Huddersfield

University of Huddersfield

Visit Keele University

Keele University

Visit Kingston University London

Kingston University London

Visit Leeds Trinity University

Leeds Trinity University

Visit University of Lincoln

University of Lincoln

Visit LJMU

Liverpool John Moores University

Visit LSBU

London South Bank University

Visit NTU

Nottingham Trent University

Visit Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

Visit Plymouth Marjon University

Plymouth Marjon University

Visit RGU

Robert Gordon University

Visit University of Roehampton

University of Roehampton

Visit University of Salford

University of Salford

Visit SHU

Sheffield Hallam University

Visit Solent University

Southampton Solent University

Visit University of South Wales

University of South Wales

Visit University of Surrey

University of Surrey

Visit UWS

University of the West of Scotland