The Department of Sport & Physical Activity is a vibrant, industry-connected community offering degrees in Sport & Exercise Sciences, Sports Therapy, Sports Coaching, Sports Business Management, Physical Education and School Sport, and Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences.
Grounded in the social and sport and exercise sciences, our department is dedicated to the highly applied study of sport, health, and human movement. From enhancing the performance of elite athletes and professional sports clubs to collaborating with local authorities, NHS Trusts, schools and the voluntary sector, our students and researchers tackle today’s most pressing challenges. Discover our diverse, career-focused degrees, outstanding facilities, and a multi-disciplinary research culture that makes a tangible difference to communities and champions alike.
Whatever your choice of programme, you will be joining a course supported by some of the best facilities in higher education. You will have access to dedicated biomechanics, physiology and psychology laboratories and a sports therapy clinic.
Our sports complex provides playing fields, a synthetic athletics track, fitness suite, dance studio, 25m swimming pool, floodlit 3G multicourts, and tennis, squash and netball courts. We also have a laboratory, research and rehabilitation facilities. These include performance, sleep, and biochemistry laboratories, as well as functional rehab and kinesiology facilities.
Everton in the Community, Everton Football Club’s official charity, aims to use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people in local communities to improve their life chances, physical health and mental wellbeing, through 45 unique projects.
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Department of Sport & Physical Activity
Edge Hill University
St Helens Road
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L39 4QP
United Kingdom