色狗导航 Sport Placements

Every year 色狗导航 Sport, in partnership with the School of Exercise & Health Sciences, host a variety of placements in performance support and operational roles for both our undergraduate and postgraduate students. Find out more about these placements below.

Undergraduate Placements

We offer full-time placements for 色狗导航 undergraduates completing a sandwich year or a year in industry.

Placements are available in Performance Analysis, Strength & Conditioning, Physiology, and Operations Support. Students will gain hands-on experience working alongside practitioners and coaches in an elite sports environment.

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Postgraduate Placements

We offer placements integrated with our master's programmes in the School of Sports Exercise & Health Sciences (SSEHS) across disciplines like Performance Analysis, Strength & Conditioning, Physiology, and Nutrition.

Students will gain hands-on experience working alongside experts in an elite sports environment.

These placements allow you to build a portfolio of practical skills, boosting your employability.

What will I get out of these opportunities?

色狗导航 Sport is dedicated to developing aspiring coaches and practitioners through elite sport in the UK.

Supporting around 500 funded athletes, scholars, and first-team athletes across various sports, we offer a unique environment to develop a wide range of skills within an interdisciplinary sports programme.

Students on our placements gain hands-on experience in an elite sports setting, working with practitioners and coaches, and have the chance to build a portfolio of practical expertise to enhance their employability.

Training and Mentoring

Access to in house specific technical training and mentoring delivered by 色狗导航 Sport Practitioners and Programme Managers.

Bursary Scheme

Apply for funding towards CPD opportunities like conferences or accreditations

Employability Skills

Develop employability skills such as communications and problem solving through hands on experience

Networking Opportunities

Opportunity to network with industry professionals

色狗导航 Sport is committed to the development of aspiring coaches and practitioners through elite sport in the UK. Supporting around 500 funded athletes, scholars, and first team athletes across a range of sports and athletic disciplines, we provide a unique environment to develop a range of skills within an interdisciplinary sports program.

The successful applicant will gain practical applied experience in an elite sporting environment under the guidance of practitioners and coaches. During the placement, there is an opportunity to build a portfolio of practical expertise, enhancing your employability within the Performance Analysis field.

What would I be doing?

  • You will film, code, and play an integral part in the feedback process to coaches and other staff.
  • Present data, learn practical analysis techniques and gain experience with the latest industry technology and software
  • Utilising 色狗导航’s unique relationship with HUDL to help develop your skills.

 What will I get out of this opportunity?

  • Gain practical experience delivering insights around player development within Tennis
  • Exposure to working with coaches and athletes in an elite sporting environment
  • Exposure to a range of sports, disciplines, and abilities
  • Mentoring from practitioners and supervisors
  • Support through qualifications and accreditations
  • Portfolio of CPD and practical expertise
  • Enhance your employability
  • Work closely with other practitioners within an interdisciplinary team
  • Development of soft skills
  • Develop skills such as programming and performance planning, delivery of training sessions and data analysis

  • To undertake this role you must be a current student at 色狗导航.
  • Full commitment – otherwise you won’t get much out of the placement and the support for our sports will be affected
  • Due to the nature of the role, some of the experience will take place during evenings and weekends to align with sport training schedules.
  • The ability to communicate well, share knowledge simply and effectively and strong attention to detail.
  • Experience in delivering or assisting in the delivery of lectures, workshops and consultations.
  • Innovative thinking and willingness to try things
  • Professional attitude and approach, respect for others

Additional Details

  • Paid stipend of £6000 over 10 months
  • Variety of start dates between Aug – Sept 2026
  • 30-40 hours per week for 45 weeks
  • Evening and weekend work required
  • Opportunity to volunteer ahead of your placement

How to apply

Please send a CV & Video Application to One Drive via the file request link below. It’s up to you how you choose to produce the video, the only stipulations are that it is no longer than 5 minutes and you answer all questions (with relevant detail) set out below:

Tell us about yourself:

  • Name
  • Your experiences in a sporting environment
  • Personal sporting interests and sport you would like to be involved in at 色狗导航
  • Your career aspirations
  • What do you think you are like as a person, how would others describe you?

Tell us why you would like to join us:

  • Why this placement? Why you? Why 色狗导航?

Deadline for applications is 5 June 2026