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Professional Doctorate
City South Campus
Part Time
SEP-26
3 Years
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Professional Doctorate
Alexander Stadium
Part Time
SEP-26
3 Years
Professional Doctorate
City South Campus
Part Time
SEP-26
3 Years
Select a an exam type
Overview The Professional Doctorate in Sport (DSport) is a part-time multidisciplinary programme leading to a doctoral award. You will likely be an experienced professional in a sport related area seeking to develop your research capacity, transform practice, and make a direct contribution to knowledge in your applied environment. You will benefit from being able to work within, and study alongside, a multidisciplinary team of experienced researchers and practitioners. The course draws on the considerable expertise and reputation in sports aligned professions development, education, and practice-focused research in our Faculty of Health, Education, and Life Sciences (HELS). The course is suitable for professions (including educators) from diverse backgrounds in sport including (but not limited to) sport and exercise science, sports coaching and physical education, sport and exercise nutrition, sports therapy, and other allied sports professions. What's covered in this course? Benefit from being part of a wider doctoral and researcher community in our Faculty, with a strong focus on practice-relevant research and knowledge implementation. Carry out significant independent research whilst remaining in your practice area. Expand your critical understanding of policy and practice in a multi-professional learning community. Advance your appreciation of research techniques and methodologies with a focus on relevance for investigating your own area of practice. Generate new knowledge, or make novel applications of knowledge for your specialist field of study, that can have a positive impact on your professional practice and workplace. Develop confidence in presenting and defending your research within your area of practice.
Undergraduate degree plus postgraduate qualificationWork Experience – a minimum of 3 years experience working within sportExceptional applicants without a Masters degree who hold a first class Bachelors degree in a sport-related discipline may be considered. This is dependent upon the academic coherence and promise of their research proposal, and its consonance with the academic expertise of the Faculty.
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