Sport and Physical Education (With Foundation Year) BA (Hons)
University of Bedfordshire
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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This wide-ranging course gives you the flexibility to choose a BA or BSc degree route, allowing you a unique chance to specialise after your first year. Led by an academic team at the cutting edge of teaching and research in this field, your learning combines theory of teaching and lab work with practical activities including an exciting outdoor and adventure education experience. You also experience working with and teaching children through on-campus visits from schools or community work. ...Read more

This wide-ranging course gives you the flexibility to choose a BA or BSc degree route, allowing you a unique chance to specialise after your first year. Led by an academic team at the cutting edge of teaching and research in this field, your learning combines theory of teaching and lab work with practical activities including an exciting outdoor and adventure education experience. You also experience working with and teaching children through on-campus visits from schools or community work.


Foundation Year

In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. It provides a balance between content related to your chosen subject and the range of wider skills required for undergraduate study. This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will be required to pass the foundation year in order to progress to the first year of your degree. This course is ideal for those who do not meet our standard entry requirements or those with a non-standard educational background. It will allow you to graduate with a full undergraduate degree in your chosen subject in four years.


Facilities and Specialist Equipment

- Six BASES-accredited laboratories. - Strength and conditioning facility.- Free gym.- Sports arena.- Sport centre. - Multi-use games areas.- External sports pitches. - Human Performance Centre.- Up-to-the-minute sports analysis equipment – such as the Catapult GPS tracking and Nacsport camera system – allows you to measure and evaluate the performances of players and teams.- Realistic mock-classrooms for PE teaching practice including specialist technology allowing you to watch and self-assess your lesson.- A Forest School for training in outdoor learning and play.


Partnerships and Collaborations

- We are official partners of Luton Town FC and Bedford Blues RFC as well as collaborating with other sporting organisations in the region, giving you the opportunity to put your learning into practice through work placements.- As a Higher Education Partner of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), our courses are mapped against the Institute’s professional standards.


Your Student Experience

- Benefit from the support of your own personal academic tutor who will guide and support you throughout your student journey. - Collaborate with our partners to deliver school and community-based projects. Your laboratory-based work develops your understanding of human performance as well as sport psychology and physical activity. - Enhance your learning and build your experience through field trips to destinations such as St George’s Park, Burton-upon-Trent, the home of England Football; Box End Water Park, Bedford; and an outdoor activities centre, to name a few. - Benefit from our industry links with the Blues Foundation; school partnerships across the region; Bedford International Athletics Stadium; Luton Town FC; the Football Association; Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee at British Gymnastics; and Kempston Outdoor Centre. - Develop your professional network though our links with Sport England, governing bodies, active partnerships and industry experts. - Recent industry visitors include Nick Cox, Academic Manager at Manchester United, and Kevin Pickard, International Swimming Coach.

Key stats

CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
65th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
129th
Sport and Exercise Sciences
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 73 = 27% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
27%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
94%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Sport and Exercise Sciences graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
UK Sport and Exercise Sciences graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
SR
Student Reviewer
24 Nov 21

Contact time with tutors could be better but overall a good experience for my first year. University facilities are good. Local area in general isn't great. But really enjoying..Read more

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A level

A level:

C - B Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

32 - 48 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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Successfully completed Access Diploma course

32 - 48 UCAS Tariff Points

Popular A-level subjects

Sport and Exercise Sciences

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Physical Education
54%
Psychology
24%
Sociology
14%
Geography
13%
Biology
12%
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Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from Channel Islands

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24 Nov 21
Contact time with tutors could be better but overall a good experience for my first year. University facilities are good. Local area in general isn't great. But really enjoying...
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University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire , Luton

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University of Bedfordshire
Polhill Avenue Bedford Bedfordshire MK41 9EA United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Bedford St Johns  0.9 miles away

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