Job opportunities
Here you can view all of the job opportunities to students and graduates from the Centre for Sports Studies.
Medway Careers and Employability Events
The spring term Medway careers and employability events is open to all students. These events are also listed on www.kent.ac.uk/employability
Last term the careers and employability service at Medway provided individual support to over 400 students on all aspects of career planning and employability skills development. They also delivered a variety of presentations within Schools, as well as weekly workshops that are open to all students.
PhD Studentships: University of Chichester
The University of Chichester have a number of PhD's on offer.
Application deadline: 28th January 2013
1. The Influence of Social Networks and Social Support of Individuals Losing Weight.
Email Dr Ruth Lowry for more information (r.lowry@chi.ac.uk),
2. Transformational Leadership in Sport
Email Dr. Matt Smith for more information (matt.smith@chi.ac.uk)
3. Effects of Environmental Temperature on Physiological and Cardiovascular Responses during Eccentric Exercise
SPORTS MANAGEMENT: DAILY NEWS AND JOBS FOR SPORTS INDUSTRY
Skills active have launched an active online service to help graduates gain employment.
You can log onto www.sportsmanagement.co.uk">www.sportsmanagement.co.uk for daily updates on job opportunities and the latest news on the sports industry.
To receive a free one-year subscription to the new, greener, paper-free, digital version of the magazine Sports Management (4 issues), The latest on sports funding, policy, facilities and management) log onto leisuremedia.com
PhD studentship: Optimal training, psychology and fitness in young athletes
Supervisor: Professor Louis Passfield
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Kent
Sponsored by the Canterbury Academy
Closing date for application: 13th July
Start: September 2012
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY SUPPORT AT UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (ADC)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The use of psychological strategies in endurance performance
Supervisors: Dr Carla Meijen and Professor Sam Marcora
Description
Applications are invited for a PhD Scholarship/Graduate Teaching Assistantship examining the use of psychological strategies in endurance performance.
PhD scholarship topic: Training, Nutrition and Exercise Immunology.
Supervisor: Dr Glen Davison
Description: Applications are invited for a PhD Scholarship/Graduate Teaching Assistantship to investigate the effects of intensive training, and nutrition, on immune function and infection incidence.
What is the best way to evaluate sport and exercise participation for young people with old knees?
Supervisors: Professor Samuele Marcora and Dr Karen Hambly
Description: Return to sports and exercise activity is frequently cited as an important goal for individuals following musculoskeletal injury or orthopaedic surgery to the knee and is regularly used as a patient-reported outcome measure in clinical trials.
PhD studentship: Influence of cortical excitability on exercise performance
Deadline for application: 20 April 2012
Topic: Cortical excitability and exercise performance
Supervisors: Dr. Lex Mauger, Dr. James Hopker and Prof. Sam Marcora
Description:
Lecturer in Sports Therapy or Rehabilitation (Teaching Focused)
Ref SS0538
Location Medway
Job Type: Academic
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary Type: Pro Rata
Salary: (£) 31020 - 44166
SS0538, Centre for Sports Studies, Closing date: 27 Mar 2012
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY!!
