Here, you can learn how to coach and lead in an incredible range of sporting activities and take your team to the top. This is the place to do first aid too, as well as a wonderful range of travel and tourism courses for every level of interest and commitment. Leisure and Recreation Studies covers an enormous area of the service industry. It offers courses leading to a range of qualifications in the increasingly sophisticated and rapidly expanding world of sport, leisure, travel and tourism and public service organisations. Sport and Leisure Sport and Leisure courses cover a wide area from sports coaching and teaching, health and fitness, treatment of sports injuries through sports development and sports facility operations and management.
Students can follow courses which are full time and lead into employment or higher education study.
Part time courses are available to those who wish to develop a portfolio of specific skills i.e. fitness suite instruction, lifesaving, football, basketball coaching and community sports leadership. The tourism industry in the U.K employs 1.5 million people working in a variety of organisations such as airlines, travel agencies, holiday centres, hotels, visitor attractions and transport. Public Service Organisations Working in the public services is a rewarding and interesting career. Students have the option of seeking employment following a course of study, or progressing onto appropriate higher education courses.