BUCS DEVELOPMENT EVENT PERFORMANCE SPORT THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2018 NOTTINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTRE
Winning Students BUCS Development Event Performance Sport
Introduction Winning Students (WS) was established in May 2009 as Scotland s National Sports Scholarship programme supporting student athletes. The Scholarships are funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and managed by the University of Stirling. An advisory board, compromising from the various sectors, provide guidance on the development of the programme. Athletes are nominated for a scholarship up to the value of 6,000 awarded by their sport s governing body across core sports. There is also opportunity for individual awards to athletes competing in other sports -referred to as non-core sports.
Background Since 2009 WS has supported 543 student athletes through 1229 scholarships The WS network covers 90% of institutions funded by the Scottish Funding Council WS is a substantial programme supporting around 150 athletes per annum and is becoming increasingly significant - in challenging economic times WS positively influenced academic flexibility -a reoccurring theme which continues to advance and encourage the dual career pathway followed by scholar athletes
Core Objectives To support talented student athletes to progress along the performance pathway in their sport. To enhance the levels of success of talented student athletes in international competitions. To enhance the extent and quality of partnership working between governing bodies of sport and the further and higher education sectors. To enhance the capability of the further and higher education sectors to support and cater for the needs of talented student athletes as flexibly as possible.
Governance and Management The University of Stirling governs WS on behalf of Scotland s colleges and universities. Stirling has established a governance team, compromising academic and sports-related staff, which is responsible for the strategic direction and operational management of WS. This consists of: - WS Co-ordinator - WS Communications Officer - Winning Students Advisory Board (WSAB)
Advisory Board Cathy Gallagher, Chair and Director of Sport at the University of Stirling Jim Aitken MBE, Director of Sport and Exercise at the University of Edinburgh Anne Campbell, Assistant Principal at West College Scotland Eric Brownlie, Director of Learning and Teaching at Glasgow Clyde College Ciaran O Brien, Head of Sport and Wellbeing at the University of West of Scotland Mike Whittingham, Director of High Performance at Sportscotland institute of Sport Andre Reibig, Senior Policy Officer at the Scottish Funding Council David Bond, Head of Performance Sport at the University of Stirling Christopher Purdie, Winning Students Co-ordinator Duncan Fisher, Winning Students Communications Officer Gemma Batty, Student Athletes Representative
Investment The SFC in principal agreed a four-year funding cycle to the University of Stirling for the period between 1 st August to the 31 st of July 2019 600, 000 has been committed to each year of the funding cycle which represented an increase of almost 10% per annum of the previous cycle Roughly 13% of funding was directed towards management and promotion of WS The other 87% is directed towards student-athletes via scholarship awards totalling around 520,000
WS Sports WS is split into core an induvial sports. In the 2017/18 academic year WS awarded scholarships in the following sports: Core Sports -Badminton -Canoeing -Curling -Women s Football -Golf -Hockey -Judo -Orienteering -Rowing -Swimming -Tennis -Triathlon Individual Sports - Athletics - Archery -Cycling - Karate -Shooting -Sailing -Snowboarding
Sports Breakdown Winning Students Sports 2017-18 Actual Number of Awards 2017-18 Badminton 10 Canoeing 9 Curling 11 Golf 10 Hockey - Men 6 Hockey - Women 12 Judo 8 Orienteering 12 Rowing 11 Swimming 24 Tennis 4 Triathlon 8 Women's Football 17 Individual Scholarships 13 Total 155
Have a British Passport Scholar Eligibility Undertaking a recognised education programme at an SFC College or University in Scotland Able to represent Great Britain and/ or Scotland in chosen sport Student Athletes must be aged 16-28 years old Disability Student Athletes must be between 16-35 years old
Funding Unique in the way that the funding is distributed Work with each Scottish Governing Body or Individual to allocate funding to have the maximum amount of Impact Funding is used in a variety of ways: -Competition Expenses -Living Grants -Travel -Strength and Conditioning -Accommodation -Training Camps -Equipment -Coaching -Lifestyle support -Nutrition
Winter Olympics PyeongChang 2018 Team Smith Kyle Smith (WS graduate) Tom Muirhead (WS graduate) Cammy Smith (Scotland s Rural College) Kyle Waddell (University of Stirling) Team Muirhead Lauren Gray (WS graduate) Anna Sloan (WS graduate)
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018 Athletics Chris Bennett (Open University) Allan Smith (Edinburgh Napier University) Swimming Lucy Hope (University of Edinburgh) Kieran McGuckin (University of Edinburgh) Corrie Scott (University of Edinburgh) Calum Tait (University of Edinburgh) David Cumberlidge (Heriot-Watt University) Craig Benson (University of Stirling) Kathleen Dawson (University of Stirling) Craig McLean (University of Stirling) Scott McLay (University of Stirling) Duncan Scott (University of Stirling) Craig McNally (University of the West of Scotland) Table Tennis Colin Dalgleish (Robert Gordon University) Table Tennis Para-Triathlon Karen Darke (University of the West of Scotland) Target Shooting Seonaid McIntosh (Heriot-Watt University) 14 other WS graduates
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BUCS DEVELOPMENT EVENT PERFORMANCE SPORT THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2018 NOTTINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTRE