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Sport Development<br />
and Participation<br />
As well as being home to numerous elite<br />
athletes, UK universities focus the majority <strong>of</strong><br />
sporting activity on increasing participation;<br />
generating new opportunities; and improving<br />
the student experience through sport. Each<br />
university, with support from BUCS, will<br />
have or will be developing ways to increase<br />
participation in sport and these initiatives<br />
may include competitive programmes,<br />
campus based activity, mass participation<br />
events and community based initiatives.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sport Development Team at BUCS and<br />
those within universities are also responsible<br />
for developing relationships with partners<br />
to improve sporting activities and increase<br />
participation. <strong>The</strong>se partners can include<br />
National Governing Bodies, County Sport<br />
Partnerships, community clubs and facilities,<br />
academic departments and student unions.<br />
Inspiring physical activity<br />
‘UP for Sport’ is a sport coaching scheme run by the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Portsmouth, which provides opportunities for<br />
university students to share their sporting expertise with<br />
the local community. Students deliver structured coaching<br />
sessions with the aim <strong>of</strong> inspiring sports participation,<br />
improving performance and educating young people about<br />
the benefits <strong>of</strong> taking part in physical activity.<br />
During the build up to the London 2012 Games the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Portsmouth’s ‘UP for Sport’ volunteers are<br />
running a number <strong>of</strong> events to encourage youngsters to get<br />
involved in sport. One <strong>of</strong> these will involve over 250 pupils<br />
from local primary and secondary schools competing in an<br />
annual ‘streetdance’ competition. <strong>The</strong> pupils will be trained<br />
in ‘streetdance’, (a hip-hop dance style made popular<br />
on the streets <strong>of</strong> America), by University <strong>of</strong> Portsmouth<br />
students. <strong>The</strong> best dancer in the competition will be <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
a dance scholarship to train with the university’s community<br />
streetdance group Most Wanted.<br />
<strong>The</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Ulster’s Sports Outreach programmes<br />
encourage young people to be more active using the<br />
Olympic and Paralympic Games as inspiration. It has<br />
received national recognition and LOCOG has given the<br />
London 2012 ‘Inspire’ mark to the Sports Outreach Unit’s<br />
Sport for Life, Sport for Life Legacy and School Sport<br />
Legacy programmes.<br />
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SECTION FOUR : sport development and participation