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Senate Quality Assurance Committee Student Service Report 2010-11 Centre for Sport and Exercise Section 1 – Introduction 1. This is a tailored summary report on the activities of the University’s Centre for Sport and Exercise (cSE) during 2010-11. Its purpose is to provide Senatus Quality Assurance Committee with: a. Some context on the cSE and its work; b. An overview of the management of the student experience within the sport and exercise service; c. Related perspectives on the management of quality and standards; d. An insight into the management of enhancement and good practice. Section 2 – Some context 2. Sport makes a unique contribution to Scottish society, and to University life. It has the capacity to lift spirits, improve health and well-being, promote social inclusion, teach lessons of endeavour, discipline and loyalty, develop transferable skills, build self-confidence, and to challenge and entertain. 3. It is pleasing to report that Edinburgh is now regarded as one of the UK’s leading sporting Universities. This is real credit to cSE’s progressive approach in developing top class facilities, innovative activity programmes and outstanding support services, which are now enjoyed by ‘000s of people every week. This is a genuine success story, which has significantly improved the health and well-being of the University community, enlivened the student experience, and helped promote the University’s reputation, both near and far. 4. The cSE employs over 100 full and part-time staff across its four main facilities at the Pleasance Sports Complex (for fitness and indoor sport), Peffermill Playing Fields (outdoor games); Firbush point (outdoor pursuits) and St Leonards land (pool and acitivity spaces), and has an annual expenditure of c £3.6 million. The cSE balances its costs through income generation from membership fees, facility hires, courses, secondary sales (c 82%) and University grant aid support (c 18%). This subvention level is one of the lowest in any higher education sports service in the UK. Section 3 ~ management of the student experience Range of service’s facilities 5. Our fitness and indoor sports facilities, based at the Pleasance Sports Complex, have just enjoyed a £4.8 million extension plan to create one of the biggest and best equipped gyms in the UK. The New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team have commented that they are among the best they have experienced, and our facilities are regularly awarded the top rating in the Sunday Times University Guide and are consistently voted ‘best gym in town’ (Scotland the best, 2002-10). 2 JCA/Report to SQAC~2010-11
6. CSE Pleasance boasts an incredible 6,000 m 2 of state-ofthe-art sport and fitness space. This includes an impressive 100 station cardiovascular gym with personal viewing screens, a body circuit gym, a 36-station resistance training gym with fixed weights and cable machines, two sports halls, dance studio, four glass backed squash courts, free weights gym, a healthy snack bar, extensive changing accommodation, including men’s and women’s saunas. We have just added a stunning three-storey extension to provide a dedicated performance gym to support our talented athlete programme, a new body conditioning ‘MyGym’ featuring 35 stations of cardio equipment plus innovative ‘my-pod’ training zones, a breathtaking dance studio with stunning views over the neighbouring Holyrood Park, and a unique underground arched vault with 42 stations of free weights benches and platforms (pictured opposite). 7. We also have a 25-metre, six lane swimming pool at the University’s St Leonards Land and a range of dedicated sports specific facilities for boxing, archery and rifle shooting, as well as a superb 26-route indoor climbing wall, separate 60m 2 bouldering room, grappling gym and rowing ergometry gym named in honour of Edinburgh alumna and multiple Olympic medallist Katherine Grainger (pictured opposite). A designated indoor cycling studio, Velo-city, completes the provision. 8. We also offer more than 50 exercise classes each week, free user support in the gyms, a range of sports workshops and a personal training service. A variety of student memberships are available, starting from around £1.20 per week, covering unlimited access to the gyms and pool and free entry to fitness classes. 9. Our Peffermill Playing Fields centre is recognised as one of the leading outdoor sports facilities in Scotland. It is home to the National Hockey Academy and boasts two new international standard water-based artificial grass pitches, as well as extensive high quality natural turf pitches, all-weather tennis courts, covered archery shelter, cricket nets and social facilities. 10. Situated in a magnificent location on Loch Tay is the University’s Firbush Point Field Centre. This provides a popular and memorable base to enjoy a range of outdoor pursuits including sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, mountain-biking and gorge walking in the Summer and mountaineering skills courses in Winter. 11. The cSE also makes provision to support the University’s most talented student sports stars. We offer sports performance programmes for individuals and teams. These exploit our top class sport and training facilities, specialist strength and conditioing expertise and nationally renowned FASIC sports injuries centre (offering physiotherapy, podiatry, massage, medical consultancy and preventative sports medicine services). In addition, our innovative perforamnce sport programme provide cash assistance, sports science support, educational modules, branded sports kit and promotional opportunities. We now employ dedicated Head of 3 JCA/Report to SQAC~2010-11
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