Universities

Higher Education forms an important part of Sport England's vision of getting more people to play more sport. Luckily in our patch we have two great universities - MMU Cheshire and the University of Chester (who have a campus in Warrington), both of whom are key partners in the development of a world leading community sport system locally.

Both our universities link with the Partnership in a variety of ways -

running competitive and intramural sporting opportunites, engaging in British Universities College Sports.
providing students as volunteers to community sports organisations
permitting community use of their sporting facilites -building and pitches
running sports events
being part of the Government's 'People Places Play' legacy programme by offering both Sport Makers and Sportivate opportunites for their students
undertaking research into the success (or otherwuse) of sporting interventions
independent monitoring and evaluation of programmes
offer of sport science support and testing to local clubs / athletes

Both universities are listed in the 2012 pre-training camps. MMU Cheshire have now teamed up with Cheshire East Council to host athletes from the Republic of Vanuatu for their pre Games training camps in the build up to London 2012. To find out more, click here

If you want to find out more about student sport or to connect into either of our universities:

at MMU Cheshire, please contact

Phil Cook p.cook@mmu.ac.uk or call 0161 247 5296

Gareth Smith G.A.Smith@mmu.ac.uk or call 0161 247 5683

at the University of Chester, please contact

Gordon Reay g.reay@chester.ac.uk or call 01244 513311

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