School of Health and Sport Sciences
Welcome to the School of Health and Sport Sciences within the Faculty of Science, Health and Education.
Mission: To discover new knowledge today and integrate it into practice for a healthy tomorrow.
Vision:The prevention of early death and disability for a healthier region, state and nation.
Purpose: The School’s teaching, research and outreach will focus on the prevention of disease and disability to improve quality of life by influencing the practices of the consumer and or the provider. Research will concentrate on the discovery of new knowledge and the application of new knowledge to programs, policies and practice. The School will focus on the improvement of activities in primary four areas, Research, teaching and learning, student experiences and community engagement and outreach.
Disciplines
The School is divided into five key discipline areas, these include:
- Biomedical Science
- Nursing
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Public Health
- Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health and Sport Centre
The School has moved into the Health and Sport Centre, a new building providing state of the art facilities for students including:
- specialised teaching and research space for the delivery of new programs such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy
- health and sports clinic and consultation rooms
- nutrition and dietetics training kitchen
- student simulator unit
- gymnasium including weights room, fitness centre and sports assessment laboratory
- Sports Hall of Fame
- wireless access areas for students
- café
Research opportunities
The School has a strong focus on research, with several exciting projects currently underway:
Programs
The School offers a wide variety of programs and we aim to ensure our students are “work ready” upon graduation. This is achieved through our extensive work placement initiatives that form a large part of many of our programs. The following links contain more information about our programs, including the types of careers you can move into upon completion of the program:
Combined Programs
Articulations with TAFE
Graduate Certificate (postgraduate)
Graduate Diploma (postgraduate)
Other postgraduate
Following the recent growth of the School, we are progressing towards the inclusion of several new programs to offer to future students, including Physiotherapy. Further additional programs can be anticipated and updates will be posted on this website regularly.
Professor John Lowe
Head of School