Sport Sciences/Data Analytics: Fully Funded Swansea University and English Institute of Sport Ph.D. Scholarship: The application of advanced data analytics techniques to high-performance sport
Funding providers: Swansea University and English Institute of Sport
Subject areas: Sport Sciences/Data Analytics
Project start date:
Mode of study: Full-time
Project description:
This project will develop and apply advanced data analysis and visualization techniques to impact the practice of the UK’s Olympic sports. This will involve the interaction between academics working in Sport and Exercise Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, and leading practitioners from the English Institute of Sport (EIS) working directly with some of the UK’s most successful sports’ National Governing Bodies. In recent years, greater instrumentation and monitoring have led to a dramatic increase in the volume of data that aims to quantify different aspects of sporting performance. However, much like in many aspects of wider society, this increase in data collection has often superseded the rate at which practitioners have been able to understand and interpret the meaningfulness of the data and the potential application and communication of its findings. By applying advanced data analytics and visualization techniques from a range of disciplines, this project will enable the critical features of complex sporting systems to be identified, translated into meaningful insight, and ultimately applied to potentially impact elite sporting performance.
Please note: Interviews for those applicants shortlisted will take place on Friday 25 February 2022.
Funding providers: Swansea University and English Institute of Sport
Subject areas: Sport Sciences/Data Analytics
Project start date:
- 1 April 2022 (Enrolment open from mid–March)
- Dr Neil Bezodis and Professor Huw Summers
- Industrial advisors- Chris Bailey and Dave Thomas
- Research advisors- Professor Liam Kilduff, Professor Paul Rees, Dr Sean Walton and Dr Daniel Archambault
Mode of study: Full-time
Project description:
This project will develop and apply advanced data analysis and visualization techniques to impact the practice of the UK’s Olympic sports. This will involve the interaction between academics working in Sport and Exercise Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, and leading practitioners from the English Institute of Sport (EIS) working directly with some of the UK’s most successful sports’ National Governing Bodies. In recent years, greater instrumentation and monitoring have led to a dramatic increase in the volume of data that aims to quantify different aspects of sporting performance. However, much like in many aspects of wider society, this increase in data collection has often superseded the rate at which practitioners have been able to understand and interpret the meaningfulness of the data and the potential application and communication of its findings. By applying advanced data analytics and visualization techniques from a range of disciplines, this project will enable the critical features of complex sporting systems to be identified, translated into meaningful insight, and ultimately applied to potentially impact elite sporting performance.
Please note: Interviews for those applicants shortlisted will take place on Friday 25 February 2022.
Eligibility
Candidates must have a minimum of an upper 2.1 degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences, Computer Science or other relevant discipline or non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University. A master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences (Biomechanics), Data Analytics, Computer Science or other relevant discipline is desirable.
English Language requirements: If applicable – IELTS 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each individual component) or Swansea recognized equivalent. Details on the Swansea University English Language entry policy can be found here.
Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations.
English Language requirements: If applicable – IELTS 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each individual component) or Swansea recognized equivalent. Details on the Swansea University English Language entry policy can be found here.
Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations.
Benefits
This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend of £15,609.
Additional research expenses will also be available.
Additional research expenses will also be available.
