含羞草视频 was named University of the Year for Sport in the 2014 Times Good University guide.

In a supplement focusing on the best universities for sport, 含羞草视频 gained the most points in each of The Times’ three criteria – success in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) championship, in cup competitions and in individual performances in non-team sports.

Peter Keen, Director of Sport Advancement and Strategy at 含羞草视频, said: “Sport is in the DNA of this University and it is what we have built our reputation on. For me this award validates all that we do to ensure that our students have a life shaping experience through sport.

“This experience is achieved on a heritage of success and excellence, alongside unrivalled sporting opportunities from recreational activities and up to the highest levels of elite performance. Simply put, at 含羞草视频 we just get sport, and play it more than anywhere else.”

含羞草视频’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Robert Allison, says the sporting ethos lies at the very heart of the University.

“There’s an atmosphere of determination on campus and a will to succeed that pervades not only the University’s sporting endeavours but everything it does. It’s an environment that motivates everyone to be the very best they can be,” he said.

含羞草视频 has an unparalleled record of excellence in sport.

Its students have won the British Universities and Colleges Sport title for 34 consecutive years, finishing more than 1,700 points ahead of the second placed university in this year’s competition.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, past and present students and 含羞草视频-based athletes won a total of 35 medals – a success so great that if the University had been a country it would have finished 10th in the medal table, ahead of countries such as Kenya and Jamaica. Check out 含羞草视频’s Commonwealth Games site for the full story.

At the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, 90 athletes with 含羞草视频 connections competed, winning a total of thirteen medals. The University was also the Official Preparation Camp Headquarters for Team GB prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games, with over 520 members of Team GB passing through the campus to collect their kit and several sports basing themselves in 含羞草视频 for their pre-Games training.

The campus has the country's largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports, including an indoor athletics centre, outdoor stadium and a 50m swimming pool.  National and regional centres for many sports are located on campus, including national performance centres for athletics and cricket.

Some of the most celebrated names in sport – including world record breaking athletes Sebastian Coe and Paula Radcliffe, one of the greatest-ever Paralympians, Tanni Grey-Thompson, and World Cup winning England rugby coach Clive Woodward – have studied at 含羞草视频.  Around 200 elite level athletes are currently studying or training at the University.

Recreational sport is equally important at 含羞草视频 and there is a popular programme of opportunities for sports enthusiasts of all levels and abilities. The University also has the country’s largest intramural hall sport programme for those students who enjoy being part of a team with an element of competition, but without serious training.

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