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Sports Rep

What are Sports Reps?

Sports Reps will play an integral role in building, supporting and moulding a fantastic Student Sport Experience at UEL. They will liaise closely with all students, other Sports Reps and the UELSports team to ensure UELSports grows bigger and better and achieves its aspiration of becoming the leading university for sport in London by 2015.

To become a Sports Rep please click here and fill in the application form and email the completed form to uelsports@uel.ac.uk. Alternatively drop the completed form into the UELSports office, RB 2.06, Stratford campus.

 

Why become a Sports Rep?

  • Enhance your CV.
  • Increase your employability by improving your communication, team work, leadership, negotiation, problem-solving and organisation skills.
  • Create a sense of ownership over your student sport experience and play your part in improving the student sport experience.
  • Attend monthly Sports Reps Council meetings, having your say and feeding back from the students.
  • Help develop and sustain a fantastic Student Sport experience at UEL.
  • Meet lots of different people and make new friends.
  • Receive a Sports Rep Certificate.
  • Make a difference to UELSports.
  • FREE entry for UELSports Awards Ceremony including dinner *
  • FREE UELSports - Sports Rep t-shirt
  • FREE UELSports hoody**

*For Sports Reps active throughout the academic year

**Given in Semester B for Sports Reps who are still active.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Improve the halls, schools and campus sport experience for students.
  • Encourage and promote participation of students from your halls, school/service through social networking to participate in Campus Sport, Physical Activities, UEL Sports Clubs and Try a Sport.
  • Ensure that your hall, school/service or group is represented by as many teams as possible in the Campus Sports events.
  • Attend, participate, support and/or assist with Campus Sport Events
  • Attend Sports Rep Council meetings and be an active member.
  • Use different mediums to promote UELSports to students, including word of mouth, flyers, posters, social networking and other forms.
  • Provide a link between staff and students.
  • Input your ideas, initiative and experiences into the UELSports annual plan/development plan

Essential Criteria

  • Current UEL student.
  • A passion for sport
  • A passion for student representation
  • Clear leadership skills
  • Be encouraging, motivational and enthusiastic
  • Good team-work skills
  • Some previous sports leadership/leadership experience (Desirable)

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