King’s Sport & Wellness Academy

The King’s Sport Academy provides transformative experiences to our students and wider King’s community by allowing students to enhance their personal and professional development. 

Students will learn transferable skills to help aid them in future careers and ambitions. 

The academy gives students the opportunity to gain valuable industry experience by working within our team and the local community.  

As part of the King’s Sport  Academy, students will also have access to:

• Careers & Employability Award and certificate.

• Uniform (King’s Sport Academy top).

• Yearly training within their chosen area.

• Opportunity to gain industry recognised qualifications.

• First-hand experience within the sports industry.

• Yearly event to celebrate successes and alumni speakers.

• Workshops and resources to enhance skillsets.

• Mental Health First Aid Training.

1. The individual must be a current King's College London Student.
2. The individual is required to attend initial training days as required within their chosen area.
3. The individual must be willing to travel to various locations in London to fulfil their allocated programme time.
4. The individual must be flexible on hours of work (weekends and evenings may be required).
5. The individual will be required to attend King's Sport Academy events throughout the 21/22 academic year (An initial induction event as well as the end of year celebration).

Coaching is an integral part of King's Sport. Whether an individual is taking their first steps into coaching or wants to expand on prior experiences, the King's Sport Academy can provide the necessary support to develop individuals.

King's Sport work in collaboration with KCLSU to provide the opportunity for students to gain industry-recognised qualifications in a number of different sports and seek to develop individuals to progress along the coaching pathway.

Sports clubs have the opportunity to up skill individuals to be part of their coaching team through the KCLSU development fund. More information on who to speak to and how to apply for this can be found below. 

KCLSU & King's Sport Development Fund

King's Sport work in collaboration with KCLSU to provide a fantastic opportunity for students to gain an industry-recognised qualification to develop their coaching and leadership skills.

KCLSU Sports Clubs have the opportunity to upskill individuals to be part of their coaching team through the Development fund.

The Development Fund offers financial support to current King's College London students in order to complete a coaching qualification.

King’s Sport have worked over the last 5 years to build a number of opportunities for students to develop their employability skills whilst studying at University.

Our student workforce is an integral part of King's Sport. We have a wide range of opportunities for students to be part of our team.

Academic Service Placements

The King’s Sport team have collaborated with the Physiotherapy department to provide co-curricular learning opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This is a fantastic learning opportunity with skills gained in health promotion, injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Students will be on hand to provide Physiotherapy support at our new Sport & Wellness Clinic based at Waterloo.

Students will gain an insight into working with our King's Sport performance athletes as well as our TASS athletes and other external partners. Students will spend time working with the wider King's community in supporting our Active Wellness Scheme clients and regular gym users.

As part of the placement, students will also gain recognized industry qualifications such as; Pitch Side First Aid and UK anti doping advisor accreditation. This allows them to support our King's College London sports teams and clubs with match day first aid support.

This type of innovation is vital in supporting student’s professional development and maintaining the flow of graduates into the workforce.

Find out more by reading our news story

BeActive Activator

Activators work under the Physical Activity team within King's Sport to run and promote the BeActive Student programme - a non-competitive and social timetable available to all King's students. Their role is to maintain high levels of satisfaction at the sessions and to actively promote the programme by word of mouth and on social media.

Responsibilities include taking any necessary equipment to the sessions, set up, pack down, registering participants, and reporting feedback to continue to make improvements to the programme. A passion for physical activity and social skills are required.

See the job description

Health & Fitness Coach

The Level 2 Health & Fitness Coach roles include writing, implementing and reviewing inductions and programs in line with the King’s Sport Gym Experience to actively coach on a broad and holistic range of health fitness and well-being aspects when manning the gym floor and monitor and coach gym members to ensure their safety and the use of correct techniques when exercising.

To assist operationally with gym equipment in terms of cleaning and logging maintenance issues.

Level 2 Health & Fitness Coach Volunteers are an important and valued part of King's Sport.

Individuals embarking on their journey as a Health & Fitness Coach with King's Sport will agree to volunteer 100 hours of time in return for a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification and 1 CPD qualification.

This enables individuals to plan, deliver and supervise safe and effective exercise programmes within a gym environment. The coaching role involves:

Health & Fitness Coach Volunteer Agreement

King's Sport will be working in collaboration with KCL Volunteering to offer a number of volunteering opportunities for students to get involved in. Individuals will have the opportunity to gain experience working with local and international organisations.

King's Sport will be launching the Volunteering aspect of the Academy in line with KCL Volunteering in January 2022.

Please check this section for updates.

Any student studying at King’s College London can get involved with our King’s Sport Academy.   

Register your interest.