Bristol PLuS Award Sport - Requirements

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'Bristol PLuS Award - Sport' is the standard Bristol PLuS Award but with a slant towards sporting activities.

There are four elements of the Bristol PLuS Award - Sport:

1.   50 hours Work/Life Experience - at least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in a sports-related role or environment
2.   A minimum of 4 workshops (to include 1 related to interview skills and 1 related to job-market awareness)
3.   An Intensive Skills Activity - sport related
4.   300 word Report

Please read on for full details.


1. 50 HOURS WORK/LIFE EXPERIENCE
  • 50 hours of work/life experience are needed to complete the award.
    At least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in a sports-related role or environment

    This can seem a lot to start with, but most students find that things they are already doing can be counted. The 50 hours can also be spread over your entire time studying at Bristol, and can be formed from a number of different activities.

  • Some examples would be
    • Being part of a UBU Volunteering project http://www.ubu.org.uk/activities/volunteering/
    • Helping to organise sports activities, over time or as a one-off
    • Paid work
    • Internships or placements
    • Taking coaching sessions/coaching a team
    • Officiating matches (referee, umpire, etc.)
    • Organising club events/competitions
    • Volunteering at a Varsity event
    • Community sports volunteering
    • Helping with school events
    • Almost any type of volunteering
    • Caring responsibilities
  • You can take part in a very wide range of activity and build up the hours slowly over time, or go for a more intensive, short-term commitment that fits in around your studying.


  • Experience cannot be something you are required to do as part of your studies, eg a year placement in industry/overseas.


  • You will need to provide the contact details of a referee who can confirm what you have done. They will be contacted once you have submitted your evidence for the award.


  • Case study: The Community Sports Leadership Award (CSLA)
    This is just one example that would complete almost the entire requirements for the Bristol Plus Award - Sport. The CSLA is a short coaching/leadership course aimed at working with children and young people. This course is run at Bristol by the Sport, Exercise and Health team. It would cover the full 50 hours, as well as some of the other criteria for the award, for example the Intensive Skills Activity (see below). For further information on this and other opportunities, see our webpage:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sport/development/ccv/volunteering/sportsleader/

2. CAREER LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
  • You need to attend a minimum of 4 workshops.

  • At least one workshop must be on interview skills.
    Please find examples of interview skills workshops below.


  • At least one workshop must be on job-market awareness
    Please find examples of job-market awareness workshops below.


  • Haven't attended any events on the drop down lists? Maybe you've attended some events but need to add some more to your list? Follow this link to see a list of all Bristol PLuS Award accredited events that are coming up at the Careers Service. http://www.bris.ac.uk/careers/events/plusaward.asp


  • The remaining two workshops can be additional workshops you have attended from either of the drop down lists above.

OR



3. INTENSIVE SKILLS ACTIVITY
  • During an intenstive skills activity you will have:


    • have been involved in a sports-related activity
    • gained employability-related skills e.g. teamwork, communication.
    • participated in an interactive manner (i.e. not all passive listening)
    • participated for a minimum of 7 hours
    • reviewed the skills you have gained from the activity/event e.g. report, review meeting, presentation.

  • Please note that your intensive skills activity cannot be the same as any evidence used for your work/life experience.

  • Please note that you will not be able to use the same activity for the Outstanding Award.


    • Some examples of sport intensive skills activities:

4. REPORT

  • 300 words


  • We ask you to look back on and review the experiences you are giving as evidence for the Bristol PLuS Award and what you feel you have learnt from them. Reflection is a transferable skill required by employers. You will undoubtedly have to reflect on your experiences when applying for internships and graduate jobs. It is also encouraged through appraisal schemes and through professional development courses.


  • View an example.

IMPORTANT

  • All work experience, workshops and events must have been carried out whilst you were a registered University of Bristol student.