Dance and Sport & Physical Education
Dance and Sport and Physical Education is a combination that brings together two disciplines united by their concern with the human body in motion, approached from complementary directions. Dance focuses on performance, choreography, and the artistic possibilities of movement, training you to be a reflective and creative practitioner who can work across a range of styles and contexts. Sport and Physical Education explores the science and pedagogy of physical activity, examining how movement promotes health and development, and how to teach and coach people of different ages and abilities effectively.
At Liverpool Hope University, this full-time programme runs over four years and includes a sandwich year and a year abroad, as well as work placement opportunities. The dance strand is designed to develop excellence in performance and choreographic practice, helping you build a distinctive artistic voice alongside technical versatility. You will engage with diverse movement traditions and theoretical frameworks, fostering both creativity and the reflective habits that characterise skilled practitioners.
The sport and physical education strand complements this artistic dimension with grounding in physiology, psychology, curriculum design, and the principles of effective coaching and teaching. The year abroad and sandwich year extend your experience into international and professional settings, building the range that employers and further study programmes value.
Graduates of this combination pursue careers in dance performance, choreography, community arts, and arts education, as well as in sport coaching, physical education teaching after further professional training, leisure management, and sport development. The combination of artistic practice and physical education knowledge is particularly valuable in settings that work with young people, such as schools, youth arts organisations, and community health projects. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in dance, physical education, or teacher training, building specialist expertise for long-term career development.