Our Sports Scholarship Scheme has been supporting students to reach their athletic potential since 2003, with successes coming from Olympic games, national titles and medals at BUCS championships.
Sussexsport provides talented student athletes with comprehensive SportScholarships that provide a network of support and financialassistanceto develop scholars as a sportsperson and student, with the opportunity for mentoring with world-class athletes.
The Scholarship Scheme is supported by Alumni and friends of the University via the Sussex Fund, which is passionate about giving students at Sussex the opportunity to fulfil their academic and athletic potential. We are also grateful for the work and support this year fromDr Michael Passaportis from the School of Psychology, who is a lecturer on Sport and Exercise Psychology.
One of our scholars Louis Saunders commented on the positive impact the scholarship scheme has had on his time at Sussex so far ‘the scholarship scheme has helped me to settle quickly into life at Sussex, with access to training facilities and mentoring advice to support me with my sport and studies.’
We are excited to announce our first co-hort of chosen scholars for the 22/23 academic year and share all the amazing things they achievewith our support over this period and beyond.
Sport Scholars 22/23
We are supporting over 20 student sport scholars this year from a variety of different sports ranging from kickboxing to artistic roller skating.
Bart Filmer-Cox
Mechanical Engineering/ School of Engineering
Rugby
Ben Roddick
Marketing and Consumer Psychology MSc / University of Sussex Business School
Rugby
Ben Ringrose-Voase
Business and Management Studies/University of Sussex Business School
Athletics
Caitlin Bainbridge Curlewis
English Language and Linguistics / School of Media,Art and Humanities
Team Gymastics
Elliot Barratt
Medicine/ Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Road Cycling
Emily Hird
MSc Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health /School of Psychology
Rugby
Fin Tookey
International Relations and Geography / School of Global Studies
Hockey Scholar
George Payne
Business and Finance / University of Sussex Business School
Football
Harvey Faulkner
Business and Management / University of Sussex Business School
Cricket
Holly Grimwade
Geography / School of Global Studies
Show jumping
James Meekin
Mathematics and Economics / School of Mathematics, Physics and Sociology
Kickboxing
Laurentia Tan
PG Cert. in Mental Health & Wellbeing Practice / School of Psychology
Para Equestrian
Louis Saunders
International Development / School of Global Studies
Boccia
Misha Djemaili
Computer Science with Foundation Year / School of Informatics
Football
Molly Horler
Msc The Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation / School of Global Studies
Rugby
Simoine Maylor
Management and Marketing with Psychology/University of Sussex Business School
Rugby
Sydney Schreimaier
Chemistry/ School of Life Sciences
Football
Charlotte Harker
International relations and development / School of Global Studies
Artistic Roller Skating
Yasmin Tyson
Medicine/ Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Rowing
Kwabena Koomson
Law / School of Law, Politics and Sociology
Rugby
Youssef Fathallah
Economics and Finance / University of Sussex Business School
Squash
Zachary Martin
Physics / School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Artistic Roller Skating
Aly Fathallah
Finance with Business / University of Sussex Business School
Squash
The Schemes Offer
We're committed to delivering sporting excellence and support to students who display outstanding sporting ability or show the potential to reach that level soon. The scheme supports all students and sports that meet the application criteria and has helped hundreds of students competing in more than 20 different sports since 2003.
Our Sport Scholarships give you free access to our facilities, financial support of up to £1,250 a year, strength and conditioning sessions, mentoring, access to physiotherapy and other performance support.
We want to support you as a student and as an athlete and recognise the role that mental wellbeing and academic balance has to play in your development.For this reason, we are proud to work with the True Athlete Project (TAP), a unique initiative that delivers mindfulness-based programs for coaches and athletes of all sports, to offer mentoring opportunties for our Sport Scholars from world-class athletes.
If you want to read more about our sport scholarship offer or find out how to apply, follow the link to our Sport Scholarship webpages.