The Diploma in Sporting Excellence programme, governed by Sport England, is delivered to performance athletes selected by their National Sporting Governing Body to enter their Talent Performance Pathway in order to help them progress on their journey towards reaching their athletic potential.
Learners will complete the bespoke Level 3 Diploma in Sporting Excellence qualification by developing the most appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours to compete at the highest level.
1Not only does the programme help learners to progress within the performance pathway but it will also help learners to develop an extensive range of wider, transferable skills to help them balance the unique challenges around their sporting, social and academic demands. This can greatly assist learners in progressing to higher education or employment, either within sport or an alternative career pathway.
In addition, the Diploma in Sporting Excellence carries 64 UCAS points to help performers with their ongoing progression in to Higher Education, allowing them to continue on a dual career pathway.
3Loughborough College work with England Hockey, ensuring the DiSE programme is specifically adapted to the needs of the athletes and their performance pathway. This bespoke delivery model for England Hockey performers is provided to enable them to develop both on and off the field.
There are an extensive range of topics and units the DiSE programme will cover specifically aimed at the performance and wider life skills required of an elite athlete.
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sports injuries
career planning & finance
lifestyle
nutrition
health & safety
mental skills
anti-doping
behaviours & values
comms & media
technical, tactical & physical skills
programme experience
Loughborough College are one of the leading elite sport college providers in the country, with a strong pedigree of educating the next generation of Olympic athletes across an ever growing range of sports. As part of the DiSE programme performers have access to:
- Appropriately qualified industry experts in nutrition and psychology that have worked with a range of elite athletes and National Sporting Governing Bodies
- Industry experienced assessors who have industry experience either performing at a high level national or working in elite sport
- Training sessions from NGB approved coaches
- Residential training camps or delivery days with your fellow athletes
- Athlete support in areas such as:
- Lifestyle awareness
- Social media conduct
- Management of injury
- Anti-doping advice
- Dual career workshops and UK-US University talks
- Additional workshops, such as kitchen skills sessions
Loughborough College, rated 'outstanding' at the last Ofsted inspection, for education and learning and world renowned for sporting excellence have been partnered with England Hockey to deliver the DiSE qualification. Tutors and assessors on DiSE come from a range of backgrounds, however most come from an elite sporting pathway so are able to offer invaluable education, support and real-life examples on what it takes to be a performance athlete.
As part of being an athlete on DiSE, you are automatically enrolled as a Loughborough College student and as such you are able to access college services such as mental health and wellbeing, financial support, careers and employability and LGBTQIA+ support, please see here for more details: Student Services | Loughborough College
ALUMNIA number of our former DiSE athletes have progressed with England and senior level hockey, these include:
Jack Waller – Senior GB & England | Peter Scott – Senior England | Katherine de Ledesma – Senior England | Toby Reynolds Cotterill – Wales Senior | Fred Newbold – Wales Senior
