Higher Education Endorsement for Sport and Leisure Management

Higher Education Endorsement for Sport and Leisure Management

For those interested in managing sport and leisure a combination of both practical and business skills are important to graduates in order to succeed.  Higher Education Endorsement not only allows Higher Education Institutions delivering Sport and Leisure Management degrees to identify their programme of study as high quality courses with relevance to the industry today. It also directly links their students to employment opportunities through a high level of practical experience and work with relevant contacts.

The benefits of Higher Education Endorsement for Sport and Leisure Management include:

  • Endorsement is awarded by both SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being, and the Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA).
  • Higher Education Institutions can demonstrate to employers and students that their course has been recognised by the industry as containing practical elements
  • Improved links can be forged between students, employers and Higher Education institutions through of the inclusion of work experience within the course.
  • Students can easily identify courses that guarantee work experience within the course
  • Students have increased networking opportunities with relevant bodies in the industry.
  • Students have access to IMSPA's Learning Portal containing journal articles, information sheets, guidance documents, details of local seminars and events, and conferences.

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Higher Education Endorsement for Fitness

Higher Education Endorsement for Fitness

Many higher education courses in the UK relate in some way to exercise and fitness, with large numbers of graduates seeking employment in the fitness sector. Higher Education Endorsement not only allows Higher Education Institutions delivering fitness degrees to identify their courses as relevant to the industry today. It also directly links their students to employment in the fitness industry by offering graduates of endorsed courses direct entry onto the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).

The benefits of Higher Education Endorsement for Fitness courses include:

  • Direct entry to REPs from endorsed courses allows Higher Education Institutions to highlight their links to industry standards and employability to employers and potential students.
  • Students taking endorsed courses can save time and money after graduating, as they have no additional courses to take before they can enter REPs*.
  • Direct entry to REPs will in increase graduates’ chances of finding employment, as REPs membership is required by most employers.
  • Endorsed courses will be promoted to both employers and students through SkillsActive and REPs, with course details listed on both websites.

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Is Higher Education Endorsement for Fitness right for your Higher Education course?

Discover more about how to apply for Higher Education Endorsement for Fitness.

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* REPs membership has a joining cost of £25 (price subject to change)

HE endorsed courses

Higher Education Endorsement

Higher Education Endorsement identifies degrees which effectively prepare students for employment and are supported by the sport and active leisure industry.

With rising fees and high expectations, endorsement is an ideal way to ensure both students and parents see the worth of attending univiersity. Higher Education Endorsement provides clarity for students, parents and employers, highlighting degrees which are recognised as meeting national standards.

By developing closer links between higher education and industry, Higher Education Endorsement aims to ensure that those looking for a career in sport and active leisure can gain the right knowledge and experience to succeed.

This will also promote the importance of graduate level skills to employers and ensure there are high-level educated and employable graduates in the sector.

The benefits of Higher Education Endorsement include:

  • Prospective students can easily identify courses which will make them employable graduates, allowing them to make informed choices about their future.
  • Higher Education Institutions can ensure that graduate level courses have currency and relevance to industry.
  • Endorsed courses will be promoted by partners across the sport and active leisure sector.
  • More employees in the sector will have relevant, graduate-level skills.
  • Employers and potential students can easily identify programmes of study that have been independently evaluated and are recognised by the industry’s Sector Skills Council. 
  • Employers and potential students can easily identify courses which reflect government agendas highlighting the importance of linking Higher Education to industry and increasing employability.

The Higher Education Endorsement Scheme is currently being developed across the different sub-sectors in sport and active leisure. Choose an area below to discover more about specific endorsement options, including further benefits and how to gain SkillsActive approval for a higher education course. 

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HE endorsed courses

General course endorsement category 3

All the documents you need for a category 3 submission can be found here:

**Please note that currently these documents are not interactive so you will need to download and complete them.

General course endorsement category 2

All the doucments you need for a category 2 submission can be found here:

**Please note that currently these documents are not interactive so you will need to download and complete them.

General course endorsement level 1

All the doucments you need for a category 1 submission can be found here:

**Please note that currently these documents are not interactive so you will need to download and complete them.

First aid licence

First aid licence

HSE first aid approved training providers can apply for a first aid training provider licence. This licence will provide endorsement, for any of your first aid training, to be recognised as CPD towards REPs.

Although not compulsory, many health and fitness practioners feel it is important to hold a full first aid qualification, due to the nature of their work and the different environments they work in. Instructors are expected to know if they need first aid training for their role and to gain the certification if necessary.

REPs has over 28,000 members all of who are required to undertake mandatory training, in order to maintain their CPD credits. However, many of whom currently don't take first aid training as it doesn't help them meet their credit requirements.

A first aid training licence means that your first aid training course will be endorsed and eligble to have REPs CPD points accrediated to it.

What does this mean for first aid training providers?

  • The opportunity to upload dates and venues of training courses onto the REPs web site.
  • Access to 28,000 REPs members who can view your course details online.
  • The ability to offer REPs points to REPs members looking to accrue points to stay on the register.
  • The use of the REPs logo.
  • A valuable competitive advantage over other fitness industry training providers.

Further information

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Employer training licence

Employer training licence

We understand that employers have different needs, when training and upskilling their workforce, and that sometimes the only way for employers to successfully meet this need is to run their own inhouse training.

In order to help both employers and their employees get recognition for their participation in a quality assured, well-delivered training and development programme, we have developed a two year employer training licence.

The licence will offer employers the opportunity to deliver inhouse training to their staff, which we have endorsed and is therefore eligible for CPD points - an invaluable benefit for those employees who are members of The Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs).

The employer training licence application pack contains all the information you'll need to get started and apply for the licence. 

You'll also need to ensure you have read and completed:

Further information

If you have any enquiries about the employer training licence please email our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call them on 0207 632 2006.

Higher education training provider licence

Higher education training provider licence

We understand that there are univerisities and colleges that want to develop and deliver multiple training courses for their students, which are recognised as endorsed training for CPD, without having to submit each individual course for evaluation every time.

The HE training provider licence allows universities and colleges, that have met the set criteria, to be able to submit multiple courses for submission, throughout the length of their licence.

The training offered under the HE training provider licence is only for registered students of that university.

The HE training provider licence application pack contains all the information you'll need to get started and apply for the licence. 

Further information

If you have any enquiries about the HE training provider licence please email our endorsement team or call them on 0207 632 2006.

Training provider licence

Training provider licence

We understand that there are some training providers who want to develop and deliver multiple training courses, which are recognised as endorsed training for CPD, without having to submit each individual course for evaluation every time.

The training provider licence allows training providers, that have met the set criteria, to be able to submit multiple courses for submission, throughout the length of their licence.

If you offer a number of training courses on a regular basis, related to exercise and fitness and are quality assured by an external body e.g. QCA recognised awarding body, you may wish to be considered as a licensed provider for endorsed training.

The Training Provider Licence application pack contains all the information you'll need to get started and apply for the licence. 

You'll also need to ensure you have read and completed the correct category submission documents:

Further information

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