Alexander Stadium
A stunning new home for our Sport and Exercise courses, in a world-class elite venue
The Commonwealth Games lit up Birmingham in the summer of 2022, with the eyes of the world on the West Midlands during a spectacular festival of sport and culture. And now, one of the most iconic venues from the Games will become our latest specialist space - as our Sports and Exercise Sciences courses move into the world-class Alexander Stadium.
[00:00:04] Speaker 1 The Alexander Stadium is about BCU returning to Perry Bar, where BCU started, and it's had its formative experience there. So this stadium, which is amazing, gives us an opportunity to reach out to local communities and create pathways for people in Birmingham, particularly in North Birmingham, to see BCU as a place where they can study new areas such as around sports sciences and sports nutrition, which are critical to how we support the local economy and local communities.
[00:00:37] Speaker 2 I think now BCU Sport is at Alexander Stadium as our base. We've got a real home for sports.
[00:00:40] Speaker 3 It's a fantastic experience for students. I'm super jealous that this was not me, but to be in these facilities, these world class facilities where the Commonwealth Games were housed. I think that opportunity in itself will bring so much to students to say that they have been here and had the opportunity to learn in these facilities, I think will be fantastic.
[00:01:00] Speaker 4 To study at The Alexander Stadium is an amazing opportunity. It really exposes us to a different level of studying and it allows us to bring everything all together. It really opens doors as we are partnerships with many different entities around here.
[00:01:15] Speaker 2 The opportunities then for the students enable them to get involved in partnership testing. So working with partners, such approaching with Harriers, high performing clubs.
[00:01:24] Speaker 4 It's a really good opportunity to get into the strength and conditioning facilities and have everything from nutrition labs to lecture halls all in this facility.
[00:01:35] Speaker 1 The success of Alexander stadium is about community engagement. That's a key role for BCU going forward. How do we link in to local communities? And we do that by making the stadium accessible, but also mobilising local communities that things that matter to them. We need to make this a destination stadium for not only people of Birmingham, but people nationally and internationally as well. Obviously this was the Citadel at the Commonwealth Games, but people still talk about it in Birmingham, so we need to recapture that spirit and actually make it for the future generations of Birmingham a place that they feel welcome in and they feel that they can use to.
Our Big Launch
In October 2024 we held our big launch of facilities and courses at Alexander Stadium. We invited in local communities to share the experience, as well as it being an early opportunity to introduce BCU's new Chancellor Ade Adepitan.
BCU's Legacy of Sport
By moving into the Stadium, we’re helping to secure the legacy of the Games for the benefit of the whole city and region, ensuring that this world-class facility remains an integral part of the sporting fabric of the city and country for many years to come.
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Facilities
The University is investing £5 million in developing space in both the East and West stands at the Stadium to house our specialist laboratories and other facilities, including bespoke learning spaces to offer our students the very best experience for their course.
The stadium will include an environmental chamber, biomechanics lab and physiology labs alongside equipment including anti-gravity treadmills, all in a space which our academic staff have helped us to design.
Sport Courses
Sport and Exercise Science
Our Sport and Exercise Science course will equip you with the skills to become a practitioner in the sport and exercise industry.
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Our Sports Therapy course is a chance for you to develop specialist skills in the prevention, treatment, management and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries.
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The course content is designed to ensure graduates develop the pedagogical practice required to coach athletes across a range of ages and abilities and more.
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