Sports Club

Benefits

Becoming part of a University of Birmingham Sport and Fitness – Sports Club, as a member you get access to various benefits. Below is the list of benefits with descriptions of how to access them.

Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions listed outline the sports club membership, start and end date of membership, refund policy and termination of membership. The Terms and Conditions also refer to the Sports Club Code of Conduct.

Sports Club Constitution (.pdf)

*A member shall, in the event of cancelling their membership within 14 days of paying their membership subscription, be entitled a partial or total refund.

Code of Conduct

The Sports Club Code of Conduct outlines the following: 

  • Aims 
  • Expectations of behaviour 
  • Initiations 
  • Manging social media channels 
  • Reporting of breaches to the Code of conduct 
  • Consequences of breach 
Sports Club Code of Conduct (.docx)

Additional Benefits

Physiokinetic

The Triage Clinic is available for any student athlete who has sustained a suspected sports-related injury. This service is free to access.

 Triage Clinic takes place within Term one and two on the following days:

  • Monday: 11.00am – 12.40pm 
  • Thursday: 11.00am – 1.40pm

To book an appointment, the student-athlete signs up to a slot via booking through the following link here.

Details will be taken from the student-athlete, an assessment will be made, and recommendations will be given to both student and coach (if appropriate).

Slots are on a first come first served basis and take place on the third floor of the Sport and Fitness Building. 

Triage clinic opens on w/c 29 September and runs until w/c 8 December. January onwards clinic dates will be confirmed in December via the Sport and Fitness website.

 

 

Professional Sports Injury Clinic (within S&F)

 

Assess, treat and prevent sports injuries with a Sports Doctor appointment, physiotherapy or sports massage.

Whether you are an elite athlete, a fun-runner, or recovering from an injury, our Sport Medicine team located in the Performance Centre of University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness offers a comprehensive service to prevent, manage and treat sport injuries. 

The team is led by a consultant in (SEM) Sport and Exercise Medicine alongside specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapists, soft tissue therapists (sports massage) as well as rehabilitation conditioning coaches. The clinic is open to the public, so if you need to arrange a consultation or appointment with a sports medic, or physiotherapist appointment you can self-refer yourself to the clinic.

To book call 0121 440 7736 or email [email protected]

MoveWell

We operate a concussion clinic out of MoveWell over on the 2nd floor of the Gisbert Kapp Building.  This is being led by clinicians – Dan and Jude, physiotherapists who are experienced in supporting those who have sustained a concussion back to sport safely.

UBSport advise that anyone who suffers a suspected concussion must attend this clinic to be assessed. This follows the UK government guidelines. For anyone who has a concussion confirmed, the return to competition is a minimum of 21 days. If the player is not concussed they will be cleared to return to training and competition. In all cases, notification will come from the clinic confirming the outcome of the assessment and any follow ups. 

All players who have sustained a concussion will follow the graduated return to activity (study/work) and sport.  They will be advised on what they should and shouldn’t be doing at the different stages and supported through this. 

  • Where: MoveWell; Centre for Movement and Wellbeing 2nd floor Gisbert Kapp Building (G8 on map)
  • When: Monday and Thursday 11.00am – 3.00pm (term time only)
  • How: To book an appointment call 0121 414 3224 between 8:00am and 10.30am or the following self-referral form here

    Supervised Injury Clinic delivered by student placement students (within Gisbert Kapp)

We are also pleased to announce a free student physiotherapy led service for UoB student athletes requiring sports injury assessment

Assessment and treatment through the student-led service will form part of the students’ Sports Physiotherapy Placement and will always be supervised by clinical educators.

Assessments will take place on Mondays 9.00am-1.00pm and Thursdays 9.00am -12.00pm.

To access this service please complete the following self-referral form.

Please note that these do not replace the service provided at Physiokinetic.

Clinics will commence from 22nd September 2025.

Concussion Policy

If you have any concerns that yourself or someone else has a suspected concussion, please attend the concussion clinic to be assessed by professionals.

Sports Club Classes

There are a series of fitness classes which take place across the course of the week which are bookable to Sports Club Members.

The service is FREE although places are limited. 

 

Sports Club Classes will start from w/c Monday 7 October and will run until w/c Friday 12 December.

Mondays |  Pilates |  12.20pm – 1.20pm  |  Studio 2 |  26 places

Tuesdays |  Core  |  1.10pm – 1.40pm  |  Studio 2 |  12 places

Fridays |  Yoga  |  8.35am – 9.25am  |  Dojo | 40 places

How to book via the UB Sport & Fitness app:

 

  1. Login using your Student email. Click ‘Forgot your PIN’ to have it sent to your student email.
  2. Click ‘Student Sport Clubs’ 
  3. Select the class you wish to attend and book your space up to 10 days in advance.

Alternatively, you can book online: Book a class

To cancel:

You can cancel a class via the app or online up to four hours in advance to avoid a ‘no-show’. Find your booked class under the ‘Student Sport Club’ section OR ‘My Bookings’, and click ‘Cancel’.

 

To cancel online, log in using the above link and click ‘Manage Bookings’, then click the rubbish bin icon.

Issues booking or cancelling? Email [email protected]

Further Information

Insurance

Becoming a member of a Sports Club you covered by Personal Accident insurance through the University. 

We have recently transitioned to a new insurance provider. 

If you injured yourself on or before 5 November 2025 please use the following Howden’s Insurance to claim injury. 

Click here to access the Endsleigh Insurance benefits document.

How to claim – Please email [email protected] if you have sustained an injury. Club Development will provide you with the relevant information to claim.  

If you injured yourself 6 November 2025 or after, please use the following Marsh Sport Insurance policy. 

Click here to access the Marsh Sport Policy Schedule.

Click here to access the British Universities and Colleges Sport Policy Wording.  

https://www.sportandfitness.bham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SP029-BUCS-PA-Policy-wording_V4_24SEPT25.pdf

How to claim – click here to make a claim directly with Marsh Sport. 

Howdens Group Policy Schedule (.pdf)
Howdens Group Insurance Information (.pdf)

Wellbeing

Throughout your time at university, the university wellbeing services are here to support you in a multitude of areas from welfare support, mental health, disability and safety plus much more. 

Explore University Wellbeing Services. 

The Report and Support platform is where you can inform the university of anything that has happened to you and/or others. We have a specific UBSport and Fitness tile where you can report sport related incidents. 

Discipline

Becoming part of a University Sports Club, there set expectations that we expect from our members. This can be seen in our Sports Club Code of Conduct. 

 

Additionally, you can report any conduct related issues both within your academic career and your sports club here via the University of Birmingham Report and Support 

Sports Club Executive 

The Sports Executive is a group of students sports club members, Sports Officer and Club Development who work together to provide, lead and excel sports clubs at the University of Birmingham. 

 

They executive advise UBSport on upcoming trends within sports clubs, issues that might be arising and support the wider UBSport objective. More information coming soon on this years Sports Executive

Emily Miskell – Year 3 Hockey Women’s club Captain
 
Amelia Flaxman – Year 2 Rowing Kit Secretary
 
Freddie Holt-Gregson – Year 3 Boxing Vice-President
 
Zsofia Keresztes – PhD Karate and Fencing. Fencing club Captain
 
Jack Maher – Year 3 Karate Secretary
 
Joe Shirlaw – Year 3 Ice Hockey Treasurer

The Birmingham Award 

The Birmingham Award is the University of Birmingham’s recognised employability programme for undergraduate students. Endorsed by graduate employers, the award supports you to develop and recognise the skills you gain through extra-curricular activities, and how to articulate these skills in preparation for real world recruitment process.    

Find out more about the Birmingham Award. 

Consent Matters Training

As part of our continued commitment to support students, we have worked with the University Student Affairs team to roll out widely to Sports Clubs consent matters training. The training takes an hour to complete, and we recommend all University of Birmingham Sports Club Members to complete the training.

 

Click here to access the training.

Privacy and Data Protection 

The Birmingham Award is the University of Birmingham’s recognised employability programme for undergraduate students. Endorsed by graduate employers, the award supports you to develop and recognise the skills you gain through extra-curricular activities, and how to articulate these skills in preparation for real world recruitment process.    

 

Click here to find out more about the Birmingham Award. 

Feedback  

We are always looking for ways to improve our facilities, programmes and services. Therefore, we really appreciate any feedback you can share with us. Whether it is positive, negative or constructive, we want to hear it!  

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