Scholarships for sport champions

Some of the UK's most promising sporting talents were recently honoured at the University, with the announcement of the Excel Sports Scholarship and Royal and Ancient (R & A) Golf Bursary squads 2003/2004.

The 23 students supported by the two programmes will see their sporting and academic ambitions enhanced over the next year through access to training and competition facilities, sports science support, sports psychology and nutrition advice, sports medicine treatment and financial support.

The two squads contain no less than 16 junior or senior international athletes already competing at Scottish and UK level, including eight students supported by the Scottish Institute, Central Institute and Tayside and Fife Institute of Sports.

The University's TEAM Dundee Coordinator Kirsteen Cruickshanks, said, "This is the fourth year that the Excel Sports Scholarship programme has been in operation and it looks to be our most successful yet. Our reputation for developing sporting excellence ensures that we continue to recruit world class athletes."

University Principal, Sir Alan Langlands, said, "Scholarships such as these are highly valued, not just by students but by the University as a whole. The University is committed to recruiting the best students as one of our key strategic objectives. The Excel Sports Scholarship and R & A Golf Bursary programmes play an important role in attracting those students."

The two programmes have produced 22 international athletes across 11 different sports including five Scottish and British University champions.