SE734-7-SP-CO:
Participation and Wellbeing
2025/26
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 12 January 2026
Friday 20 March 2026
15
06 March 2025
Requisites for this module
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MSC C60512 Sport and Exercise Psychology
This module will provide you with an understanding of contemporary research evidence across topics including behaviour change, and concepts, theories, mechanisms and evidence linking exercise with mental health and wellbeing. It will focus on linking research evidence to its application for benefits to health and wellbeing via sport / exercise / physical activity promotion. You will develop your ability to critically evaluate the evidence-base in the topics, through interactive seminars.
The aim of the module is:
- To enable students to critically analyse the existing literature in specific topic areas relating to physical activity and well-being, and behaviour change; and to apply this knowledge to proposing a sport/exercise/physical activity intervention that would successfully benefit mental health/wellbeing.
By the end of this module students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate critical understanding of concepts, theory, and evidence relating to participation in sport / exercise and wellbeing.
- Demonstrate competence in the critical analysis of relevant empirical findings.
- Demonstrate innovation in implementation science.
- Demonstrate competence in written comunication.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via lectures and seminars, as well as directed study using materials and reading provided on the VLE (Moodle).
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Intervention Proposal |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Leanne Andrews, email: landre@essex.ac.uk.
Andrew Brinkley
SRES Office, email: sres (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Dr Andrew John Manley
Leeds Beckett University
Head of Subject (Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences)
Dr Philip Daniel Brian Price
St Mary's University
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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