The school has top of the range facilities including USW Sport Park, a £3.7m state-of-the-art coaching and performance development Centre, as well as medical and sports laboratories with cutting edge technologies and machinery.
Students studying on our Policing and Security courses have access to fully equipped police interview rooms, using exactly the same equipment as UK police forces. The Hydra Simulation Centre, owned by only a few Universities across the world, is used to train Police, and allows academic staff to construct complex operational scenarios to test the operational and managerial capabilities of students.
The Welsh Institute of Chiropractic at the University of South Wales provides great teaching support to its students and offers students a range of opportunities to help graduates pursue a career in the chiropractic profession.
Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences Research Unit
The
Unit focuses on two functionally-integrated clinical and applied impact
themes that reflect long-standing interests in Vascular Health and
Sports Performance. The Vascular Health Group focuses on the
pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and the vascular benefits associated
with increased physical activity and healthy eating across the ageing
continuum. The Sports Performance Group makes use of extensive
collaborations with elite sports teams and takes a practical approach to
improving sports performance and participation.
The International Centre for Policing and Security
The International Centre for Policing and Security, led by Professor Colin Rogers, provides
research and support for all aspects of day to day policing both
nationally and internationally. Its mission is to enhance and improve
police activities involving all aspects of the community, and their
research has included policing and victims of crime, problem solving and
community policing and education of police officers as well as other
aspects of policing which have the greatest impact upon this area. Many
of the staff are former police practitioners and recent research has
included the introduction of community policing styles in Uruguay, the
effectiveness of training of police officers in New South Wales,
Australia, the police recruitment of minority ethnic groups in the UK
and the changing role of the police community support officer in England
and Wales.
Centre for Research and Innovation in Care Sciences
The
Centre for Research & Innovation in Care Sciences has an
over-arching focus on the promotion and maintenance of health and social
well-being. Research is collaborative and interdisciplinary and
considers both the application and implication of new knowledge for
health and social care practice, policy, and professional education. The
Centre currently comprises five Research Units, which span both the
School of Care Sciences and the School of Health, Sport and Professional
Practice:
Care Sciences Research Unit
Research
from the Care Sciences Research Unit is made up of dynamic groups of
staff who encourage many different types of development in the area of
care sciences such as acute care, enduring health needs and health
professional education.
Clinical Technology and Diagnostics Research Unit
The
Unit’s areas of research include the impact of sports and daily life on
the mechanics of human body function; assessment and development of
tools used for diagnosis, assessment of Raynaud’s phenomenon diagnosis
and glove development; and chiropractic clinical research.
Genomics Policy Unit
The
Genomics Policy Unit (GPU) is one of the longest established research
groups studying the ‘new genetics’ in existence in the UK. The Unit’s
aim is to make a significant contribution to professional preparation,
public education, and ultimately to care improvement in the emerging era
of genomic healthcare, through the generation of new knowledge and the
application of that knowledge to policy developments.
Unit for Development in Intellectual Disabilities
UDID’s
mission is to enhance quality of life and quality of service provision
for people with intellectual disabilities and their families and carers.
They do this via an integrated programme of research, education and
practice.
