TASS is a Sport England-funded partnership between talented athletes, institutions and national governing bodies. It provides support to the country’s most exciting young talent, helping young athletes who are over 16 and in education to get the best of their sporting and academic careers - without having to choose between the two.
We are one of 38 delivery sites in England and are supporting athletes in netball, rugby league, fencing, swimming, hockey, taekwondo and wrestling.
Athletes are placed at delivery sites by TASS every year, with NTU regularly supporting Manchester Met students and those from other universities in areas such as strength and conditioning, physiotherapy, nutrition, psychology and lifestyle, as well as gaining access to a very generous medical support scheme.
We have the TASS Dual Career Accreditation, recognising the support to our student–athletes and covering our commitment to provide an institution-wide dual career policy.
As part of this, Manchester Met will support talented athletes with access to online lectures, resources and notes, and planning sessions with academic advisors to create an appropriate academic timeline.
We do all we can to give athletes maximum flexibility when it comes to their study programmes, such as:
- opportunities to move seminar/lecture groups (where possible)
- flexible deadlines for assignments (when agreed in advance)
- catch-up sessions with lecturers
- and, where possible, the option to offer an uneven split of credits in the academic year
Athletes are nominated to be part of the TASS programme through their national governing body.
If you have any questions about TASS, please email [email protected].