Teaching and training facilities
Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences is based on the historic St Luke's Campus (numbers 9, 6 and 5 on the campus map). Our world-class teaching laboratories are based in the Richards Building and Baring Court, alongside our team of technicians, who provide excellent technical support for our staff and students.
The University of Exeter is home to some of the best sports facilities in the South West. Over the last decade we have invested in excess of £20 million in the creation of the highest quality training environments and resources for the development, coaching and playing of sport.
Teaching laboratories
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Anatomy and Kinanthropometry and computing lab
Location: Richards Building 115
Equipment:
- 30 laptops with specialist software for nutritional analysis (Nutritics), physical activity assessment (GeneActiv, Actilife)
- Human skeletal and cardiovascular anatomy models
- Anthropometry equipment e.g. skinfold calipers, anthropometric tape measures, segmometers, bioelectrical impedance
- Physical activity monitors (GeneActiv, Actigraph)
Biomechanics teaching and dissertation laboratory
Location: Richards Building 35
Equipment:
- 3D and 2D Motion analysis
- 12 camera Vicon motion capture system
- AMTI Force plates
- Motion Lab Systems Electromyography
- Digitimer electrical muscle and nerve stimulator
- RS Scan plantar pressure plates
- Witty and Brower timing gates
- 14 desktop computers with specialist software (Footscan, Spike 2, Tracker, Visual 3D, Qualisys Track Manager)
Exercise Physiology laboratories
Location: Richards Building 01 and 12
Equipment:
- Lode cycle ergometers
- Monark cycle ergometers
- Concept 2 rowing ergometer
- Cortex on-line gas analysers
- Douglas bags and servomex gas analysers
- Polar heart rate monitors
- Capillary blood sampling equipment including analysis of capillary blood for haemoglobin, haematocrit, osmolarity, glucose, lactate
- Delsys Electromyography
- Daray Electrocardiography
- Automated (Omron) and Manual Blood pressure monitors
- Galileo Whole body vibration plate
- Colorado Altitude Training hypoxic generator
- Microloop Spirometers
- Oxywatch fingertip pulse oximeter
- Takei Hand grip strength dynamometers
Psychology dissertation laboratory
Location: Richards Building 19
Equipment:
- Eye trackers
- Virtual reality
- Golf putting green
Dissertation testing laboratories
Location: Richards Building 23 and 06
Equipment:
- Lode cycle ergometers
- Monark cycle ergometers
- Tacx Neo bike
- Zwift cycling software
- Velotron cycle ergometer
- Cortex on-line gas analysers
- Capillary blood sampling equipment including analysis of capillary blood for haemoglobin, haematocrit, osmolarity, glucose, lactate
- Delsys Electromyography
- Contact mat and optical jump testing equipment
- Biodex Isokinetic dynamometer
- Bench press and weights area
- VALD ForceDecks
- Mid-Thigh Pull
- POWER breathe respiratory trainers
- IntelliSTIM electrical neuromuscular stimulator
Teaching kitchen
Location: Baring Court 23
Equipment:
- 5 fully equipped kitchen workstations
- Demonstration workstation with mirror
- Induction hobs
- Electric ovens
- Freeze dryer
- Food dehydrators
- Parr bomb calorimeter
- Sous Vide equipment
- Water bath
- Jenway Refractometer (Food Chemistry)
- pH meter and Brix refractometer
Sensory and tasting laboratories
Location: Baring Court 138
Equipment:
- 6 Sensory tasting booths with serving hatch
- Dumbwaiter
Research labs
The department also has dedicated research laboratories used primarily by staff and postgraduates, although undergraduates may use them for dissertation work, or as research assistants or participants.
Sports and training facilities
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St Luke's Sports Centre is based in the heart of the St Luke's Campus and is an integral part of university life. The facilities cater for the student and staff population as well as the local community.
St Luke's Sports Centre facilities include:
- 30-station fitness studio (gym)
- 3 badminton court sports hall
- Indoor heated swimming pool
- Gymnasium/hall.
Other university sports facilities include:
- Athlete development centre
- All-weather pitches
- Boathouse
- Cricket centre
- Golf centre
- Outdoor pool
- Performance analysis suite
- Russell Seal Fitness Centre
- Squash courts
- Tennis centre
For more information about sports facilities on St Luke's and Streatham campuses visit the University Sport website.