Call for Engagement: SSS Research Advisory Group

Do you want to help shape the future of student-led sport research in Scotland?

Scottish Student Sport is establishing a new Research Advisory Group to support us in connecting student research more directly with the needs of the sport sector.

Each year, students at all levels across Scotland produce high-quality research on a broad range of topics from participation to inclusion, from psychology to coaching.

Too often, student research and sector insight exist in parallel. This initiative aims to bring them together—creating a shared space where academic expertise and practitioner experience directly inform one another, shaping research that is both rigorous, relevant and student delivered.

We are looking for a small group of academics and practitioners who are motivated to work at this intersection to form part of our first advisory group.

As part of the groups initiation, it will aim:

• Co-develop and refine the overall approach, vision and aims of the programme
• Identify and agree priority areas aligned to both academic and sector interests
• Shape the principles for governance, ethics and student experience
• Inform how partnerships between institutions and the sport sector operate
• Contribute to the design of a model that is both sustainable and scalable

We are particularly keen to hear from:

• Academics involved in student research or dissertation supervision
• Practitioners working in sport perf development, participation, inclusion, or policy

If you are interested in being part of this work, please get in touch with our Head of Development, Jordan Dawson.