Tuesday 28th May 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Scottish Student Cycling Development Group as Vice Chair. Will you step up to the task?

Scottish Student Sport (SSS), the governing body for student sport in Scotland, are seeking new individuals to join our active Development Group.

We are looking for a new Vice Chair and Road & Cyclocross Lead.

The role will see you work as part of the sport’s Development Group, alongside other volunteers, SSS staff, and other partners to help run and grow the sport across the Scottish student environment.

Vice Chair

The selected individual will be one of the key figures in the drive towards improving and strengthening student cycling in Scotland as part of the SS Cycling Development Group.

The Vice Chair will work with SSS staff and the Chair to support the coordination of event delivery, feed in to strategic planning, communicate with student participants, support event volunteers and improve both SGB engagement & club development.

View the job description here.

Road & Cyclocross Lead

Supporting a growing area of the Development Group, you will have responsibilities in the areas of event delivery and sport development across the year.

You will also aim to ensure the student voice is heard, and support Scottish Cycling in growing the sport across the country.

View the job description here.

How to Apply

You can apply for any of the roles by sending a CV and Covering Letter to ben@scottishstudentsport.com. Please detail on your email which role you would like to apply for.

Applications close midnight Sunday 25th August.

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Wednesday 1st February 2023

Want to know more about Cycling before joining a society? Here’s a quick overview of the sport and what SSS has to offer.

When it comes to modes of transportation on land and sea, there will almost certainly be a corresponding sport that uses said modes to race. Cycling is no different. Invented in 1917 by Karl Von Drais, the bicycle has become one of the world’s most popular transportation tools due to its ease of accessibility and relatively cheap cost.

Cycling, as a sport, is very broad as there are several cycling events. In the Olympics, cycling is split into four categories: Road Cycling, Track Cycling, Mountain Biking and BMX. These all work in a similar fashion where two or more cyclists (apart from BMX where it’s taken in turns) will race across a predetermined path where the competitor who finishes with the fastest time is declared the winner. The difference between these events is the terrain they take place on.

Cycling has been an Olympic event during the entirety of its modern resurgence. Great Britain is the most successful nation in Olympic history with 33 gold, 26 silver and 20 bronze medals. At the 2020 Olympics, Great Britain won six gold medals where they won the Women’s Keirin, Men’s Omnium, Women’s Madison, Men’s Cross-Country, Women’s Race and Women’s Freestyle.

Each year Scottish Student Sport hosts the SS Cycling Series where universities compete with each other to be crowned the SS Cycling Challenge. There is also a BUCS League for students to get involved with. If you wish to know more, click the following link: https://scottishstudentsport.com/sports/cycling/

If you’re interested in joining a Cycling club, click the following links:

 

Heriot-Watt University: https://sportsunion.site.hw.ac.uk/cycling/

University of Aberdeen: https://www.ausa.org.uk/sports/club/aurcc/

University of Dundee: https://sportsunion.dundee.ac.uk/clubs/cycling/

University of Edinburgh: https://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/organisation/cycling/

University of Glasgow: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/sport/whatson/club/cycling/

University of Stirling: https://www.stirlingstudentsunion.com/sportsunion/clubs/cycle/

University of Strathclyde: https://www.strathunion.com/sports-union/club-sport/club/6432/

 

Chair Head: Fred Hockey – SSS_Cycling@hotmail.com

Governing Body: Scottish Cycling – https://scottishstudentsport.com/sports/cycling/

Follow us using: #ScotStuCycling

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