Welcome! to the LSA's student pages ~~ open access to ALL STUDENTS

These pages are devoted to the needs and interests of students in the Leisure Studies field. The information here is designed with post-graduate students in mind ~ particularly those doing PhDs ~ but there is plenty here for everyone: undergraduates, FE students, Masters students and PhD students.

Get the latest information on . . .

• Jobs/research opportunities ~~ links to websites you might use to search for job opportunities, studentships and other funding/research opportunities
  
• Funding ~~ Find funding advice for potential PhD students. Check out information on ESRC deadlines, maintenance payments and for links to key ESRC documents.
  
• Features ~~ forthcoming ... various items of interest
  
• Links ~~ The essential list for leisure studies students. Find out where to go for details of educational institutions with a leisure focus, relevant industry and government sites and for info on student and leisure associations
  
• Conferences, seminars and workshops
  
• LSA Dissertation prizes~~ Find out about the two annual awards made to leisure studies students. Submission advice and prize details
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• Resources ~~ Links to FREE on-line publications. Here are some examples of what is out there.
  
• Your student rep ~~ Meet your LSA student rep and find out how to get in touch with your ideas, comments and suggestions.

Also, useful info and advice on more areas of student experience are planned for the future ~~ please bookmark this page and visit again for new developments, including:

• PhD tips
• discussions and advice 'writing up'
• the viva
• putting together a PG research proposal
  

LSA Student Membership

The perks

Above all ~ A chance to network, exchange ideas and get involved ~~ but also ...

• The LSA Newsletter three times a year
• Substantially reduced conference and seminar rates
• An invitation to present a paper at the LSA postgraduate session at the annual conference
• Reduced rate subscription to the journal Leisure Studies
• LSA Publications at special member prices

Feel free to explore, comment and contribute ~~ this website is
for YOU.