Sports Institute for Northern Ireland

Sports Institute for Northern Ireland
The institutes's logo, incorporating the name inferiorly and a depiction of sporting activity superiorly.
Motto	Improving athlete performance^[1]
Established	2002^[2]
Focus	Athletic Training
Faculty	Life and Health Sciences
Members	Up to 120 sports-persons
Owner	Sport Northern Ireland Ulster University
Location	Ulster University at Jordanstown Ulster University at Coleraine PDCs at Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Website	sini.co.uk/

The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland, shortened to SINI, is a partnership between Ulster University and Sport Northern Ireland. The institute was established in 2002 and provides facilities and specialist services for up to 120 sportsmen and women with the aim of improving their "competitive capacity within the sporting arena". The Institute is currently based at Jordanstown Campus,^[3] however limited services are available at the Coleraine campus.

Four Performance Development Centres (PDCs), based in Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn, offer specific services to their localities.^[4] SINI is intended to develop and maintain Olympic standard support to Northern Ireland’s top athletes and coaches. The facilities cater for Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes and sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports. Staff work in sport-led programmes in both an inter–disciplinary and multi-disciplinary fashion.^[2]

Services

The Institute offers Performance Planning, Sport Medicine, Physiotherapy and Soft Tissue Therapy, Strength and Conditioning Training, Performance Nutrition, Physiology and Performance Analysis, Talent Identification, Performance Psychology Services and Performance Lifestyle Advice.^[5]

Partners

The Institute is currently partnered with most Irish and Northern Irish Sports bodies. If a sporting body wishes for an athlete to compete at an international level they may apply to the Institute for that sports-person to receive their services. The selection process prohibits athletes which have not been nominated by their sporting body from becoming a member. SINI is currently partners with:^[6]

Publicly Funded Bodies

Sporting Bodies

Sports Councils

Preferred Partnership Programme

Dartfish
For GoodnessShakes
Optimum Nutrition
Healthspan Elite

References

↑ "Home-Sports Institute Northern Ireland". SINI. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
1 2 "About Us - Sports Institute of Northern Ireland". SINI. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
↑ niathletics.org
↑ Belfast Telegraph
↑ "What We Offer - Sports Institute Northern Ireland". SINI. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
↑ "Partners - Sports Institute Northern Ireland". SINI. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

External links

Ulster University

Campuses

Belfast Coleraine Jordanstown Magee

Faculties and Research Institutes

Faculty of Art, Design and The Built Environment	Belfast School of Art Belfast School of Architecture School of the Built Environment Research Graduate School (ADBE) Built Environment Research Institute (BERI) Research Institute for Art and Design (RIAD)

Faculty of Arts	School of Creative Arts and Technologies School of English and History School of Modern Languages School of Media School of Film and Journalism School of Irish Language and Literature Research Graduate School (Arts) Arts and Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) Centre for Media Research (CMR)) Irish and Celtic Studies Research Institute (ICSRI)

Faculty of Computing and Engineering	School of Computing and Information Engineering School of Computing and Intelligent Systems School of Computing and Mathematics School of Engineering Research Graduate School (CE) Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) Engineering Research Institute (ERI)

Faculty of Life and Health Sciences	School of Biomedical Sciences School of Environmental Sciences School of Health Sciences School of Nursing School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science School of Psychology School of Sport Research Graduate School (LHS) Biomedical Sciences Research Institute (BMSRI) Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI) Institute of Nursing and Health Research (INHR) Psychology Research Institute (PRI) Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute (SESRI)

Faculty of Social Sciences	School of Communication School of Education School of Law School of Criminology School of Politics and Social Policy School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies Research Graduate School (SS) Graduate School of Professional Legal Education Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) Transitional Justice Institute (TJI)

Ulster Business School	Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics Department of Business and Enterprise Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Department of International Business Department of Management and Leadership Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Research Graduate Centre (Business) Business Institute Business and Management Research Institute (BMRI)

Other Departments

Confucius Institute at Ulster University (CIUU) Innovation Ulster Ltd Sports Institute for Northern Ireland (SINI) Ulster Law Clinic UNESCO Centre

Facilities

Campus One Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive (ARK)

Societies and Sports

Ulster University at Jordanstown Football Club (UUJFC) Ulster University at Jordanstown Volleyball Club (UUJVC) Ulster University Students Union (UUSU)

Notable Buildings

Aberfoyle House Dalriada College Duncreggan House Magee College Old Foyle College Riverside Theatre

Related Media

List of Ulster University people

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