Within our multidisciplinary School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, we offer research supervision in all areas of staff expertise in sports and exercise sciences and related areas. As a research student at Essex, you work at the heart of our internationally acknowledged and well-connected research community. Our School offers an environment with an excellent reputation for research and teaching. Undertake your research with access to a range of specialist facilities, including: a wide range of ergometers and treadmills stand-alone and portable gas analysers force plates isokinetic dynamometers a Vicon motion capture system electronic timing gates full blood gas analysers (including pulse and co-oximeters) a variety of EMG systems It is also possible to study non-invasive measurements of brain function within our school and via collaborations with the cognitive neuroscience laboratory in our Department of Psychology. Methods include: Electroencephalography (EEG) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) We also offer an MSc by Dissertation (MSD) and an MPhil in this subject. Both full-time and part-time study can be supported. You can start this course in October, January and April.