· The pursuit of excellence in the provision, management and development of sport in Higher and Further Education.
· The Council of Europe (1993) provided a broad definition of sport in their European Sports Charter:

	"Sport means all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels"

Aims

· To achieve an intergrated delivery of university and college sport.
· To establish UCS as the lead body in university and college sport in the UK.
· To support UCS members in increasing the strategic role of sport within universities and colleges across the UK.
· To ensure that UCS is increasingly recognised as a key strategic partner in mainstream UK sport, both regionally and nationally.
· To provide a range of relevant services and professional support.
· To add value to the professional role of members in their institutions.
· To promote the interests of members and of the sector to external agencies.
· To create a vibrant and well-resourced organisation, geared to create, respond to and deliver new initiatives relevant to the interests of its members.

Objectives

· To deliver an annual conference (striving towards continuous improvement).
· To delivery other training and CPD events (some in conjunction with other training agencies).
· To identify and engage in key strategic alliancespromote regional seminars.
· To establish professional interest groups.
· To strengthen and broaden revenue base.
· To raise the profile of the University Sport sector within the British Sport arena.

What is UCS?

UCS & Policy Development / Strategic Planning

· UCS is the only body that expresses the interests of Higher and Further Education sport.
· UCS has a proven track record of successfully working with and lobbying other organisations with an interest in our sector, including:

UCS & Promotion of Good Practice / Professional Development

· UCS provides a comprehensive communication network regionally, nationally and internationally, supplying members with useful information.
· UCS facilitates the sharing of good practice and bench marking in areas such as health and safety, facility development and management, sports development and talented athlete support.
· UCS produces a regular newsletter, which includes interesting articles on current hot topics.
· UCS organises high quality national and regional conferences, offering excellent opportunities for training and networking.

Constitution

A copy of the UCS Constitution is available as a pdf document by clicking on this link