BASES Supervised Experience (SE) aims to provide sport and exercise scientists with the guidance, environment and opportunities that will facilitate the development of the competencies expected for BASES Accreditation for scientific support and/or research. SE does not lead automatically to BASES Accreditation but does allow the applicant to use the title “Probationary Sport and Exercise Scientist”. Each of the four sections of BASES has a list of the expected competencies of an Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist in their section. These competencies provide the framework for each applicant to identify his or her needs and provide the format for monitoring via a rating scale.

To view the Frequently Asked Questions on Supervised Experience, click here

For more information on Accreditation, click here 

For information on qualification and training routes to becoming a practising Sport and Exercise Psychologist in the UK click here or download pdf version

Three copies of all documentations (including application form and certificates) are required for SE applications/reports. Submission dates are 1 April and 1 October each year. 

To save paper and the environment. Feedback to applicants will be via email and will be c.c. to their supervisor.

A payment fee of £40 for each application/report came into effect in 1 October 2004. This fee covers the payment of the two reviewers of each application/report and BASES Office administrative costs. Supervisees registered on the SE scheme by the submission date of 1 April 2004 are not affected.

Click below on each document title to download.
Please note when submitting your draft case study (not mandatory) with your year 3 report this should be no longer than 30 pages

BASES Supervised Experience Application Form - new form effective Sept 2004 onwards
(All applicants wishing to apply for entry onto SE need to complete this form)

BASES Supervised Experience Annual Report Form - new form effective Sept 2004 onwards
(This form should be completed annually by both the supervisee and his/her supervisor) - when submitting your annual report please include all previous correspondence from BASES.

BASES Guidelines for Supervised Experience

BASES Case Study Guidance Notes 

Please send 3 copies of all documents to:
BASES, Leeds Metropolitan University, Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Fairfax Hall, Headingley Campus, Beckett Park, Leeds LS6 3QS

BASES Interdisciplinary Competencies

BASES Interdisciplinary Section Application Template

BASES Interdisciplinary Section Guidelines for Annual Reports

Bases Physiology Competencies

BASES Physiology Competencies

Physiology Annual Report Form

BASES Biomechanics Competencies

BASES New Psychology Competencies - effective October 2004 onwards.

For completed examples please view BASES Psychology Section Supervised Experience Examples'. Individuals on this new Psychology Scheme need to annually complete the following forms:

BASES Psychology End of year report and guidance form plus annual summary grid

BASES New System SE Annual Report Notes for Completion Grid

The Northern Sport Psychology Network
This network was established in 2003 to provide a support structure for all those supervisees and supervisors in the psychology section working in the SE process, who live in ‘the north’ of England. The aim of the network is to provide opportunities to exchange experiences of the SE process, discuss related issues and share good practice from a variety of theoretical and philosophical perspectives. If you are in the sport psychology SE programme, live in ‘the north’ of England (or like travelling) and would like to join us, please contact

Dr Chris Sellars, University of Huddersfield, 
Tel: +44 (0)1484 473209, e-mail: c.sellars@hud.ac.uk 

BASES encourages other ‘regions’ in all disciplines to operate similar networks. 

For general enquires regarding Supervised Experience, please contact Jane Bairstow, 
Tel:   +44 (0)113 2836162
E-mail:   jbairstow@bases.org.uk 

For more pathway-specific enquiries, please contact your Pathway SE Rep