{"id":3360,"date":"2026-09-04T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T17:32:29","slug":"student-stories-why-i-chose-to-study-sport-while-working-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?p=3360","title":{"rendered":"Student Stories: Why I chose to study sport while working full-time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video OU Sport and Exercise student Ralph explains why an OU degree was right for him and allowed him to continue working full time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why I Chose to Study Sport While Working Full-Time | The Open University\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQSnYSM3cGY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about study Sport and Exercise at the OU visit our &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/?page_id=216\" >Study with us<\/a>&#8216; page.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph also shares what a typical day looks like for him as a Sport and Exercise student in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A realistic day as a Sports &amp; Fitness student\" width=\"528\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYZBqCAcaFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video OU Sport and Exercise student Ralph explains why an OU degree was right for him and allowed him to continue working full time. To find out more about study Sport and Exercise at the OU visit our &#8216;Study with us&#8216; page. Ralph also shares what a typical day looks like for him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3362,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360\/revisions\/3362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/OU-Sport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}