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Undergraduate physical education, sports coaching and sport science students were in Bude to learn complex outdoor activity skills and techniques including canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, abseiling, surfing and windsurfing in unfamiliar environments.

Dr Gary Stidder, Principal Lecturer in the university's School of Sport and Service Management in Eastbourne, said: "This is a very testing series of activities for students but especially for Lexi.

"She showed amazing courage and skill and all the other students were more than happy to lend her a helping hand, when needed.

"It was great training for them because they may well be teaching students with disabilities in the future."

Lexi rock climbing

Lexi surfing

Lexi, who is studying Sport Studies with Physical Education, hopes to develop a career in sport after graduating. She said: "The activities in Bude were amazing and the experience was something I will never forget.

"My favourite experience was the surfing. Riding a wave is an amazing experience, but so is lying on a board and feeling the waves crashing over your back. It's a horrible sensation but it is also sublime, something that I wish everyone could experience.

"When I complete my Level 1 certificates I am choosing to regard it as my driving test since it’s the closest I can get to that particular rite of passage."

Dr Stidder said the Bude event "focused on a student-centred approach through the process of planning, performance and evaluation, to develop practical knowledge and understanding.

"By the end of the week students had experienced a choice of activities in a residential setting. They learned to appreciate issues related to activities in such environments, including safety and emergency, access, and environmental impacts. Students also attended a series of theoretically-based evening lectures related to the activities covered and gained National Governing Body coaching and performance awards in the process.”