Universities and absences for (inter)national sports repping

[thunderbee]

Does anyone know anything about whether universities make allowances, either at application or during degree studies, for students/applicants who have to attend national training camps etc.? Are modifications allowed to elements of assessment of courses or requirement for attendance if students have to be away during term time?
DC1 is unsure whether they could aim high for Uni given the demands of their sport in terms of training camps, weekend fixtures, expectation of club as well as national team attendance. Does anyone know how Oxbridge and Russell Group deal with this? DC has done very well at GCSE; the level of demand on their time from the sport and compulsory S&C is ramping up constantly however, so not sure how well they will maintain achievement come AS and next year A level. Would this be taken into account at all at application stage?
Any admissions tutors or lecturers on here who could share their knowledge?

What do you mean when you say Loughborough is isolated Scabbers?

Loughborough is great but very isolated.
What do you mean when you say Loughborough is isolated Scabbers?
Indeed.
It felt nothing of the sort when we visited.

Lots of the Loughborough students go to Nottingham for nights out. Not far and excellent choice of nightlife.

I agree with Talkin and Lila. One of my DC did their degree at Loughborough and they never felt isolated. Lots of social life on campus - student union, individual halls events. Off campus, I am told there were some decent pubs and restaurants in the town which is a short walk away. Within five miles there's a Michelin starred restaurant and it's not too far to Leicester or Nottingham. And, if you're that way inclined, I'm assured the sports facilities are second to none.

It's not clear from the OP at what level her DC competes
Actually TheRagingGirl it is quite clear from the title of the thread and that OP's DD attends national training camps.
To treat elite sport as a hobby is rather disparaging of the work that it takes, more in many cases than some degree courses.
Certain universities as has been said by several PPs have a track record of supporting elite sports people and managing the best package for them including when they combine their studies with professional sport.
It obviously depends on the constraints of the course and as I and others have said, there are compromises to be made. Having said that even medicine is compatible with an international sports career.

thunder
My Uni was one that is now in the RG (it did not exist when I was a student)
and my course involved field trips
and my fellow student managed one Olympics and two World cups during his undergrad career
it can be done
(and this was long before all the specialist support stuff that exists now)

Liverpool info

I'm a medic, trained at a prestigious London med school and they did their best to accommodate this sort of thing as they liked the reputation boost of having good sportspeople. A friend of mine took a year out to go to the commonwealth games.

So I think the OPs dd should bear in mind that if she goes to uni on an elite athlete pathway, she will be expected to represent the uni as well as her national etc commitments.

Scabbersley - I don't think that is always/often the case. For example Bath has a number of very good swimmers, who would expect to gear their training programmes towards major international competitions. More of a problem in the States where College sport is taken very seriously. But even then top elite sport is seen as bring kudos to the University.

scabbersley
My friend did not play for the University when we were there - he was too busy playing for England and the UK

I work at a university where we have an international player as an undergraduate student. Before he arrived we put in place measures so he could keep up with the workload while away at training camps and on tour, mostly centered around e-learning provision. I'm not sure about exam provisions, but he graduates this year and is on track for a first.

We don't have an elite pathway (not that sort of university) I do know that Loughborough has really good process in place for elite athletes.