More than 80% of this year's intake for Abertay University's Elite Athlete Development Programme (EADP) is made up of women, it has been revealed.

The EADP exists to provide students with the skills and expertise necessary to incorporate a heavy load of training and competition while undertaking their academic programme.

As the programme kicks off this year, the university is celebrating an array of student women success stories such as hockey star Katie Robertson, who was called up this month to the senior Great Britain hockey training squad.

Other successful EADP athletes include Rebecca Norval, who competes for Great Britain in equestrian vaulting, and captain of the Swedish women's rugby team Emilia Kristiansson.

The programme also includes weightlifter Marcelle Brown abd wheelchair basketball athlete Gemma Lumsdaine.

Abertay sports development officer Mike Devlin said it was pleasing to see so many female athletes rising to the top of their sports.

He added: "Mixing full-time study with a heavy training and competition workload can prove challenging and that's why we work hard to make sure our Abertay elite athletes receive all the support they require."