Intro

Our Sport Management BSc(Hons) is for those who are passionate about sport and want to develop the experience, management and leadership skills required for career success in this expanding and varied sector.

Your learning will focus on the application of business principles in sport, covering areas such as management, leadership, marketing, governance and finance.

You’ll combine practical experience with academic study, equipped with a broad understanding of the international and commercial aspects of the business of sport.

You’ll benefit from our industry guest speaker programme, field trips, placements and opportunities to work on partner projects.

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Key facts

Location 

2023 entry – Eastbourne year 1 then Brighton: Falmer from year 2

2024 entry – Brighton: Falmer

UCAS code 2G55

Full-time 3 years

Endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)

Clearing: apply now for 2023

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–DMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
 30 points, including three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at distinction and 21 credits at merit or above.

T-level
Merit in the Healthcare Science or Science T-level. Other T-levels are not accepted.

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Don’t meet these entry requirements?
Our Sport BSc(Hons) with integrated foundation year provides an extra year of study at foundation level if you do not have the academic qualifications or experience needed for entry to this course.

Successful completion of the foundation year enables you to progress onto year 1 of this degree.

International requirements and visas

International requirements by country
Country name
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language centre

For English language preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For degree preparation courses.

Visas and immigration advice

Applying for a student visa

Check out our step-by-step guidance.

Flexible admissions

When you apply to Brighton we want to hear about who you are. Grades are never the whole picture; we're interested in things like creativity, resourcefulness, persistence and the capacity to think big and find new ways of doing things. And we recognise that not everyone has the same background. That's why we treat everyone who applies as an individual. We recognise many qualifications and we care about all of your achievements and the experiences you've had that set you apart.

Find out more

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Course content

Course structure

You will experience a dynamic blend of academic study, practical application, research and hands-on experience. This balance of knowledge and practical skills is designed to prepare you for career success in this fast-paced and growing industry.

In your first year, you will be introduced to the components of sport business management and the impacts of sports policy, finance and economics on effective sport management.

In your second year, you will develop project management skills and analyse the role of management for the successful organisation of sport.

In the final year, you will investigate the roles of marketing and strategy in sport business management and undertake an extended piece of research.

Source Park sport bus mgt

Year 1

In year 1 you will be responsible for organising the promotion and running of a sports event. This will develop your commercial awareness and business skills.

Modules

  • The Global Sport Industry and the Media

    This module will introduce you to globalisation with specific focus on sports media and the global sports industry. Key concepts will be explored via globally mediated flows of sport events, sport commodities, and sport agencies and organisations. You will learn about how the media drives the sports economy and the consequences of this dynamic, such as shifts in the roles of fans from citizens to consumers, the rise of sports mega-events, gambling, corruption and performance-enhancing drug taking.

  • Who Runs Sport?

    Understanding why sport is structured and organised in the way it is, has become the most important factor for anyone thinking of developing a career in sport. This module will introduce you to issues of governance, government, policy initiatives, funding and media coverage. Content includes a view of the relationships between sport and sports coaching, sport and health/physical activity, sport and physical education, the sources of funding for sport and why sport is such 'big business'.

  • Finance and Economics for Sport Management

    This module focuses on economic and financial knowledge, on the business environment and on the theory and practice of financial management in sport business organisations. You will be introduced to basic economic and financial concepts that underpin the analysis and interpretation of the business environment, the construction and presentation of key financial and economic data, and how to analysis and use such data in the management of sport business organisations.

  • Introduction to Sport Business Management

    This module will introduce you to the underlying principles, theoretical concepts and practical issues associated with managing the business of sport. Using a stakeholder-based approach, you will look at business structures, ownership, external environment and commercial characteristics of sport business.

  • Sport Events

    Consumers as a consequence of the continued commercialisation of sport, have ever-increasing expectations. This has resulted in intense competition for attendance, spectators and membership. Sport business managers must understand the needs of their consumers and provide commercially viable high levels of customer satisfaction. This module will provide you with an understanding of the theories of service delivery, quality revenue and expenditure management. You will translate this knowledge into practice through organising and running a sport event.

  • Preparing for the World of Sport

    This module will support you in the transition to academic study at university. You will be encouraged to take responsibility for, and reflect upon your own learning, development and employability. You will be given support to develop the skills needed to produce high quality academic work. This module will also introduce you to research skills and practices used to investigate sport as well as raising awareness of careers information and services.

Sports students in a discussion

Year 2

Your second year of study is split into two halves. The first half is about learning the role of sport business management and preparing for your placement, while the second is based in a sport business organisation.

Modules

  • Power and Politics in Sport
  • Conducting Research in Sport
  • Placement: Management in Sport Business Organisations
  • Leading and Managing People in Sport Business
  • Personal and Professional Development in Sport Business Management
  • Reflective Practice in Sport Business Management
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Final year

Your final year of study is based around the strategic implications of sport business management, including the investigation of marketing and strategy. You will have the opportunity to conduct research on a topic of your choice, based on the experience gained during your placement.

Modules

  • Dissertation
  • Strategic Change in Sport Business Management
  • Marketing for Sport Business

Options*

  • Community Sport Development: Policy and Practice
  • Sport Event Tourism
  • Critical Social Issues in Sport
  • Sport Business Entrepreneurship

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Paragliders with view of Eastbourne

Meet the team

Dr Alex Channon, course leader

Dr Alex Channon holds a PhD in the Sociology of Sport from Loughborough University. He has worked in academia since 2008, holding posts at Loughborough University, the University of Greenwich and Syracuse University in London, before joining the University of Brighton in 2015.

Alex teaches on a range of programmes and is the course leader for the Sport Management degree course and Sport Studies degrees. His teaching responsibilities focus on sociological issues as they pertain to a variety of sport and physical activity contexts. He also teaches research methods and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research.

Alex’s own research largely focuses on exploring various socio-cultural aspects of martial arts and combat sports. He has published numerous academic articles on this work, which covers theoretical issues including gender, media, violence, risk taking, education, and medical support. He is also the editor of three academic books, concerning combat sports, sport and gender, and teaching methods in higher education respectively.

Other key members of the teaching team:

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Placements

During your second year, you’ll put your classroom learning into practice during a professional work placement. Our employability hub will help you to find a placement that meets your specific interests and career aspirations. Our students have spent time in Professional sports clubs and venues, with leisure organisations and with charities.

You’ll spend approximately 150 hours with your placement organisation.

We will support you before, during and after your placement – as much or as little as you need. We will also keep in touch with your placement host to see how you are getting on. 

There will also be a timetabled study day to encourage reflection, feedback and to provide tutor assessment before your placement assignment deadline.

Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you’ll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports Scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about Sport Scholarships.

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Careers

Endorsement

Our course is endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

CIMSPA is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector, committed to supporting, developing and enabling professionals and organisations to succeed and, as a result, inspire our nation to become more active.

Endorsement against the CIMSPA Professional Standard: General Manager confirms that the course meets industry standards and provides graduates with the knowledge and skills that employers have identified as most valuable.

Graduating from a CIMSPA endorsed course will look impressive on your CV and help it to stand out to employers in a competitive environment.

CIMSPA Endorsed Professional Standards logo

Our graduates were the first in the UK to leave with this prestigious endorsement from CIMSPA. We were also the first programme to be successfully re-endorsed for General Manager standards.

We were also one of the first 10 institutions nationally, selected to become a CIMSPA Higher Education Partner.

The partnership offers many benefits for students studying this course including substantially discounted CIMSPA student membership. Membership will improve your employability and includes free CPD e-learning, magazines and digital newsletters, networking opportunities, and access to graduate work placement, volunteering, internships and job opportunities.

Prepare for your career 

In your career you need a combination of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and relevant experiences – and you’ll get all of this from your Sport Management degree. 

  • Your placement will give you hands-on experience and help you stand out to potential employers.
  • You’ll work on challenges and live projects with our partners.
  • Option modules enable you to tailor your degree to suit your personal career goals.
  • Field trips and guest speakers will add to your learning experience and provide valuable networking opportunities
  • Graduating from a CIMSPA endorsed course will help you stand out from the crowd, demonstrating to future employers your exceptional skills and knowledge.
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Placements 

The placement will provide you with valuable professional experience, enhance your CV, and provide you with a network of industry contacts.

During your placement, you'll undertake a project for the organisation and produce an online profile. The placement counts towards your degree and will underpin the teaching and learning in your final year.

In the last two years our students have had placements with organisations including:

  • Source BMX
  • Go 4 Goal
  • YMCA
  • West Ham United Football in the Community
  • SERCO Leisure
  • The Saffrons sports ground
  • Brighton and Hove City Council Active for Life team
  • Watford women’s FC
  • Aspire PR and Marketing
  • Brighton Table Tennis Club
  • Origins Spa and Fitness
  • Football4Peace International
  • Active Norfolk
  • Brighton and Hove triathlon
  • 1v1 Ltd – Brighton Footgolf.

Work-related experience 

Embedded into the course is the chance to work on challenges and live projects with our partners, improving your employability skills and enhancing your CV. Students have worked on challenges that have included:

  • Ticket sales challenge with Brighton and Hove Albion FC
  • Parklife event with Sport Brighton
  • PR pitch with Hills Balfour.

We also include field trips that take your classroom learning into the real world and let you get behind the scenes of organisations. Past trips have included Source Park, Wimbledon, Urban Jump and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Our modules include visiting guest speakers from industry who present on a range of current topics and discuss the skills needed within the wider sector. You’ll also get the chance to network, which could lead to all sorts of future opportunities. Past speakers have included:

  • Pete Tyler, Managing Director of Nielson Active Holidays
  • Lisa O’Keefe, Director of Insight at Sport England
  • Callum Murray, Editorial Director, Sportcal
  • Gordon Valentine, National Compliance Manager, England Boxing
  • Natalie Harris, Kent School Games.

Facilities for learning 

From September 2024 this course will be taught at our Brighton, Falmer campus. The Falmer campus is being redesigned, renovated and upgraded and will have lots of new facilities for sport and health science students.

The Eastbourne campus, where the course is based, has extensive sport and exercise facilities, which you will use during the more practical elements of your course. 

These include: 

  • 36 station fitness suite
  • large six court sports hall 
  • artificial ¾ length training pitch
  • climbing wall 
  • 25m swimming pool 
  • two gymnasiums 
  • two dance studios. 

The campus also has accredited sport and exercise science laboratories.

Find out more about the facilities available to our sport and exercise students.

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Graduate destinations 

The sport sector is experiencing economic growth both in the UK and globally.

Sport management students will gain in-depth knowledge of business principles and how they are applied in this thriving industry, opening up a wide variety of career paths with a bright employment outlook.

Careers exist with various organisations including professional sport clubs, sport governing bodies, health and leisure clubs, sport public agencies, sport community recreation departments, sporting goods companies, sport marketing agencies, sport events organisers and athletic service organisations.

Our graduates have secured roles including:

  • marketing executive at  Chelsea FC
  • athlete manager at ITS Talent
  • business development executive at ZTP
  • countryside, leisure and sports events manager at Kent School Games
  • marketing executive at Soccerex.

Further study 

This degree opens up a range of postgraduate study options.

At Brighton, you could progress on to one of our sport and exercise postgraduate degrees or one of our other subject areas if you are looking to change course.

You could also apply to study for a one-year PGCE to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or choose to apply for a research degree and join our team of world-leading researchers.

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Supporting your employability 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 15,300 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2023–24.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

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What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Sport and Health Sciences in the 2022–23 academic year are listed here.

  • Where health course includes a placement
    • UK students – travel costs which are over and above your daily journey to university and dual accommodation costs may be reimbursed by the NHS learning support fund.
    • Overseas students are not covered by the NHS scheme, this means that any additional travel or accommodation costs for this course will be your responsibility. Travel to placement may be up to 90 mins each way/ travel on public transport at peak time cost, and you may incur additional accommodation and living costs if staying away from your usual home base for the length of your placement.
  • An initial set of specialist clothing and uniforms, where required, are included in the course fees.
  • DBS checks and occupational health checks, where required, are included in the fees.
  • Course books are available from the university but you may wish to budget up to £100 if buying your own copies.
  • In sport courses, UK-based field trips are available in some option modules in the final year. You do not have to take these option modules to complete the degree programme. Where a field trip is present costs are covered but you are expected to make a contribution towards food. Typically this is £50.
  • For sports courses which require a placement, you’ll be expected to pay for your living costs and travel. Physical Education (QTS teacher training) students can claim travel costs to their school placement.
  • The school runs a number of day trips which students do not pay for. There may be some food and drink costs and you should budget around £30 per year.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Eastbourne campus

Our campus is within 15 minutes' walk of the beach, South Downs National Park and the Eastbourne's busy town centre.

Campus learning facilities include the Queenwood library, computer rooms, a media centre and a learning and technology suite – and there is a wide range of subject-specific facilities for our sport and health students. Welkin halls are also on campus.

Eastbourne Student Centre provides services including careers, volunteering, counselling and wellbeing, student advice, disability and dyslexia support and chaplaincy.

Queenwood Library at Eastbourne

Falmer campus

Set in the South Downs, our Falmer campus is around four miles from Brighton city centre. Students based here study a range of subjects – from 2024 these will include education studies, teaching, sport and exercise, nursing and midwifery, allied health professions and medicine. Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex stadium and beautiful Stanmer Park are right next door.

Falmer campus has two halls of residence on site, as well as a library, restaurant, cafes and the students' union shop and bar.

The campus sports centre has a fitness suite, activity studios and a sports hall. There is also a floodlit astroturf football pitch, netball and tennis courts.

Specialist learning facilities at Falmer include the curriculum centre used by teaching and education students, which houses over 30,000 teaching resources, and clinical skills and simulation suites used by health students. New facilities are being developed ready for September 2024 when all of our sport and health students will be based here. Learn more about the changes at Falmer.

Cycle lanes link Falmer with our other campuses and the city centre. There are regular bus services to the city centre and other campuses. Falmer train station is right next to campus and a nine minute journey to central Brighton.

Newly refurbished atrium in the Checkland Building

Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

Eastbourne

Welkin halls
Located in the Meads area of Eastbourne, right next to the Students' Union and Student Services, Welkin halls are a short walk or bike ride to other areas of the campus.

  • Ensuite halls with a choice of room and flat sizes.
  • All rooms are self-catered with access to shared, fully equipped kitchen facilities.
  • Rent includes all utilities, 24/7 security and support, contents insurance and cleaning of communal areas.

Private renting
Eastbourne offers good choice when it comes to student accommodation.

There’s a good supply of affordable, high quality private rented accommodation and plenty of support and advice from us if you choose this option. Every summer we provide online events and resources, as well as other advice services, for students looking for a place to live and people to share with.

Student accommodation in Eastbourne

Student accommodation in Eastbourne

Welkin bedroom

Student bedroom in Welkin halls

Modern kitchen in Welkin Halls

Modern kitchen in Welkin Halls

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

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Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

  • You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:
    • Paddock Field and Great Wilkins halls offer a range of rooms on our Falmer campus, minutes from your classes, and on the edge of the South Downs.
    • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Falmer campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently? We can help – find out more about private renting.

Outside views at Falmer accommodation

Outside views at Falmer accommodation

Extensive facilities at Falmer sports centre

Extensive facilities at Falmer sports centre

Students dining at Westlain

Students dining at Westlain

Local area

Easy-going Eastbourne

The South Downs National Park, the bustling town centre and the beach with the pier, prom and bandstand are all within a 15-minute walk of our Eastbourne campus. Officially the sunniest place in the UK, Eastbourne has loads on offer: a year-round calendar of sporting events, the independent shops and cafes of Little Chelsea, music and arts festivals, theatres, galleries, great restaurants and high street shopping.

Every June, leading tennis players descend on Eastbourne for one of the main warm-up tournaments for Wimbledon. One of the UK's biggest free extreme sports festivals, Beach Life, takes place on the seafront in July, bringing hi-octane action on land and sea. The international airshow Airbourne is another summer highlight.

Every autumn our students and staff participate in and support the Beachy Head Marathon, one of the UK's largest off-road marathons with challenging climbs and descents along the Seven Sisters.

The beach and the South Downs provide sports opportunities including horse riding, mountain biking, paragliding, sailing, canoeing, body boarding, kayaking, windsurfing and kite surfing.

The Towner Art Gallery has world-class exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and entry is free. Eastbourne also has four theatres, two cinemas and hosts a varied programme of arts and music events throughout the year.

It's only 90 minutes by train from Eastbourne to central London and less than 40 minutes to Brighton. There are also daily direct trains to Ashford International and Gatwick Airport.

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Enjoying sport above Eastbourne

About Brighton

The University of Brighton is at the heart of our city's reputation as a welcoming, forward-thinking place which leads the way when it comes to the arts, music, sustainability and creative technology. Brighton is home to a thriving creative community and a digital sector worth £1bn a year to the local economy, as much as tourism.

Many of the work-based learning opportunities offered on our courses such as placements and guest lectures are provided by businesses and organisations based in the city.

You can also get involved with city festivals and events such as the Brighton Festival, the Fringe, Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton Science Festival, the London to Brighton bike ride, and the Great Escape festival of new music to name but a few. Other annual highlights include Pride, the Brighton Marathon, and Burning the Clocks which marks the winter solstice.

You'll find living in Brighton enriches your learning experience and by the end of your course you will still be finding new things to explore and inspire you.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Maps

Eastbourne campus map

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Falmer campus

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more.

Student views  

Joe Osborn 

"I spent a thoroughly enjoyable three years on the Eastbourne campus studying Sport Management.

"In designing the course they really appreciated the skills needed in order to excel in the professional environment. Rather than just submitting essays, a dissertation and completing exams, we were also assessed via a placement, presentations and reflective practice.

"Everyone at the university is one big team and everyone wants you to succeed. When looking for a job I received a priceless amount of help from the lecturers and made the most of the university’s careers services.

"I was lucky to receive two job offers before I finished my course and took up a role with ISS, a facilities management company, and my course fitted in perfectly to the job.

"I grew up wanting to be a footballer, which unfortunately remained a dream, but at present I can honestly say it has been one of the best choices I have made in my life to date."

Joe Osborn

Jaebeom Kim

“I never thought of myself as a proactive person before university but during my whole academic years I really blossomed in that area. It also gave me an important insight into other perspectives, broadening my horizons and encouraging people to develop diverse opinions and ideas.

“My degree focused on not only learning the fundamentals, but also on the practical application. Having a placement was extremely valuable and it benefited me. I increased understanding and awareness of the work environment, accelerated personal maturity, self-awareness and the ability to articulate skills and achievements. When I started my career, the placement experiences helped me a lot.

“I am currently working at football agency called TI Sports cooperation in Korea. TI Sports is a professional football agency providing sportsperson representation for footballers. My main job is to concentrate on arranging transfers, media-related matters and sponsorship opportunities. Furthermore, I actively participate in discovering gifted youth players and promotion their growth in order to contribute to enrich the industry.”

Jaebeom Kim

Joe Curry

"Studying at the University of Brighton has been a once in a life time experience for me. I have had the chance to be taught by some of the most experienced professors and theorists in their respective fields of study, and had chance to take part in life-changing events. It has helped me see life in a different way and opened my mind to ideas I would have never thought of.

"I spent my placement with Sport Brighton from March until early June. It was based around two main functions of the organisation: the operational and the event sides. I worked in two main campuses, Eastbourne and Falmer, but I also attended the other campuses for events.

"During the placement I was taught about the organisation’s systems, helped with managerial functions and given certain tasks which would have been carried out by the shift managers and senior recreational assistants. I also took part in and helped run the main sport event for the year, which was the Colour Run, run by the Park Life staff of Sport Brighton. This included tasks such as helping to plan the route, planning the actual event and event promotion.

"The placement placed the theory I learned into action. It let me have an insider’s look of being a manager of a leisure and sport organisation in the best way possible. It was a very useful part of the course, and helpful to gain real life experience."

Joe Curry

Tim Cetinich

“For my placement I worked at Football 4 Peace International (F4P), which is an activity-based community relations and reconciliation initiative that brings people together through a variety of sports. 

“I was tasked with several projects ranging from organising different events such as the Easter Challenge Camp and the F4P v Homophobia event in partnership with Sussex Downs College (now East Sussex College Group), to coordinating with F4P coaches to work on projects and creating a new coaching kit for the F4P staff. 

“I was given the opportunity to go to Berlin to meet with key sport academics at the Humboldt University as well as attending The Commonwealth Secretariat celebration of the second International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. Luckily I was also able to take part in the F4P project in The Gambia and the project in The Republic of Korea. 

“Throughout my placement I gained wider knowledge and experience in the world of sport for development and peace, which enabled me to understand how the business and management elements of a charity organisation work. This then improved and developed many transferable skills that will be crucial in the future. 

“Through the opportunities given to me during my placement, I was able to increase my skills that relate to the sport industry. Whether through managing different teams for different events, coordinating with sport retail companies to reach an agreement on kit packages or organising an event, the transferable skills gained will help me immensely in the future.”

Tim Cetinich

Kelly Smith

“For my placement I worked within the operations department of Equity Travel, supporting sports tours around Europe. I put together itineraries for upcoming trips, analysed feedback to identify areas for improvement and accompanied a group on their trip as their Equity representative to ensure it ran smoothly.

“I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience of the travel and sport travel market. I grew to understand how a business works and constantly changes, and also developed transferable skills in verbal and written communication.

“When it comes to placements, you definitely get out what you put in. The skills and knowledge I developed helped me to gain a full-time role and I now work for Equity Travel as their customer service manager.”

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