Sport Business

The ba (hons) sport business at liverpool john moores university offers you excellent placement opportunities and graduate career prospects in the fast-paced and flourishing sports industry.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

Currently we have sandwich year students spending a salaried year in industry (eg. decathlon, gymshark) who have benefited from this type of work-related learning. work experience is vital to your professional development and will significantly enhance your career prospects. work-related learning is embedded throughout the whole degree, allowing you to experience different opportunities and roles in the sports industry. by applying what you have learnt on the degree in a range of professional settings, you will develop enhanced skills and experience, adding real value to your cv. within the curriculum, work-related learning will include: assessments based on real-life organisational problems simulations of workplace activity analysis of employer driven case studies class discussions/simulations within an organisational context innovative and creative thinking to solve organisational problems guest speakers

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The sport business curriculum equips students for employment with industry specific skills that relate to: sports management, project and event management and marketing and sponsorship. businesses of the 21st century are placing greater emphasis on the role that technology plays in their day to day operations. therefore, through the innovative teaching and learning methods utilised on the sport business programmes, graduates will be well versed in using digital technologies such as social media networking tools for business. the role of business in sport continues to develop as the industry evolves across all sectors, from grassroots, to elite, to professional sport. this programme can offer career pathways into a number of different sports organisations, such as: professional football clubs, local and national sports organisations (example local authority, county sport partnerships) , sport national governing bodies (example football association), and sector specific agencies such as marketing or sponsorship. the job roles within these organisations could cover areas such as: sports sponsorship and marketing, public relations, management, digital media technologies, recruitment and human resource management and business development. the programme also actively supports students seeking to start their own business which could start within the three years whilst studying with us and continue upon graduation. graduates may also chose to progress to further study such as pgde/pgce initial teacher training programmes or other postgraduate courses.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Liverpool John Moores University has partnerships with the following companies: