SMGT30280 Sport & International Development

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module focuses on the correlation between sport and development, applied to different international contexts. It examines green economies, ecological strategies and environmentally sustainable practices of sports clubs. It also centres on how sport can be used to support the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The module explores international structures and agencies that manage sport-for-development projects in Global North and Global South contexts, and the political contexts these seek to respond to. The module also examines the strategies, complexities and challenges of managing sport-for-development programmes. Students will acquire an understanding of diverse case studies from Europe, Africa and the Middle East pertaining to sport and peacebuilding, displacement, education and health promotion, as localised forms of global sport-for-development.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and how they can relate to sport.
2. Critically examine the sustainability practices of sports clubs and events.
3. Assess the non-profit sector and how it differs from profit-driven engagement in sport.
4. Critically analyse the political contexts which inspire international development through sport and physical activity.
5. Examine sport-for-development case studies implemented in complex international environments in relation to health promotion, educational development, societal integration, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
6. Critically assess the challenges and strategies of agencies involved in the delivery and management of sport-for-development.

Indicative Module Content:

• Sustainability practices of sports clubs, events and organisations
• The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and their application to sport
• Professional sports clubs, Corporate Social Responsibility, diplomacy and peace
• International frameworks and global challenges
• Sport, health and education in the Global South
• Refugees and sport in the Global North
• Physical activity, play and development

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

65
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, group work, class-based discussion, case studies 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Report(s): Individual Report Week 11 Graded No

40

 No
Group Work Assignment: Presentation Week 8, Week 9 Graded No

50

 No
Individual Project: Portfolio Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7 Graded No

10

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be provided with group feedback from the module leader post assessment of their group report and presentation. Students will also be provided with feedback on their individual assignment post assessment.