SMGT20080 Sports Work Placement

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module is designed to provide students with work placement experience in external sports organisations and businesses. This module will encourage and enable students to assume greater responsibility for the planning and evaluation of their own learning. The internship is for a period of 10 weeks in the Summer trimester. During this period students are expected to conform to the normal working hours of the host company and complete a minimum of 350 hours work experience.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

(i) increase student awareness of the broader environment of sport;
(ii) develop new and employment-related skills and gain an understanding of how a sports organisation is managed;
(iii) work independently and as part of a team within the parameters of the agreed work plan and time-scale;
(iv) understand the link between academic development and workplace requirements;
(v) make a reasoned self-assessment of personal and academic capabilities.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

6
Specified Learning Activities

48
Placement/Work Experience

350
Total

404
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The work placement takes place in the summer semester for a period of 10 weeks commencing in mid-May and finishing in late July. Students are not permitted to complete their placement outside of these dates without permission from the Module Co-ordinator. During this period students are expected to conform to the normal working hours of the host company and complete a minimum of 350 hours work experience. More information on the module and assessments is detailed in the Work Placement Student Handbook. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
SMGT10010 - Financial Management of Sport, SMGT10030 - Information Technology

Co-requisite:
SMGT20010 - Event Management


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Preparation, Reports Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat (CFP) Within Three Semesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Ross Neville Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Eleni Theodoraki Lecturer / Co-Lecturer