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Curricular information is subject to change
At the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. Understand types of sport events and contemporary issues in sport event management
2. Assess sport event footprints (social, economic, environmental)
3. Analyse the types and influences of sport event stakeholders
4. Develop a sport event project portfolio using the PMI ® project management methodology
5. Critically reflect upon sustainability reports to evaluate strengths and weaknesses
6. Create a sport event sustainability plan and report
7. Utilize project management tools such as (work breakdown structure, network diagram, risk register, critical path analysis, RACI matrix)
Types of sport events (elite/recreational, e-sports and online events, public/voluntary/private sector events)
Contemporary issues in sport event management (professionalisation, commercialisation, digitalisation, social change, governance and accountability)
Sport events’ impacts and notions of effectiveness (Olympic Games Global Impacts framework)
Event project management (Introduction to the PMI ® project management methodology)
Sustainable development and sport events (UN SDGs, ISO Standards, case study of mega sport event sustainability policies and reports)
Sport event sustainability reporting (Global Reporting Initiative) and assurance mechanisms
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 35 |
Specified Learning Activities | 54 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 160 |
Total | 249 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Individual Assignment | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Group Project: Group Presentation & Report | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Students will be provided with group feedback from the module leader post assessment of their group presentation. Students will also be provided with feedback on their individual assignment post assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Tom Fabian | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |