Course Summary
A degree with West Ham United Foundation will push you closer to your desired career in football and sport.
If you want to study Sport at University and experience outstanding opportunities within the Community Sports industry, this degree is for you. West Ham United Foundation and University of East London have partnered together to offer ambitious and driven students like you, with an opportunity to study with, and work alongside one of the biggest football clubs and sports organisations in the world.
West Ham United Foundation are one of the largest and most successful community departments in the Premier League. Students studying on our degree programme will have the opportunity to work alongside our talented staff during their lectures, seminars, workshops, field trips and industry placements.
Students can graduate with a foundation degree after studying for 2-years with West Ham United Foundation, and choose whether they want to continue their studies with a top-up 3rd year in BSc (Hons) Sports, PE & Development, or progress with their career in sport, utilising the contacts and experiences they have gained during their first two years at university.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Community Sport and Sport Management are two growing areas in the sports industry. Our degree programme recognises this as well as the potential employment opportunities for you upon graduation. The Community Sport Management degree has a mixture of academic topics and practical experiences within the modules you will study, providing you with fantastic understanding of what underpins a community sports organisation and its corporate social responsibility strategy.
The degree programme and our dynamic lecturers will deliver expert content in Sports Coaching, Leadership, Community Sport, Professional Development, Management, Marketing, Health and Leisure, Marketing, Sports Management and Sport Development. Our lecturers are highly qualified, experienced and extremely committed to helping you succeed whilst you are studying with us, and will continue to push you to excel in your subject area. This degree will thoroughly prepare you for graduate employment after two or three years.
HOW YOU'LL LEARN
The theoretical topics within the degree programme will be complimented with field trips, guest speakers and industry placements. During your first two years, students will visit sports arena’s in the local area such as; London Stadium, Velodrome, Aquatics Centre, the O2 Arena, Excel Centre, Copper Box and the Olympic Park.
We also provide opportunities for you to work in the summer months, either on West Ham United Foundation’s local programmes in East London and Essex, or on some of our international programmes. In the past three years our students have visited Austria, Sweden, Spain and Turkey, and you will have opportunities similar to this. Furthermore, students who excel may have the opportunity to work on West Ham United Foundation’s international programmes across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
We won’t hide our enthusiasm about the exciting opportunities in sport that our university-football partnership offers you. Students from all sports, with a variety of backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as we also work closely with other established sports organisations such as, The FA, Kick It Out, Essex Cricket Club, London Lions, London Sport, Lawn Tennis Association and the Rugby Football Union. During your placement, you can choose to work within the sport that interests you most, transferring and using the knowledge gained from West Ham United Foundation into your chosen field.
YOUR FUTURE CAREER
Since launching the course in 2015, the degree has become hugely popular and produced high calibre graduates who are now working across the sports industry. Our most recent graduates have achieved full-time and part-time positions at incredible sports organisations such as; West Ham United FC, Manchester City FC (in Abu Dhabi), Crystal Palace FC, Arsenal FC, London Sport, The FA, Essex Cricket Club, London Lions, London Basketball Association and more. After completing their degree, our graduates have remained a part of the West Ham United family, regularly visiting our current students to talk about their journey so far and what they had to do in order to graduate and succeed.
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