Sport and Leisure is big business. More people than ever before now understand how an active lifestyle is linked to good physical and mental health, and are prepared to spend their income and leisure time on sports-related activities. Sport and Leisure is one of the fastest growing areas of the global economy, and this course provides the opportunity to gain an understanding of how relevant activities are delivered and managed and develop business insight alongside professional practice.

Our Business with Sport and Leisure Management course will give you a comprehensive understanding of the functions and processes involved in managing sport and leisure organisations. It offers a huge amount of flexibility after your first year, which means you can really tailor the course to your career aspirations. Modules are taught by leaders in their fields and are designed to give you the opportunity to develop analytical, problem-solving, presentation and other transferable skills required by the business world. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills to motivate and inspire a team of people to work towards a common goal.

Placements

The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

Our Placement Office works with national and international employers to ensure excellent work experience opportunities are available to our students on placement courses as well as giving advice in areas such as interview skills and preparing CVs and covering letters.

The placement year is a valuable tool that can enhance your employability and help you to develop as an individual. It is acknowledged that graduates with industry experience are generally much more attractive to employers.

Your Career

Previous graduates from this subject area have gone on to roles such as Marketing & Sales Assistant, Marketing Assistant and Travel Agent in organisations including Age UK, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Travel by Inspire or the Graduate Development Programme with Principal Hotels.**

*  Whilst this is a new course and therefore no graduate statistics for this specific course are available, 85-90% of graduates from courses in these subject areas at Huddersfield are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 17/18, UK domiciled graduates).