Sports Management Outreach in Barbados
1st March 2016
Sports Management Outreach in Barbados
March 1st marked the beginning of the outreach to potential students from Barbados to join the Postgraduate Diploma (Pg. Dip.) Sports Management Programme at the UWI St. Augustine Campus. Ms. Charisse Bacchus represented the Sports Management discipline at the UWI Career Fair, Cave Hill, as well as on television and radio programmes on the island.
Charisse Bacchus meets with interested students
Ms. Bacchus noted the enthusiasm of persons who attended the Sports Management booth, noting also their desire for more information. The sight of this desire to pursue the postgraduate diploma is certainly important as Ms. Bacchus noted that student athletes do not readily consider Sports Science as a career, due particularly to societal misconceptions of its validity and potential.
Charisse Bacchus speaks at the CBC Barbados
The UWI St. Augustine had the pleasure of speaking both on the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, Barbados' radio and television programmes; "Talk Back", "Good Morning Barbados", "Football Fiesta" and "The Mix". This allowed Ms. Bacchus to speak not only on the postgraduate diploma but on issues faced by women in sports, and current events in football and cricket, showing the relevance of the programme to the passions of Caribbean people today.
Charisse Bacchus speaks with Teisha Hinds and Amanda Reifer on issues faced by women in sport
In the wake of this outreach, the Sports Management discipline looks forward to a further increase in interest in the Pg Dip as men and women begin to see the value of Sports Management as a career and begin to break inaccurate, traditional limitations placed on the field.
