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March 2010
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On February 19th, Professor Clement Sankat, UWI Pro Vice Chancellor and St. Augustine Campus Principal, hosted the launch of a new postgraduate diploma programme in Sports Management which is being described as the first of its kind in the region to be offered at a tertiary level. Professor Sankat acknowledged that the programme was made possible only by the combined efforts of Government stakeholders, FIFA/CIES, the local sporting fraternity and the wider UWI family. The programme, coordinated by the UWI Department of Management Studies, covers sport management, marketing, finance, facilities management and policy development issues, law, communication, and event management challenges involved in delivering sports services in a globalised environment. Dr Iva Gloudon, Director of UWI Sport and Physical Education, has said she will call on private and public sector stakeholders to continue to support the initiative through its formative years. Mr Vincent Monnier, CIES International Relations Director, reminded the new students attending the launch that through their enrolment in the new UWI/FIFA/CIES programme, they had become members of the International University Network (IUN), which includes nine universities from South Africa, Costa Rica, Argentina, Egypt, Senegal, Palestine, Turkey, Chile and Ukraine. As IUN members, students have gained access to resources from any of the member institutions of this network and have become part of the international student fraternity operated by the CIES, Monnier said. Mr Brian-Anthony David, speaking on behalf of the inaugural class, said that the group was looking forward to pioneering solutions to challenges in local sport. The history of the programme dates back to September 2008, when FIFA President Joseph Blatter and The UWI Vice Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris signed a Memorandum of Agreement to undertake cooperative programmes in the areas of research, training, education and facilities development in sport within the region. The University’s new Master of Science degree in Sport Management began in February. For more information about these programmes, please contact Ms Charisse Broome at Charisse.Broome@sta.uwi.edu or the Director of Sport and Physical Education at Iva.Gloudon@sta.uwi.edu or (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2307. |
A new Executive Sports Management programme from The UWI, FIFA and the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) could be just what the Caribbean needs to strengthen this region’s standing in international sport.