The Hartpury Sports Business Hub, managed out of the Department of Sport and Exercise Science, provides students and staff the opportunity to engage with key local and regional sports organisations to complete live briefs and real-world research consultancy. This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Hub currently provides access to a range of organisations including Active Gloucester, Sport Wales, Bream RFC and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club as well as multinational corporations and independent businesses.
Sport organisations benefit from having access to a postgraduate student for digital marketing, social media management, research and consultancy purposes while students boost their employability, expand learning and networks, and gain real-world experience.
The Hub offers the following support services to sport organisations in Gloucestershire and across the UK to boost your resources, provide valuable insight and intelligence - and save money.
We offer tailored digital marketing and content creation support for your organisation across a multitude of channels including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter. This student-led service has been designed to help your organisation implement a new strategic direction and provide support to your in-house marketing department.
Benefit from 150 hours of valuable work experience. Each undergraduate student placed within your organisation could help support you across a wide range of topic areas. Work placements greatly increase the chances of our graduates securing graduate level jobs and offer valuable experience and insight into industry.
Do you have an area or idea that you’d like a master’s student to explore for your business? Our sport students engage in a ‘live’ project that helps organisations conduct research into key areas of business development or evaluation, providing data and feedback aligned with project aims and objectives.
Our coaches are adept at planning and delivering high-quality sports and physical activity sessions to a wide range of audiences including Primary and Secondary schools. Our student coaches study on a professionally recognised course that has accreditation from the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
We also offer bespoke evaluation and learning support to help organisations understand the value and impact of their work. This may be through tailored impact evaluation strategies and training programmes that will enhance your organisation's delivery capacity and capability.
We offer tailored digital marketing and content creation support for your organisation across a multitude of channels including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter. This student-led service has been designed to help your organisation implement a new strategic direction and provide support to your in-house marketing department.
Benefit from 150 hours of valuable work experience. Each undergraduate student placed within your organisation could help support you across a wide range of topic areas. Work placements greatly increase the chances of our graduates securing graduate level jobs and offer valuable experience and insight into industry.
Do you have an area or idea that you’d like a master’s student to explore for your business? Our sport students engage in a ‘live’ project that helps organisations conduct research into key areas of business development or evaluation, providing data and feedback aligned with project aims and objectives.
Our coaches are adept at planning and delivering high-quality sports and physical activity sessions to a wide range of audiences including Primary and Secondary schools. Our student coaches study on a professionally recognised course that has accreditation from the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
We also offer bespoke evaluation and learning support to help organisations understand the value and impact of their work. This may be through tailored impact evaluation strategies and training programmes that will enhance your organisation's delivery capacity and capability.
Our one-day workshops, funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund, are offered online or face-to face across Gloucester depending on individual business needs. Our activities are thoughtfully designed and delivered to be inclusive and personalised for all participants.
By partnering with the Sports Business Hub, you could help shape the future of industry professionals and be part of the development and growth of Gloucester sport.