SPO1009: Careers & Employability in Sport
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SESSION 2 PREPARATION
Read the following:
Bell, B. (2009) Sports Studies Exeter: Learning Matters (Chapter 4)
(digital copy available on SPO1009 NILE site)
Answer the questions related to the ‘sector’ you were allocated in the seminar (if
you weren’t in the seminar, choose one of these yourself)
1. Public (pages 70-80)
2. Voluntary (pp. 80-86)
3. Private (Commercial) (pp. 86-90)
Make some notes on ONE section of questions to present to your
colleagues in next week’s session
1.
PUBLIC SECTOR
a) How is the UK Government involved in sport?
b) Why is the UK government interested in sport?
c)
Why is local government important for sport?
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SPO1009: Careers & Employability in Sport
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2.
VOLUNTARY SECTOR
a) What is an NGO and how does it differ from the public sector?
b) What is an NGB and what are its main duties for sport?
3.
PRIVATE (COMMERCIAL) SECTOR
a) How do we know the private sector is increasingly important in sport?
b) Why is the private sector primarily interested in sport?
Bring this completed sheet to the Seminar next week
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