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.
Email us Call us: +44 (0) 1452 702 100“The opportunity that has allowed Estella to support our organisation is an invaluable experience that we know will provide us with significant long-term benefits.”
Estella Maloney-Danvers
MSc Sports Management
Our £10 million+ Sports Academy enables Hartpury students to learn and develop using some of the most advanced technologies in the UK, with additional access to specialist laboratories, gyms and pitches.
The Hub offers the following FREE 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 postgraduate 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, 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).
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.
Read about how our students are upskilling, boosting their employability, and giving something back to the wider sport community.
“Hartpury taught me how to combine my passion for sport and love for business. Without the support of my lecturers, I wouldn’t have gained the essential knowledge that allowed me to enter the sports marketing industry as a graduate.”
"I loved being able to take the tricks I used while working with Major League Rugby and New York Old Blue RFC and apply them with Bream RFC.”
"Thanks to Hartpury, I've secured a job in the sports events industry that I absolutely love. I can quite honestly say that I would have not got the job without Alex and Mike, my amazing lecturers who were just brilliant the whole way through. I can't recommend Hartpury highly enough!"
“I plan to scale the AdviceAcademy and enable a nationwide roll out of half term and summer camps that help young state-educated rugby players realise their potential."
Michael Green MA, BA (Hons), PGCERTHE, SFHEA
Programme Manager, BA (Hons) Sports Business Management
Alex Kay, PhD, MSc, BA (Hons), PGCert, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Sports Business Management
If you’re a business or a student who would like to find out more about the opportunities available, we’d love to hear from you.