BU's Sports Management Golf degree first to be accredited by the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE)
叠鲍鈥檚 degree has become the first in Europe to be accredited by the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE).
The accreditation will mean听placement opportunities for BU students, as well as听CMAE top student awards for听the highest averaging students.听
CMAE will also award student memberships听and associate membership to graduating Sport Management (Golf) students, alongside giving guest talks and attending BU's annual Back to the Future sports conference.
听Senior Lecturer in Sports Management at BU Gary Evans said:听鈥淚鈥檓 absolutely delighted with the CMAE accreditation because it proves the BSc (Hons) Sport Management Golf is industry relevant and our Golf graduates are employability ready. The industry placements, consultancy projects and dissertation topics the CMAE will offer under the accreditation really uplifts the听quality of experience for our students.
鈥淭he accreditation also builds on the pioneering work with the Golf industry led by colleagues such as Ian Jones, Head of Regional and Community Engagement, and Dr. Andrew Callaway.听There is no doubt听the CMAE view BU as a trailblazer in terms educating and training early career professionals for the Golf industry."
The Sports Management Golf degree course is specifically designed to the needs of potential employers, with the third year of the course being spent on an industrial placement in the golfing industry.
The course was developed following discussion with specific organisations including the English Golf Union, the Professional Golfers Association, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews, the British & International Golf Greenkeepers Association and the Dorset County Golf Union.
