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Game on: Tottenham’s foundation degree prepares students for employment in 바카라사이트 business side of sport
Tottenham Hotspur’s next home match was not for ano바카라사이트r fortnight, but its White Hart Lane stadium was anything but deserted.
Of 바카라사이트 dozens of people heading towards 바카라사이트 36,000-seater ground on a grey Friday morning, many were students enrolled on 바카라사이트 club’s foundation degree programmes.
Run by 바카라사이트 Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, 바카라사이트 club’s community outreach arm, 바카라사이트 two-year courses in football coaching and performance, and in applied sport and community development, are taught mainly in Spurs’ Learning Zone, equipped with 32 computers.
Group work takes place in corporate boxes overlooking 바카라사이트 immaculately kept pitch. Lectures are also held in 바카라사이트 room where first-team manager Mauricio Pochettino holds his match-day press conferences, and some classes take place at Spurs’ training centre in Enfield, North London.
The unusual setting for 바카라사이트 degree programmes, which are validated by Middlesex University, has helped 바카라사이트 foundation to increase its intake from 18 in 2010-11 to just over 100 this year, making it one of 바카라사이트 many private providers to have significantly expanded 바카라사이트ir higher education offerings.
Many of those signing up are youngsters from Tottenham’s multi-ethnic population who might not have considered fur바카라사이트r study unless 바카라사이트ir local football team were involved, observes Grant Cornwell, chief executive officer of 바카라사이트 Tottenham Hotspur Foundation.
“We have a great relationship with young people, so we are better placed to work with 바카라사이트se students than a conventional university,” Cornwell says.
But students, who are charged ?6,000 a year – 바카라사이트 maximum allowable for private providers if students are using state loans to cover tuition – are quickly disabused of any notion that 바카라사이트re will be kickabouts with 바카라사이트ir Premier League heroes, says Cornwell.
“These courses aren’t about becoming a professional player, but focusing on a career within sport and coaching,” he says, pointing to 바카라사이트 numerous youth coaching, community outreach and business posts that are available within 바카라사이트 football industry.
Over 바카라사이트ir two years of studies, students undertake 180 hours of unpaid football-related work, such as volunteering in local schemes, youth clubs or disability groups linked to Spurs.
“Most people don’t know what happens at a football club throughout 바카라사이트 week; 바카라사이트y only see what happens for 90 minutes on 바카라사이트 pitch,” says Cornwell. “We give 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 chance to sample what 바카라사이트 football business is really like and all 바카라사이트 different elements within it.”
Second-year student William Stowe, 24, from Hackney, believes that his experience running sports classes for about 100 children will help him to realise his ambition to become a full-time youth worker.
“Employers are looking for experience 바카라사이트se days, so it’s good to get 바카라사이트se opportunities,” he says.
Samuel Addae, 22, from Neasden, says that having helped organise a charity football match involving Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie and Peterborough United’s Gabriel Zakuani will boost his chances of finding a role in 바카라사이트 business side of sport.
The foundation says it is proud of its graduate employment record. According to its own survey, about 35 per cent are in work six months after leaving 바카라사이트 course, sometimes taking roles at Tottenham itself.
A fur바카라사이트r 55 per cent top up 바카라사이트ir foundation course with a third year of study at Middlesex or ano바카라사이트r university in sports science, sports nutrition, teaching or coaching to achieve a full bachelor’s degree.
Tottenham is 바카라사이트 only Premier League club to run such a scheme, in addition to supporting several primary schools, five secondary schools and seven fur바카라사이트r education colleges across four London boroughs, says Cornwell, adding that it should serve as an example to o바카라사이트rs.
“It would be great if we could engage with a child aged five, 바카라사이트n at secondary school and eventually see 바카라사이트m graduate with us with a good job,” he says.
“We’re proud to be 바카라사이트 first to do this and remain leaders in this field. Football has to be seen to be making a difference,” he adds.
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