Welcome to the first Sport Management Society at a UK university!
Next event - Tue 10 Dec!
📣 We're happy to announce our first guest speaker of the year: Iulia Niculae - Cuciurean, Head of Marketing at the Romanian Football Federation (Federatia Romana de Fotbal) 🌟
More about Iulia...
- Managing 60+ sports products and 20+ partners
- 18+ years in marketing & communication, specialising in branding and 360° campaigns
- Led marketing campaigns during 5 UEFA tournaments, including EURO 2016 and 2024
- Young Professional Global Vice President at International Advertising Association
- Winning campaigns at UEFA KISS Marketing Awards
Join us on Teams on Tue 10 Dec at 16:15 in for a deep dive into marketing, branding, and UEFA campaigns success stories 🎤⚽
To receive the link, fill out this form here and we will email shortly you the Teams invite.
All students and staff are welcome – we look forward to seeing you all there! 🙌
What we do
Our mission is to increase awareness and engagement in sport management at the University of Bath through guest speakers from the sporting world, employability events and regular football sessions/tournaments and socials. If you are interested in the sporting industry and/or business, this society will provide you with credible information to assist with your studies and/or career.
Why join us
Monthly: A guest speaker from the sports industry
Weekly: Football sessions & socials
New members are always welcome to any of our various events.
Once you join our society, you will have access to our wide range of talks from excellent external speakers from the sporting environment. You will also increase your employability prospects and create more connections leading to a more extensive social network in the industry. Therefore, we encourage people from all courses to join.
Alongside organising employability skills sessions for our society members, we aim to organise an annual trip to the sport management capital of the world, Lausanne – inclusive of entry to a Sport Management job fair.
Our society upholds the University of Bath Student Union’s values and behaviours framework. We are against any form of discrimination towards members and non-members of the society. We aim to have an enjoyable time whilst learning about all the different aspects of sport management.
How to join us
Add our society membership to your basket and checkout. If you already have the Societies Area Membership, then you can join us for free!
Alternatively, if you haven’t yet purchased the Societies Area Membership, this will cost £3 and will allow you to join as many societies as you want!
Past speakers
These speakers are in chronological order, from our first to the latest speaker. The positions of all speakers mentioned below are true as of the time of their talk.
Alex Polyakov – Assistant to the Sporting Director at PAOK F.C.
Hugo Sheckter – Founder of The Player Care Group and Ex-Head of Player Care at West Ham United F.C.
Matt Crocker – Director of Football Operations at Southampton F.C.
Cesare Marchetti – Founder of Deadline Day Sports and Licensed Football Agent
Jon Smith OBE – Super Agent, who worked with Diego Maradona, and the English national teams of both football and cricket
We look forward to seeing you all!