About us

sportdevelopment.org.uk is entirely a learning, teaching, research and information resource for students studying "sport development" related courses in UK universities.

Originally designed to provide the author's students with a resource reference point that the university library didn't have, it has grown into a site that many university "sports" students now access and many academics now recommend (and link to from their module guides and university intranets) for similar reasons.

One of the problems with many "sport development" resources is that they are deleted from "official" websites when the policy changes, is updated or becomes aged and whilst this is understandable it offers little in the way of educational value to students whose education sometimes relies on historical deconstructions of current policies and the academic arguments that underpin them.

This site is dedicated to archiving policy and research documents so that students can retain access to them without such documents becoming "dog-eared" or deleted from libraries or websites. It is also designed to provide a distance learning and continued professional development resource for practitioners.

We are, and continue to be, indebted to authors and copyright owners of the documents we hold for not complaining of the retention and critiques of their works and thank them for recognising the educational spirit of the site - recognising the value of their contribution to the development of the profession (irrespective of any critiques offered)

As for anonymity of authorship, an often asked question in Higher Education circles, the website is designed for students, not for marketing the author.

As the author, the writing of the site has helped to widen, structure, clarify and keep my own knowledge base up to date - on a personal level then it is well worth the effort.

To find out who the author is you can send mail here, but you should tell me who you are in order to secure a reply !, otherwise;

Webmaster

comments about this page or the site to the  webmaster here, or you can contact us

Other domain names that we own [some are directed to various parts of the site] are;

• www.sportsdevelopment.org.uk
• www.sportdevelopment.co.uk
• www.sportdevelopment.info
• www.sportdevelopment.net

What others say about the site;

"This website is produced by an academic and is primarily for use by students but also of interest to  practitioners. The site provides a useful starting point for both, academics who  already teach modules in sports development, as well as those new to the topic. There are useful links to a range of useful resources."

review from the Learning and Teaching Support Network (higher education - sports development resources guide)

"This useful site is aimed at students studying sport development at degree level as well as professional sport development officers working in the industry. Coverage includes definitions of sport development, newsletters, a whats new section and details of Higher Education courses. It gathers together information on and links to full text documents on government policy, sport and community, inclusion and sport development, school sport development, and sport and youth crime. These are in PDF format and can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat software. Links to sites of related interest are also included."

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