Ian Tomlinson
UCFB Manchester
Course Leader
BA (Hons) Sports Management
Ian is an experienced course leader with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education and further education sector, and is skilled in business planning, managerial finance, business development and strategy.
His extensive background of financial management has seen Ian work as a consultant, as well as write and develop bespoke programmes for various organisations ranging from start-up to multi-million pound companies, spanning across manufacturing to sport. Ian’s academic papers include looking into the financial heritage of cricket and its commercialisation, as well as the integration and differentiation of commercialisation in the church.
Ian has also written and delivered academic presentations on tax evasion and avoidance, and the employee life cycle within a sporting context.
Area of expertise
- Management accounting
- Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
Industry expertise
- External examiner
- Higher education and further education classroom teaching experience;
- Operational and management experience in the academic sector;
- Mentoring and coaching;
- CPD delivery and quality adviser across academic institutions;
- Over 20 years working in education across both further and higher education;
- Qualified academic presenter (AQA).
- Managerial and strategic accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Strategic Management
- Business Planning
- Systems Analysis
- Chartered Management Accountant
- Member of the Chartered Management Institute;
- MA (Merit) Management, Leeds Beckett University;
- PGCE (PCET), Huddersfield University;
- BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance, Derby University.
- Mental health first aider.