UCFB alumni can click here to register their interest.
GIS’s global hubs will provide current students and alumni the opportunity to attend Global Sports Summits, based at some of the world’s leading stadiums. GIS’s global hubs are based at New York's Red Bull Arena, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Toronto FC's BMO Field, the Inter Miami CF Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
UCFB-GIS has exclusive partnerships with these stadiums, providing a unique global network for students and alumni.
GIS's global study hubs will each host one Global Sports Summit at each hub this academic year, providing attendees with a packed schedule of industry insight, professional development and networking opportunities. They will feature guests from renowned sporting organisations, locally tailored to each global study hub, allowing attendees to learn best practice and understand how sport is managed within each country. Each Global Sports Summit will provide guests grouped into three categories: from the boardroom, from the industry and from the pitch, allowing students and alumni the opportunity to truly understand all aspects of sport.
The cost of each UCFB Global Sports Summit will be free to all UCFB students and alumni, however all attendees will be responsible for paying travel, accommodation and sustenance. UCFB is partnering with travel and accommodation providers to try to make Global Sports Summits as affordable as possible for students and alumni.
Whilst firm dates are not yet confirmed for each 2020 UCFB Global Sports Summit, the indicative cost for travel from the UK to any of our global hubs and accommodation would be £800-£1,500. Students and alumni will be contacted via email and social media as soon as confirmed dates and travel package options are released later this summer.
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UCFB believes strongly in the benefits of students and alumni attending GIS Global Sports Summit, however we recognise that this comes at a cost to the individual. As a result, we have developed UCFB’s Global Insight Series, a portal of content regularly updated, featuring thought leadership, Q&As and career advice from UK campus guest speakers as well as from all of our global hub partners.
Yes! All current students and alumni will be able to attend a Global Sports Summit at a GIS global hub.
No. Places are only available for current UCFB and GIS students as well as all alumni.
Yes! Places are limited at every Summit, however there is nothing stopping you applying to attend more than one event.
Currently GIS’s global hubs will only be accessible during each Global Sports Summit. In time, UCFB and GIS may look to increase accessibility through more educational events.
Depending on your nationality and current residence, you may require a visa to visit one of UCFB’s global hubs. To learn more about what visa you may need, please contact international@ucfb.com.
Visiting a Global Sports Summit at one of GIS’s global hubs will allow you to grasp a true understanding of how different sports are managed around the world by hearing first-hand from leading sports organisations, which will be locally tailored to each global hub location.
In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to further develop professional skills and gain a cultural awareness of another part of the world. International educational experiences have been shown to boost student prospects across a variety of areas, particularly:
- Increased average earnings;
- Increased employment rate;
- Increased overall grades.
In addition to all benefits listed for those visiting a GIS global hub, there is still a host of benefits that will arise from UCFB’s international expansion, including:
- Thought leadership from our global hub partners, accessible through UCFB’s Global Insight Series and the content hub of the UCFB website;
- Increased work experience and employment opportunities for current students and alumni, through increased international employer engagement;
- A more global alumni network.
Not at present. The global hubs in New York, Atlanta, Toronto and Melbourne are not campuses like in London and Manchester, so there isn’t the opportunity to complete a full semester or academic year at any of the hubs at the moment. These hubs instead will enable students and alumni the chance to travel to each respective stadium and city to learn from practitioners in the sports industry through the UCFB Global Summits, as an addition to any degree programme.
Yes, all undergraduate and Master's on-campus and online students joining UCFB will have access to the Global Summits.
No, the global hubs in New York, Atlanta, Toronto and Melbourne are not campuses like in London and Manchester. These hubs instead will enable students and alumni the chance to travel to each respective stadium and city to learn from practitioners in the sports industry through the UCFB Global Summits.
As the global hubs aren’t UCFB campuses there isn’t the opportunity to transfer from UCFB Wembley or UCFB Etihad Campus to one of the four hubs. Instead these hubs will each host a Global Summit that will enable students and alumni the chance to travel to each respective stadium and city to learn from practitioners in the sports industry.
UCFB’s online degrees allow you to study remotely, regardless of where you are based around the world.
All undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus and online students have the opportunity to attend one or all of the Global Summit events at each global study hub. These summits aren’t full semesters or part of the degree programmes, but instead an intensive week-long enrichment event based around the sports industry in the stadium, city and country the summit is held in.
Each GIS global hub hosts an annual global sports summit, bringing together UCFB and GIS students, alumni and leading sports industry professionals in some of the most advanced sports and entertainment venues in the world.
Global Summits
