As part of the Get Career Ready week activities, we were very glad to offer our Man Met MSc Sport Business, Management & Policy students a range of sports focused guest lectures and discussions! Truly inspiring! Sport Policy Unit - MMU

As part of Get Career Ready week, our L5 Sport Business Management & Sport Marketing students went behind the scenes at DW stadium. They got valuable insight into how the operations of two sporting clubs coincide with one another. Many thanks to Andy Birch for this opportunity!

Open for applications: fully funded 3 year #PhD project looking at the social impact of #football clubs, supervised by myself, Joe Cox and Adam Cox UoP Business and Law For further details, see: port.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

It was great to meet prospective students on Manchester Metropolitan University's Open Day on November 25. Thank you to Maurizio Valenti, Dr Harish Kumar, Swarali Patil, Mike Griffiths and our student ambassador, Vittorio Spinello. Looking forward to the next one!

I am very excited to assume this important role and assist with the UK Government's efforts to assess the delivery and impact of grassroots sport facilities, which are fundamental community assets for the promotion of #Health and #Wellbeing.

Congratulations, Dr Maurizio Valenti for sharing key insights on the growth of women's football at the "Football – A Woman’s Game: Advancing Women's Football via Optimal Practices" event at Staffordshire University.

Grateful to Jacky Forsyth and E-WinS for the incredible opportunity to speak at the “Football: A Woman’s Game” event at Staffordshire University. 🙌 Together, we're actively contributing to paving the way for an evidence-based and inclusive future for the game we love. ⚽

Dr Alessio Norrito is featured in two major Italian news outlets, La Repubblica & Corriere della Sera. Dr Norrito discusses the importance of the Palermo F.C. shirt in the sport consumer journey as a uniquely recognisable asset for a football club. Link: corriere.it/sport/calcio/s…

'Impact of the UEFA Nations League on competitive balance, competitive intensity, and fairness in European men’s national team football', open access paper with A. François and Maurizio Valenti just published in IJSPP tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… cc Sport Policy Unit - MMU Manchester Met Institute of Sport Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

📚 Delighted to continue the international collaboration with Nicolas Scelles & Aurélien François on some fundamental aspects of European football and UEFA competitions ⚽ 🌟 New publication is out! Full article here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

❗️To all sport academics❗️Are you interested to become an external examiner to an international Master programme ? Be our next external to the GOALS Master master-goals.eu/quality-assura…

I’m proud to have received two nominations for the Manchester Met Staff Awards 2024! ✨ 1️⃣ University Citizenship Award (shared with amazing colleagues in Sport Policy Unit - MMU) 2️⃣ Leadership Award (Programme Lead of BSc Sports Business/Marketing) Thank you for all the support!🎖

Euro 2024: why the three Nations League qualifiers deserve their place among the 24 teams theconversation.com/euro-2024-why-… Post in The Conversation with Aurélien François & Maurizio Valenti just published, perfect timing before the start of the competition later today! cc Sport Policy Unit - MMU Manchester Met Institute of Sport

Poland 🇵🇱, Ukraine 🇺🇦 & Georgia 🇬🇪 qualified for Euro 2024 via the Nations League, sparking fairness debates. Are these teams really up to the challenge? theconversation.com/euro-2024-why-… #Euro2024 #Football #NationsLeague

Women's football book coming soon! routledge.com/Womens-Footbal…… Claire-Marie Roberts @Dave_Lawrence24 Candice Prevost Maurizio Valenti Polly Bancroft’s Burner Dr. Beth Clarkson Dr Ali Bowes Alex Culvin, PhD Naomi Datson Barry Drust Ross Julian Stacey Emmonds PhD

*Highly recommended* 'Slaying the Trolls' by D. Berri (David Berri) & N. Walker (Nef) debunks myths about women's sports and, with solid economic evidence, show the discrimination women continue to face in sports 📚 he.kendallhunt.com/product/slayin… 🎧 podbean.com/ea/pb-4nu3f-16…

📚 Women's Football: From Science to High Performance edited by Jacky Forsyth & Claire-Marie Roberts is out for pre-order I co-authored the first chapter 'Global Context and Organisation' with Polly Bancroft. 🔗 routledge.com/Womens-Footbal… #WomensFootball

Social Impact Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: Evaluating the Social Return on Investment of an Inclusion Offer link.springer.com/article/10.100… Published open access in Journal of Business Ethics with Yuhei Inoue, Dr Seth Perkin & Maurizio Valenti cc Sport Policy Unit - MMU Rugby Football League

Impact of the UEFA Nations League on competitive balance, competitive intensity, and fairness in European men’s national team football, open access paper with Aurélien François & Maurizio Valenti published in the last issue of IJSPP tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… cc Sport Policy Unit - MMU Manchester Met Institute of Sport

The EASM conference was a successful event for the Sport Policy Unit. Drs Nicolas Scelles, Dr Qi Peng, Swarali Patil, and Ryuta Yoda, and BSc Sport Business Management graduate, Rodrigo Arguello Roa presented their projects #EASM2024 More details on: linkedin.com/posts/spummu_e…