- From www.futurelearn.com
Sport for Sustainable Development
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on March 31, 2024
- Ends on April 28, 2024
Course details
Syllabus
Setting the scene: Sport, development and change
Creating change: Policy, strategy, and governance
Making it happen, making it work, measuring impact
Mobilising people, partners, and resources
Prerequisite
This course is for anyone interested in how sport can be used in development.
This includes government officials, intergovernmental officers, sport organisations, public policy experts, private sector professionals, and civil society.
Instructors
Melissa Palombi
A Sport for Development specialist working in Asia-Pacific, on the Australian Government funded Pacific Sports Partnerships (PSP) program and the Oceania Football Confederation’s Just Play Program
Ben Sanders
Dr Ben Sanders is a specialist consultant and thought leader in sport for development and peace. He is currently working with the International Platform on Sport and Development.
Dr Lin Sambili-Gicheha
Sport for Development & Peace expert actively contributing to the Commonwealth’s work in helping countries mobilise sport as an enabler for health, education, employment & economic development goals.
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.