NEW BACHELOR OF SPORT AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT Commencing Semester 1 2008
A new Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management course will be delivered at Footscray Park Campus commencing Semester 1 2008. This replaces the previous Sports Administration course (Sunbury campus) and the Recreation Management course (Footscray Park). The new three-year amalgamated course draws together the best parts from each course into a comprehensive, flexible program in which students develop their professional skills in administering and managing organisations, services, events and facilities across the sport and recreation industry as well as more specialist skills within one of the following streams:
- sport management
- recreation management
- outdoor recreation leadership
They can even pair the new course up with other degrees in:
- event management
- business management
- marketing
- sport and exercise science
to form four year double degrees.
All these courses have very strong work integrated learning components involving students directly in the sport and recreation industry and the community. basing learning on real life working experiences which helps graduates secure their job of choice in the future. In addition parts of the Sport and Recreation Management course and associated double degrees will be taught at Footscray's Whitten Oval (subject to final approval) in collaboration with the Western Bulldogs organisation including their community outreach programs.
Contact the Student Centre on 9919 4409 for further information
OCTOBER 2006
On Monday 30th October Channel 9's health program "Whats Good For You" featured biomechanist Dr Russell Best from the School Of Human Movement Recreation & Performance on a story entitled "The Truth About Bras". Click on the link below to see the full story and video
http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id="156768
MAY 2006
'What's Good For You?' n ew TV show on Channel 9 featured an interview in the first episode with Kevin Ball, Sports Biomechanist from the School of Human Movement Recreation and Performance about jogging surfaces. Click on the link below to see the full story
http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id="103391
JUNE 2006
Students Sweep Awards Pool
University Victoria students from School Human Movement, Performance won two of three major awards at the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Victorian Branch Annual Awards Dinner in late May.
VU academic Dr Cadeyrn Gaskin won the Doctoral Student Award of Distinction for his dissertation, 'Physical Activity in the Lives of Adults with Cerebral Palsy'. Dr Gaskin works part time at Footscray Park Campus and part time at Deakin University, where he is completing his postdoctoral research. This is the second consecutive year that a VU student won in the doctoral category.
Ms Rachel Winterton was awarded the Undergraduate Student Award of Distinction for her honours thesis 'The Development of Competitive Swimming in Victoria 1900-1908'. Ms Winterton was unable to attend the awards dinner, and Head of the School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Professor Terry Roberts accepted the award on her behalf.
