Sally Skea

Job: Lecturer Cultural Events & Sport Management

Faculty: Arts, Design and Humanities

School/department: School of Humanities and Performing Arts

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 255 1551

E: sally.skea@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Sally joined De Montfort University in September 2021 to bring educational and industry expertise to the MSc Sport Management and Cultural Events programmes. Prior to this she was a Lecturer in the Business School at Oxford Brookes University, and an industry lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University.

As a pracademic (scholar-practitioner), Sally remains actively involved in the sports industry alongside teaching and continues to work as a consultant major events operations practitioner. She has 25+ years’ experience working in a range of roles for National Governing Bodies of sport and Major Games Organising Committees including the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2012 Olympic Games, resulting in broad insight across a range of Functional Areas.

The dual role enables Sally to draw on industry expertise, contacts and opportunities for the benefit of students and their employability when graduating from De Montfort. 

Research interests/expertise

Events industry, sport management, graduate employability, professional skills

Areas of teaching

  • Global Sport & Cultural Event Marketing
  • Events Leadership
  • Consultancy Project 
  • Fieldwork Experience
  • Dissertation 

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Recreation & Business Studies, University of Gloucestershire
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PCTHE), Oxford Brookes University
  • MA Higher Education, Oxford Brookes University
  • Fellow of The Higher Education Academy

Courses taught

MSc Sport Management and MSc Cultural Events Management

Consultancy work

  • 2003-present: Freelance consultant with UK Athletics
  • 2018-present: Workplace trainer with R3S Global
  • Operational consultancy to the following organisations:
  • July-Aug 2022 - Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
  • 2019 - ICC Cricket World Cup
  • 2018 - Glasgow European Championships
  • 2018 - Birmingham World Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 2017 - London IAAF World Championships
  • 2007-2016 - Virgin Money London Marathon
  • 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games

Current research students

  • Sport Management Consultancy Project
  • Cultural Events Management Dissertation 
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