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Cricket Management PG Cert

This programme provides professional development for individuals already in or aspiring to work in the cricket and/or sports industry to address contemporary challenges affecting the sport.

Overview

The Cricket Management Postgraduate Certificate is an interdisciplinary programme focusing on cricket’s ethics, governance, diversity, history and heritage, and as a new Olympic sport, its political, social, economic, and cultural contexts. It includes specific elements relating to the socio-cultural role of cricket in order to help students develop a critical perspective on their management work.

The programme considers cricket at the local, national, international and global levels, and is suitable for those already working or aspiring to work in cricket.

The postgraduate certificate concentrates heavily on preparing students to address the issues faced in cricket at all levels of the game. It aims to produce professionals who possess a detailed knowledge of how cricket operates combined with a clear sense of ethical behaviour and a cultural perspective on sport in the 21st century, and how to effectively implement and communicate these concepts into cricket organisations.

Key features

  • This online distance learning programme is designed for part-time students who are already working in the sport industry. 
  • You will study at your own pace alongside other commitments with ongoing support from our expert academic staff.
  • Develop the knowledge and expertise needed to enable you to work at a local, national and international level in cricket with insight shared from industry professionals and guest speakers.
  • Develop a critical and analytical approach to key political, social, and cultural issues in the ever-evolving and multi-faceted area of cricket management and the sport industry.
  • You will gain an informed historical and ethical perspective on cricket developed through sector analyses, which will benefit your future roles and industry contributions. 
  • You will gain a thorough understanding and appreciation of cricket development from grassroots to elite level and the strategy through which sport continually grows.
  • You will be part of a strong community in which students from across the globe bring their different perspectives, enhancing your international outlook.
  • You will have the ability to top-up to the Sport Management Postgraduate Diploma (for UK students) or the Sport Management MSc (for UK and international students).

Talk to our course team

If you would like to find out more about how this course can help you achieve your career ambitions, send a message to our course team [Dr Heather L. Dichter (she/her)] who would be happy to chat to you. Alternatively, you can register for our next postgraduate event or call our course enquirers team on +44 (0)116 2 50 60 70  / WhatsApp: 0797 0655 800.

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DMU has been shortlisted for the Postgraduate Award in the 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs), as voted for by students.

  • UK
  • EU/International

Programme code: N88082

Location: Online/Distance-learning

Duration: Eight months part-time.

Start date: September 2024

Fees and funding: 2024/25 tuition fees for the PG Certificate for UK students: £3,160 

Find out more about course fees and available funding.

How to apply

Application guidance document

Submit a study-related enquiry

Programme code: N88082

Location: Online/Distance-learning

Duration: Eight months part-time.

Start date:  September 2024

Fees and funding: 2024/25 tuition fees for the PG Certificate for EU and international students: £5,260

Find out more about course fees and available funding.

How to apply

Application guidance document

Submit a study-related enquiry

Entry criteria

Entry criteria

Experience in cricket is desired by applicants and should be clearly stated in application materials.

You should have the equivalent or above of a 2:2 UK bachelor’s honours degree.

If you have other professional qualifications and industry experience that differs from the above educational background, we will consider your application on an individual basis.

As part of the application, you will be required to write a personal statement which addresses:

  • your motivations for studying the Cricket Management PG Certificate
  • your experience in cricket
  • how studying the Cricket Management PG Certificate at De Montfort University will help you achieve your career goals.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Structure and assessment

 

Course modules

Teaching and assessment

 

Course modules

The course is comprised of two taught modules.

History, Diversity, and Ethics in Cricket

This module will introduce students to the contemporary landscape in cricket, with an emphasis on diversity and ethics. It will use historical and contemporary approaches and will, while teaching students about structures, governance, and management, encourage critical thinking on political, social, and cultural lines. On-going crises in cricket at the international and national levels, ranging from doping and match-fixing to alleged corruption in governing bodies, mean that no individual within cricket can ignore the issue of ethics. The module will address the historical development of cricket before moving into critical contemporary analysis of the sport. By exploring a variety of issues in a critical academic way, informed by historical and contemporary perspectives, students will develop a clear sense of the challenges facing cricket today and an agenda for maintaining excellence and reforming problematic areas.

Assessment is through a strategy proposal and an essay.

Cricket Development

Sports development is a major factor featuring in many sports professionals’ careers. It is the process by which each sport establishes a strategic pathway from grassroots participation to elite performance and is the strategy through which sport continually grows. As well as relating to the development of sport, the concept also relates to development through sport, which gives it a clear focus on improving individuals’ lives providing community and societal benefits. This module will introduce students to the key principles of sports development, with a focus on the specific needs of cricket. After a critical introduction to the history of sports development and its key influences, the module will explore the ways in which cricket – at national and local levels – can engage with these concepts. These will include increasing participation in cricket; minimising barriers to participation on lines of gender, ethnicity, faith, age, disability, and locality; and the role of coaching and support in helping individuals develop along the Sports Development Continuum from participation up to excellence. The module will have a strong focus on the grassroots cricketing community and will cover the cricket development partnership ecosystem of clubs, coaches, schools, health providers, local authorities, NGBs, facilities and venues, and policymakers. It will also consider the role of effective communications in a successful cricket development programme.

Assessment is through the creation of a development plan.


Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

 

Overview

The course allows you to study at your own pace. Study materials for your coursework are accessed via DMU's virtual learning environment. For each module there is a weekly lecture plus online reading, in addition to the resources available via the DMU Library. There are module leaders for each module and they will provide input regarding your coursework. Module leaders will be available each week by email or MS Teams.

Contact hours

This is a distance learning programme for part-time students who are also working in cricket. Students are expected to commit 15 hours a week of study to this programme, which will include online lectures, engaging with content through the Virtual Learning Environment, reading, and writing assessments.

This course is designed as a flexible programme of study for part-time students.

 

 

Facilities and features

Placements

Library and learning zones

On campus, the main Kimberlin Library offers a space where you can work, study and access a vast range of print materials, with computer stations, laptops, plasma screens and assistive technology also available. 

As well as providing a physical space in which to work, we offer online tools to support your studies, and our extensive online collection of resources accessible from our Library website, e-books, specialised databases and electronic journals and films which can be remotely accessed from anywhere you choose. 

We will support you to confidently use a huge range of learning technologies, including the Virtual Learning Environment, Collaborate Ultra, DMU Replay, MS Teams, Turnitin and more. Alongside this, you can access LinkedIn Learning and learn how to use Microsoft 365, and study support software such as mind mapping and note-taking through our new Digital Student Skills Hub. 

The library staff offer additional support to students, including help with academic writing, research strategies, literature searching, reference management and assistive technology. There is also a ‘Just Ask’ service for help and advice, live LibChat, online workshops, tutorials and drop-ins available from our Learning Services, and weekly library live chat sessions that give you the chance to ask the library teams for help.

More flexible ways to learn

We offer an equitable and inclusive approach to learning and teaching for all our students. Known as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), our teaching approach has been recognised as sector leading. UDL means we offer a wide variety of support, facilities and technology to all students, including those with disabilities and specific learning differences.

Campus centre

The home of  De Montfort Students' Union, (DSU) our Campus Centre offers a welcoming and lively hub for student life. Conveniently located at the heart of campus, it includes a convenience store, a Subway and a Starbucks. Here you can find the DSU-owned charitable accommodation service Sulets and DSU’s shop, SUpplies, selling art supplies, stationery and clothing, and printing and binding services. The building is also home to the DSU officer team. 

Opportunities and careers

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Scholarships

We are committed to helping our graduates enhance their careers and personal development through further study. Postgraduate scholarships are usually for master degree studies. Individuals are encouraged to speak with their employer to see if this postgraduate certificate course is eligible for professional development financial support.

 

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Sport industry connections

The sports industry is dynamic and fast-moving, with a variety of exciting career opportunities. Through guest speakers, you will discover the broad range of roles that are available and position yourself to pursue your chosen path. Employability skills are embedded in the curriculum to prepare you for a range of careers both related to cricket and the wider sport industry.

Graduates will be ideally placed to work in sport development with a focus on the specific needs of cricket, within governing bodies, federations, clubs, sponsors, marketing organisations, the media, public relations, local and central government, or legacy and heritage organisations.

DMU staff have extensive connections with the sport industry, including cricket management, through their own work and research connections, and will bring these experiences and relationships to the course.  Our academic team brings expertise and knowledge that are closely matched to the modules.

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