How the legacy from the 2012 Olympics will impact on young people in sport : a poster presentation assessment

As part of their undergraduate studies, students at Bournemouth University (BU) on BSc (Hons) degrees in Sports Development and Coaching Sciences, Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences, Sports Management, and Sports Management (Golf) all take the first year Sport Context Unit. The Unit aims to give students a sound underpinning of the sports industry in contemporary British society along with knowledge of both the theoretical principles and practical factors affecting it, including developments from a national and international perspective. In addition students are given the skills required to study at a higher education (HE) level and equip them with the tools for successful academic performance. A key topic, which extends across all of these areas, has been the Olympic Games and in particular those of London 2012. Additionally BU students are required to spend a year in industry which, for these students, will coincide with the 2012 Games. The Games will play an important part in their learning and experiences while the legacy and particularly the DCMS’s promise “to inspire a generation of young people” (2008, p. 42) may be significant when these students seek to enter graduate employment in 2013. By following the model of constructive alignment the unit team ensured that all aspects of delivery and assessment supported not only student learning but also future employment (Biggs, 1999).