Two 天美传媒 students were selected to attend an exclusive leadership training event on Saturday 1 June and enjoyed the Champions League final game as part of BU鈥檚 partnership with Santander Universities.
BSc (Hons) Sport Development & Coaching Sciences student, Anastazja Gluza, and Omar Salih studying BSc (Hons) Sports Management went to a Leadership Masterclass afternoon at Tottenham Hotspur鈥檚 new stadium, led by renowned sports psychologist, Jeremy Snape MSc.
After the Leadership Masterclass, they then enjoyed a stadium tour before watching a live stream of one of the biggest games of the football season at the Tottenham Hotspur ground alongside thousands of Spurs fans.
Anastazja was nominated by Chloe Tape, former SportBU scholar and football coach for BU鈥檚 Performance Sport women鈥檚 team, who shared: 鈥淎nastazja has engaged wholeheartedly in the women鈥檚 Football and Futsal programme. She is one of my most committed players and has made a great contribution to the team as well as overcoming struggling to adapt to university life. I鈥檓 happy to say she has now settled in well and is really excelling鈥�.
While Andy Boland, a Demonstrator in Sport, Futsal head coach and lead for SportBU鈥檚 , nominated Omar as a result of his commitment, positive attitude and leadership as captain of the Futsal second team squad, saying: 鈥淥mar has set an example with an approach and attitude fitting to TeamBU sport, becoming a key member of the squad on and off the court gaining more responsibility as the season progressed鈥�.
Jeremy Snape, who facilitated the Leadership Masterclass is an ex-England and county cricketer who has combined his playing experience with a Master's in Sport Psychology to help both sporting and non-sporting organisations improve leadership and management performance.聽
Matt Hutnell, Director of Santander Universities UK, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to have offered students from all our partner universities this fantastic opportunity to attend a series of leadership activities while highlighting the positive and lasting impact that sports such as football have on people and communities around the world. We are committed to supporting higher education and hope the sessions provided an invaluable insight and the skills needed for students to build upon as they develop their careers.鈥�
The event was also held in celebration of Santander鈥檚 sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League. Santander鈥檚 purpose is to help people and businesses prosper and the sponsorship enables Santander to deliver its purpose in new ways to more people and their communities.
Santander, through its Santander Universities division, maintains partnerships with close to 1,200 academic institutions in 20 countries. Santander Universities was introduced in the UK in 2007 and the bank now has partnerships with over 80 universities, providing over 拢10m of funding in 2018 to support university staff and students. In 2015, Santander topped the Global list of Fortune 500 in investment in education (Source: Varkey Report/UNESCO).
