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Two Winston Churchill Fellowships for Services Management
Bournemouth University School of Services Management is awarded two prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowships!Richard Shipway, lecturer in Sport Studies in the Centre for Event and Sport Research (CESR) and John Brackstone, Projects Manager in The Market Research Group, have both been awarded prestigious Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowships. Richard is to lead an Olympic related project in Sydney, Australia. The project, entitled ‘Using the Power of Olympic Sport in Education’, will investigate possible educational strategies that optimise opportunities associated with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, recognising the education value of the Olympic Games. The research findings will then be applied within schools, sports clubs and community groups in Dorset. Fieldwork for this project will involve consultations with teachers, schools, volunteers, sports coaches, community leaders and sporting clubs in Australia, exploring the educational legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Research will look at the lessons that can be learnt from previous Olympic Games and then investigate how they can be implemented for the London 2012 Games, in order to inspire the youth of Britain, using the unique power of sport. The 2012 Games will be used as the pivotal motivating force. The project hopes to provide the opportunity to use the power of sport in an educational setting that can engage the many young people in today’s society who may not normally have an interest in sport or education and who often feel excluded and isolated within their own community or during their time in education. This Olympic education project will try to use both the Olympic Games and Sport as a positive guiding force in society. Anyone interested in discussing potential involvement in this project should contact either Richard Shipway or Blake Ashwell. John applied within the ‘Workers in Tourism’ category for a 2007 Travelling Fellowship to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. The Fellowships are to enable men and women from all walks of life to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. In the process, they gain a better understanding of the lives and different cultures of people overseas and, on their return, their effectiveness at work and their contribution to the community is enhanced greatly. Within his Fellowship John will visit Australia and New Zealand to look at the way they research and interpret tourism within academic, government and commercial organisations. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust offers Fellowships to British Citizens resident in the UK and from all walks of life to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. The Fellowship offers a unique opportunity to travel overseas and explore areas of mutual interest. Many of the 4,000 Fellows have reported that the Award has opened doors that otherwise would have remained firmly shut. For many the experience has been truly life changing. The Trust is really ‘inclusive’ – the oldest Fellow was 80 when he successfully applied. Fellows come from all backgrounds and ethnic groups, and include those with disabilities. For further information on the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust please visit www.wcmt.org.uk |
   
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