This month, Dr Emma Kavanagh and Dr Andrew Adams (Faculty of Management) represented Bournemouth University at SRH University Heidelberg’s 6^th international week, delivering a programme of study entitled ‘Understanding and Managing Human Rights in and Through Sport’. SRH Heidelberg University’s International Week brings together over 300 international students and 30 academics participating across approximately 20 taught courses; providing a stimulating and dynamic learning environment enriched by diverse cultural differences.

This year the international programme was entitled “EDUCATION WITHOUT LIMITS”, and offered students the opportunity to study in the fields of Global Health Care, Engineering, Intercultural Management and Communication, Start up Ventures and Project Management as well as Marketing, Sports Management and Social Media. Students complete four intensive days of study with an end of unit assessment, upon successful completion they receive 3 ECTS and a certificate of completion.

The course offered by the Bournemouth pair introduced participants to human rights and human rights theory and critically explored the application of these ideas within the sporting environment. Human rights, sport event impacts, mechanisms and processes in the management of sport, corporate social responsibility, systematic sport abuse/maltreatment all formed part of the programme, designed specifically for the study week. The course also benefitted from the on-going research of Adams and Kavanagh in this field of study.

In addition, five students from the Faculty of Management had the opportunity to attend the international teaching week and study a course of their choice, supporting and enriching their educational experience and offering an international learning experience further cementing the on-going relationship between Bournemouth University and its European partners. The trip has been made possible by successful applications to Bournemouth University’s Fusion Fund for Erasmus funding to support this aspect of international staff mobility.