UCFB may not be the traditional university but this does not hold it back. As UCFB gives you the work experience opportunities that no other uni could offer through its long list of contacts throughout football and the sports world. At UCFB I have been lucky enough to attend one of the global summits that they run. These global summits give students opportunities to network with industry professionals. Alongside this it gives students the opportunity to experience sports that they may have never experienced before.

The course is filled with content that relates back to sport meaning that even when we are doing the more finance stuff it still is within a sports context. The course hours are very favourable with opportunity to get a part time job or a sports related job alongside your studies.

I absolutely loved my time at UCFB and the course I studied. UCFB provides you with amazing and unique opportunities including internships and placements within the sports industry and the chance to network with industry professionals. I loved the guest speaker sessions we had and this is definitely unique to UCFB. My lecturers were brilliant. They had industry experience themselves and were very helpful, providing 1:1 help when requested or needed. Studying at the Etihad was great - location is close to the city centre and easily accessible via public transport. City life in Manchester is really fun. UCFB also held extra courses to increase employability like language workshops and they regularly share industry job and placement advertisements to students. I met great friends with the same passion for sport and drive to work in football.

The course was mostly taught in-class however sometimes online due to covid. You have good contact with lecturers who make themselves available to help on a 1:1 basis. Tutors are often in and around the university library so you can chat with them outside of class hours too. I enjoyed the course's split between lectures and seminars.