Staff profiles
James Bostock
MA, BA (Hons), PGCE
Phone 0114 225 4621
E-mail j.bostock@shu.ac.uk
James joined Sheffield Hallam in 2009 from a background in teaching and management in higher education, of which he has over 10 years of experience. He has predominately worked within public sector leisure facilities, but also has a wide range of experience of developing partnerships with leisure organisations including working with commercial clients such as Isle of Man National Sports Centre, Centre Parcs, Greenwich Leisure Limited and Luminar Plc.
James is currently working towards his PhD, investigating how sport national governing bodies have responded to reductions in their funding. This research will investigate such issues as change management and governance. James has already completed an MA in Sports Management, which will complement this research.
Teaching interests
- events policy
- events marketing
- the business environment
Research interests
- leisure trusts and impacts on leisure provision
- change management
- governance within national governing bodies
- sustainability within the events sector
