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BUCS Overview Karen Rothery & Staff BUCS

BUCS vision and values BUCS vision & strategy Enhancing the student experience through sport 3 key areas of activity: •SPORT •EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT •PROFILE Some new, some continuing activity relevant stakeholders

BUCS governance structures

BUCS Board Chair Portfolio positions Sport x 2 Marketing x 1 Legal x 1 Student x 1 CEO Company Secretary Advisory Group Competition Group International Influencing Strategy Group Sports Advisory Groups Workforce and Coaching Advisory Group

BUCS Governance Structure

BUCS Board

Commissioned Groups

Ed Smith (Chair) Jon Siddall Prof. Ian Diamond Annie Coleman John Brewer Philip Attwell Jonathan Gleave Tim Nicholls (Company Secretary) Karen Rothery (CEO)

Advisory Group 4 elected student officers 4 elected staff officers CEO Head of Professional & Regional Development 1 Student Chair, each region or nation 1 Staff Chair, each region or nation

9 English Regional Executive Groups plus SSS, BUCS Wales, N Ireland

BUCS STAFF

BUCS Organisational Structure

Membership & Engagement East England

North East England

Yorkshire

South West England

London

South East England

BUCS Management Structure

West Midlands

North West England

Professional & Regional Development

Scottish Student Sport

Sport Development

Sport Events & Programmes

Finance & Governance BUCS Wales

Northern Ireland

Communications, Commercial & Marketing

Disability Sport

International Sport

East Midlands

BUCS Office structure

7 departments

Sports Programmes Sports Development International Sport Disability Sport Professional & Regional Development Commercial, Communications and Marketing Finance

BUCS Sports Programmes

Delivering sporting programmes to all 161 BUCS institutions Competition Team Comprehensive Wednesday Afternoon team sport programme. Event Team Series of over 100 Individual National Championships. Delivering major events. BUCS Surf Championships. BUCS Championships.

Sport Manager’s Developing specific strategic direction for all BUCS sanctioned sports. Creation of Sports Advisory Groups (SAG)

BUCS Sports Programmes

New for 2012 - 2013 BUCS Championships 2013 BUCS Team Finals ‘Big Wednesday’

BUCS Points review London University Sports Leagues

BUCS Sports Development Sport Development Team (6) • Created in partnership with and funded by Sport England (4). • Football Development Team – created in partnership with and funded by The FA (2).

The Support National Partnerships •Relationships with Sport England, NGBs and national partners (SCUK, SLUK, NUS, Skills Active) University Support •Supporting strategic planning and operational delivery Club Development •Enhancing the development support available to HE clubs and developing new participation opportunities Workforce & Volunteering •Providing national and institutional support to grow the workforce capacity within student sport

BUCS Sports Development New for 2012 – 2013 • We are still in post – continuation of Sport England Funding - Advocating for, and influencing, the role of sport within HE and of HE within sport - Developing mutually beneficial relationships between NGBs and the HE sector - Support HEIs to develop their sporting offer, and the sharing of best practice Football •FA funded – responsible for delivery HE elements of the FA national game strategy - Work with focus counties to support the local HEIs - Workforce and participation Disability • Delivery on 2 levels - Strategic delivery to support accessible opportunities on campus - Integrating competitive disability sport within the BUCS programme (Into Inclusion)

BUCS International Sport • FISU World University Championships – GB teams in14 sports worldwide in 2012 • EUSA European Games 2012 – supporting entries by qualifying BUCS Uni’s • FISU World University Summer Games – GB team of c.250 - Russia, Jul ‘13 • FISU World University Winter Games – GB team of c.75 - Italy, Dec ‘13 • International representation – supporting 11 representatives, and FISU Forum • International Strategy – new strategy for 2012-15 Please come to the International session on Thursday for more information : BUCS International Programme – opportunities for student volunteering/ development and an overview of International competition and influencing Including presentations from student volunteers at the World University Games and FISU Forum

BUCS Regional and Professional Development

Co-ordinating the work of Advisory Group Professional Development Days Conference HE Sports Data & University Guides Professional Network Groups Engagement with External Partners (IMPSA, FIA, Quest &NBS)

Member Engagement & Membership Services

BUCS CCM CC&M Commercial, Communications & Marketing • Securing of new commercial revenue (licence, ticketing, sponsorship) • Management of commercial activity • Publications • Membership communications • Social Media • PR / Media • Marketing • Website content (video / images) • Website structure • BUCScore

BUCS CCM New for 2012 – 2013 Secure additional commercial partners and associated activity Continue to enhance profile of HE sport across a range of networks Refine communication channels and BUCScore associated messaging

Run PR campaign on key sector messages (employability)

BUCS Finance

Ensure that financial policies, procedures and frameworks are in place to safeguard organisational resources Liaise with key stakeholder inside and outside of the organisation on all financial matters Ensure that financial information is provided in a timely manner to all users Support the decision making process by providing expert financial advice