Ian Webster

Senior Lecturer, Sport & Event Management

School of Marketing and Management

Email: i.webster@coventry.ac.uk
Twitter: @iawebster
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Biography

I am a module leader for Strategic Marketing, Strategic Management and Marketing & Sponsorship module, supervising research students including subject expert for numerous PhD candidates. I am also a KTP Assessor for Coventry University working with businesses in Sport and Event Industry, an Academic Partner for Wasps RFC and Wasps RFC Academy, a Visiting lecturer for University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, a Visiting lecturer for AMOS the International Sport Business School, Paris, France, an External Examiner and Expert Panellist at Cardiff Met University and a Unit developer and subject expert for OCR Technical Qualifications.

Qualifications

BA Honours in Leisure Management Coventry University 1996
MA Marketing Coventry University 2000
Executive Certificate in Event Management, University of Technology, Sydney 2008

Research interests

Currently involved in Applied Research projects and academic partnerships with Wasps RFC, Rugby Football League, England Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council. These involved working closely with the University’s Partnership Development and knowledge Exchange Teams.

I have also been involved with research on event security with colleagues from Purdue University in USA – this has involved working around events such as Indy 500, NHL, England Cricket test Matches and Premiership Rugby matches.

Areas of expertise

Marketing
Sport Marketing
Services Marketing
Relationship Marketing
Event, Tourism & Hospitality Marketing
Sport Management
Event Management