In its inaugural year, the Diploma of Sports Management (Cricket), a joint initiative of the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) and Flinders University, has seen 19 students participate in the first intake of the program, which commenced in September 2024.
One of the features that sets the Flinders Diploma apart is the 100 hours of practical, work-ready experience within the sporting industry.
Students are exposed to real-life work experience across multiple departments at the SACA, including unparalleled and industry-leading behind-the-scenes access to match days at Adelaide Oval.
Samuel Cannadine is using the year-long Diploma to augment his course degree in journalism.
Cannadine said the match day experience at Adelaide Oval was invaluable for students undertaking the diploma.
“It was so great to get a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of a BBL game as part of our Diploma in Sports Management (Cricket),” Cannadine said.
“We were able to get some extremely valuable experience throughout a number of departments.
“This included the set up of commercial activations, KOJO event production meetings, valuable insights from the communications and digital media teams, and finally an on-field activation.
“I would like to thank the South Australian Cricket Association and Flinders University for making this all possible.”
There are multiple pathways that could lead to this exciting course, with a mix of school-leavers, mature-aged career changers and students that are paralleling the Diploma with other study.
Enrolments for the September 2025 intake for the Diploma in Sports Management will commence in March.
More information can be found here.