Steven Osborne

Steven has worked and volunteered in the sports industry for over 30 years and has held management and strategic leadership roles within higher education, public, and social enterprises. He currently contributes to the national sport and physical activity sector as the interim chair of the UK Professional Development Board and Chairperson of the Sport & Physical Activity Workforce Research Observatory.

During his fifteen years in Higher Education (HE), he has held scholarly positions in sports management, with a specialised interest in employability and workforce planning. His present role as a Principal Lecturer in Professional and Workforce Development at Cardiff Metropolitan University recognises his dedicated focus on improving educational design, national accreditation systems and supporting employability and workforce agendas. He has coordinated multiple large-scale European and nationally funded research and innovation projects, including chairing a new national QAA Micro-credential Special Interest Group and a discipline-specific European-wide special interest group in Employability and Entrepreneurship for the European Association of Sport Management (EASM).