Leeds sign with Met Wednesday, 01 August 2007.
Leeds Metropolitan University has become the official education partner of Leeds United Ladies FC – the first partnership of its kind between a university and a National Women’s Premier League club. The partnership will provide placement opportunities for Leeds Met students and staff in areas including fitness and coaching, Marketing and PR, events management and sports journalism. Leeds United Ladies FC will benefit from Leeds Met’s world-class coaching and sports science facilities, as well as the university’s experts in a variety of fields, including sports performance, from Leeds Met’s Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education. Leeds Met will also provide administrative support at board level to the club. The Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Met, Professor Simon Lee and chairperson of Leeds United Ladies Melanie Vauvelle, signed the formal partnership agreement at the university’s Headingley Campus in front of a large array of local and national media. England International and top Leeds United Ladies player Sue Smith will act as a ‘Carnegie champion’ for the University and will work closely with Leeds Met continuing the community work the club does locally, and supporting its flourishing youth development programme. The partnership will provide additional opportunities for Leeds Met students who currently play for the university’s women’s football team and a new Leeds United scholarship programme will be developed. As part of the new partnership, the club’s development team will be known as Leeds Carnegie development team and will wear Leeds Carnegie on their shirts. Leeds United Ladies recently announced the signing of England’s Carly Telford and Steph Houghton who won the prestigious ‘Young Player of the Year’ award at the recent FA Awards, as well as England U23 players Nicola Hobbs from Lincoln and midfielder Katie Holtham. Chairperson Melanie Vauvelle explained the new partnership in greater detail at the press launch. “The benefits to Leeds United Ladies are vast. Not only does it help secure our future for the next five years but it also assists and supports Leeds United Ladies in making the next step up. Our ambition is to continue to strive to improve and develop further as a club until Arsenal no longer win every trophy…! “The partnership will help us attract, through Leeds United Ladies scholarships, more of the best women footballers, not only in the UK but Europe and beyond." _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
