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Editorial - Engaging more students in sport and active recreation is increasingly being recognised by national organisations as a way of contributing to raising population physical activity levels by making sport a habit for life (Sport England, 2015). The expert group for health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) across Europe specifically states that "Universities, in particular, are considered important contexts for the promotion of HEPA" (EC, 2015, p.5). Engaging students in sport and active recreation has numerous benefits for universities that are increasingly being recognised by external organisations such as the European Commission (EC), highlighting the contributions higher education can make to graduate employability (EC, 2015). Similarly the sports strategy in England also recognises the importance of the Higher Education (HE) sector for achieving national ambitions through sport as well as the role of graduates in contributing to sport and employability through sports volunteering (HM Government, 2015).

This handbook compiles the experiences of researchers and university staff from five different European universities who understand that the dual career of student-athletes is more than a necessity, it is a right that the student athlete has as a human being. We want to acknowledge the great work done by our European partners in Rome, Malta, Greece and the United Kingdom, as long as they have believed in this project, and for their enthusiasm and professionalism in carrying it out. In the first chapter, we discuss the dual career issue and its importance for the European Union – encompassing projects such as ESTPORT – whose results we present in this book. We start from the idea of the athlete-student as a "centaur", who must harmonize two high-level activities, one sport (as high level athletes) and another academic (such as university students). To do this, they must have the best conditions to respond to their personal right to be prepared for their future, once they finish their sports career. Following this line, in the second chapter, we present the UCAM Sports Tutorship Model, a pioneering model in Europe to offer a dual career to those high level athletes who study a university career. In the third chapter, we present the enriching experiences of the methodology of implementation of the model "sports tutor model" carried out by the Universities of Rome "Foro Italico" (Italy), Malta (Malta), Leeds Trinity University (United Kingdom) And Thessaly (Greece). From their methodological experience on how to implement the figure of the sports tutor in their universities during an academic course, we gathered important lessons to adapt our universities to sports universities. Therefore, in the fourth chapter we present the "Estport" Model 2.0 version, which arises from the enrichment of the initial model of sports tutoring, with which we have been working at UCAM for more than a decade, after the experiences resulting from its implementation in partner universities as a result of project funding by the European ...

The primary objective of the European Sport Leadership Programme (ESLP) was to improve good governance in university sport, through the training of carefully selected students to promote and increase physical activity among the university population. As part of this, the aims were to promote voluntary activity in sport, and to provide quality training to improve leadership in sport. It is important to highlight the innovative aspects of the proposal, which is designed to meet a number of needs present in European universities. ESLP is a pioneering project in the governance of university sport at a European level and takes into account various areas of university sport strategy, from participation or recreation to the elite. This proposal also implements an innovative sports leadership programme with the dual objective of increasing opportunities for students to be active, while allowing them to gain valuable opportunities to help improve their overall employability as future graduates. The programme was designed through a collective needs analysis and has been jointly created by all the universities involved, with active participation from the intended target groups. The innovative nature of the project is also evident from the measures implemented for its development, which will be reported more extensively throughout this handbook. ; This toolkit is the result of the European project 'European Sport Leadership Programme' (590801-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-SPO-SCP). Call: European Union. Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. Erasmus+ Sport Programme. Call EAC-A03-2016 "Collaborative Partnerships". Agreement number: 20172477. Coordinator (PI): Antonio Sánchez-Pato.

This research was part of a large intervention study implementing the European Sports Leadership Programme (ESLP). This paper reports the outcomes of the qualitative study that employed focus groups to assess the students' perceptions of the 15 competencies determined according to the Framework for qualifications of the European Higher Education Area, before and after the ESLP. Focus groups were carried out at each of the five universities. The ESLP involved university students working as a sports leader for 24 months with the aim to engage more students in university sport, whilst they took part in a graduate employability programme. Each university recruited five sports leaders in their second year at university, to deliver 10 new sport and recreational activities targeting the wider inactive or semi-active student population. Findings highlighted that Organization and planning, Oral and written communication, Development of planning and decision making, and Teamworking, followed closely by Emotional control and Adapting to new situations, were the most commonly reported competencies. They affirmed that this programme had helped to develop these competencies. Use of information, communication and technology, Communication in a foreign language, Research and Emotional control were the most common competencies that students stated they needed to improve further. This research found that implementing the ESLP helped to develop students' perceptions of their workplace and career competencies. The ESLP is therefore, recommended as one approach to helping universities to develop student's workplace and career competencies. ; This research is the result of the European project 'European Sport Leadership Programme' (590801-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-SPO-SCP). Call: European Union. Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency. Erasmus+ Sport Programme. Call EAC-A03-2016 "Collaborative Partnerships". Agreement number: 20172477. Coordinator (PI): Antonio Sánchez-Pato.