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DISCOVERING UNIVERSITY SPORT AND SUPPORTING DUAL CAREER 

DiscoverU is a 36 months long project, co-funded by the European Union, with the main aim to improve sport and physical activity opportunities for students in higher education on one hand, addressing larger student population; and at the same time promote and support dual career in higher education in partnering countries.

Main methodology tools behind the results of the project, will be: blended learning; sharing experience; gaining information & skills. 

The main activities and pillars include gathering information, sharing good practice examples and implementation of sports and educational activities. 

The project primairly and directly will enhance sport and physical activity opportunities for students in higher education and increase their participation in these activities, engaging partner organisations through blended learning, sharing experiences, gaining new information and skills.

The partner consortium is composed of seven partners, bringing together two European NGO entities (EUSA Institute and EAS), national university sport bodies in four countries (Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland) and a university (Salerno, Italy).

Sport and physical activity in tertiary education are only partially developed and do not have a unified approach in Europe. The project will engage entities from different countries and experiences, looking into existing good practices and exploring new ways of improvement. Students are often challenged with a sedentary lifestyle, and the project will try to activate them on a grassroots level. At the same time, we will also take a look at how to better support dual career student athletes.

We believe that the direct result of the project will be threefold, contributing to the priorities of the call: improved cooperation between organisations, strengthening their expertise and activities; improved participation in sports and physical activities in grassroots sport (recreation and non-professional competitions); and supporting student athletes in their dual career paths (ensuring study possibilities for elite and high-level athletes). Engagement of the partners in the consortium and sharing the project activities and results in an open way will enable wide dissemination, exploitation, and sustainability of the results.

The project is lead by the EUSA Institute, and brings together two NGOs; besides EUSA, also the European Athlete as Student network (EAS), national university sport bodies from Croatia (CASF/HASS), Hungary (HUSF/MEFS) and Poland (AZS), as well as the University of Salerno. 

Co-Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.