The Institute for Physical Education and Sport held its first European Sport Leadership Programme (ESLP) Workshop entitled 'Training the Sport Leaders', on Friday, 11 May 2018.
This workshop was aimed at introducing the project and its objectives to the sport leaders, explaining their roles and discussing various ways to ensure the success of the ESLP project. Sport leaders who attended this workshop were selected during the previous week by Dr Andrew Decelis and Mr Oliver Mallia, following an invitation sent through a mailshot to all the University of Malta full-time first year students.
Students were briefed by Dr Decelis on the vision and aims of ESLP, mainly to improve the governance of University sport across European Universities, to increase student sport participation and to raise awareness about the added value of sport and physical activity on personal and professional development of students. This project’s input towards two of the five pillars of the University of Malta’s sport strategy, that is, participation and well-being, and volunteering and the development of personal skills were outlined and explained.
Dr Decelis explained how the five types of sport to be selected would be delivered, aiming to provide new recreational activities for university students. These activities would be targeting students who are either new to that sport, inactive or semi-active.
Each sport leader/activator would take note of attendance on a register and record student demographics including, name, age, course and year of study. The importance of regular monitoring of the programme was stressed.
Each sport leader/activator would take note of attendance on a register and record student demographics including, name, age, course and year of study. The importance of regular monitoring of the programme was stressed.