THE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY SPORTS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL

Abstract

As a result of the recently changed situation concerning cooperation between universities and institutions for higher education, due to the Bologna-process, the management of university sport has to deal with some important changes and evolutions. The University of Ghent is now cooperating with three other partners; together they are involved in “the Association Ugent” (AUGent) with more than 50000 students. There is not only cooperation in the field of education and research (BaMa), but also in other fields, such as accommodation, student restaurants, medical care, mobility…, and sports. It is clear that cooperation should lead to an improved management, but at this moment there still are a lot of difficulties as a result of differences concerning the topics: structures, finances, know-how, accommodation, regulations, etc. The Flemish Government changed some laws concerning study-financing and students’ services, and offered a framework for “regional cooperation”. This framework is meant to result in a regional cooperation in which students from institutions who do not belong to the AUGent should also be able to benefit from existing services. An overview of possibilities will be given too.