THE CONNECTION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY SPORT AND ACADEMIC CULTURE
Neja MARKELJ, Otmar KUGOVNIK, Matej MAJERIC
Ljubljana University, Sports Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Keywords: University sport, academic culture, human capital, social capital, cultural capital, Slovenia
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to discuss the role of university sport in the period of greater changes of European universities. The tasks of universities have changed considerably compared with the past. The University is still the carrier of knowledge, but it has to change its philosophy to stay recognisable and embedded in its surroundings. Concepts of the human, social and culture capital have joined discussions about quality assessment of study programmes and that of equally accessible education. The main aim of the article is to disclose the connection between all these concepts, academic culture and university sport. It will be tried to show that university sport is one of the biggest generators of academic culture.
