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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Sports Management, Marketing, and Economics
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1465562
This article is part of the Research Topic Multidimensional development of student-athletes: new perspectives on dual-career View all 4 articles

Preliminary results of a survey of students at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" on the sport practice: a focus on the effects of Dual Career regulation

Provisionally accepted
Roberto Bonanni Roberto Bonanni 1*Ida Cariati Ida Cariati 2Manuel Onorati Manuel Onorati 3Virginia Tancredi Virginia Tancredi 2
  • 1 Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • 2 Department of Systems Medicine, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome, via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
  • 3 CUS, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome, Via Cracovia 50, 00133, Rome, Italy

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    The importance of sports and the approval of the Dual Career regulation at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” are highly significant topics for the well-being and personal development of students. In line with European and international policies, this initiative recognizes the specific needs of student-athletes by offering them tools and flexibility to excel in both sports and academics. However, monitoring student-athletes by Universities requires thorough investigations and the development of initiatives to promote students’ adherence to sports practice. Therefore, our study aims to analyze the results of a survey administered to students enrolled at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” during the academic years 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024, investigating the effects of the introduction of the Dual Career regulation on the student population. Our preliminary results showed that the introduction of the Dual Career program was associated with a significant increase in the number of students practising sports over the academic years, with greater participation in the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. Noteworthy, the number of student-athletes who applied to the Dual Career program markedly increased in the last year, with the highest number of enrollments in the macroareas of Medicine and Surgery, Economy, and Engineering. Overall, the Dual Career regulation offers the possibility to plan the study path in a personalized way, dedicated academic support, and flexibility in deadlines, making the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” a model of integration between education and sportiness.

    Keywords: Dual career, University, Sport, Student-athletes, Education

    Received: 16 Jul 2024; Accepted: 10 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Bonanni, Cariati, Onorati and Tancredi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Roberto Bonanni, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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