High-Performance Support Units in Higher Education promote the reconciliation between sports career and academic performance.
The Secretary of State for Sports, Pedro Dias, and the President of Politécnico de Santarém, João Moutão, met within the scope of the UAARESuperior pilot project – High-Performance Support Units in Higher Education. The meeting marked the start of the support project for the student-athletes of the five schools of Politécnico de Santarém.
UAARESuperior, Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
The UAARESuperior project from Politécnico de Santarém aims to create and implement strategies that facilitate the reconciliation of the sports career with the academic path of student-athletes, adapting the successful model of the High-Performance Support Units in Schools (UAARE) from basic and secondary education, to provide more tools that enrich the performance of young athletes in Portugal.
“This project promotes a more inclusive higher education system, which values and enhances the dual sports and academic careers of high-performance and high-level student-athletes, preparing them to achieve excellence in both areas,” says João Moutão. “The adhesion of Politécnico de Santarém to the High-Performance Support Units in Higher Education reinforces our commitment to providing a development environment that empowers our student-athletes for future challenges after their sports career, facilitating their natural integration into the job market and access to other opportunities,” he adds.
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