On the 60th anniversary of the introduction physical education at the University of Ljubljana
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In 2023, the 60th anniversary of the introduction physical education (physical activities) at the University of Ljubljana was celebrated. Regular physical activity is one of the most important factors for maintaining health and preventing disease. The effects of regular physical activity strengthen physical and mental health. This represents a logical transition from high schools to universities and is the basis for the vertical (hierarchical) connection of all universities sports programs that are already implemented at universities. The beginnings were difficult, so in the study year 1969/70 at University of Ljubljana, 34% of students were regularly physically active, and in the study year 1981/82 even 63% of students were physically active. After a partial decline in the 1993/94 academic year, an enviable 50% of students were regularly physically active in the 2003/04 academic year. With the renovation of the Bologna study programs in the field of university sport (after 2006), changes occurred that caused a drastic drop in the number of regularly physically active students. At University of Ljubljana, after the renovation of the study programs in the academic year 2022/23, the proportion of regularly physically active students amounted to just under 14%. As for the influence of the European model of sport on university sport, we can point out the encouraged lifelong physical activities, which dictates that universities sports programs must include as many students as possible who are regularly active in sport.
DOI: 10.5937/atavpa25163j
Authors: Matej Jamnik, Jeras Filipič
Language: English
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4406369121