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In 2024, the quantitative study of the Move For Health project on the potential of sport and exercise for healthy growing from 2023 was continued. The data collection was funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. The study is part of the Move For Health campaign of the German Sports Youth. On December 3rd, initial results of the nationwide representative survey were presented to the German Sports Youth. Further publications are currently being prepared. From the University of Münster, Dr. Lena Henning and Eva Göttlich are involved in the project.
 

As part of the seminar "Methods of psychomotor diagnostics", third semester students in special education teaching (Lehramt für sonderpädagogische Förderung) conducted motor assessments at the Eylardus School, a state-recognised special needs school for children, focusing on social and emotional development. The project was conducted together with the KreisSportBund Grafschaft Bentheim e.V. Currently, the children’s motor performance is being analyzed and the results will be reported back to the school shortly.
 

At a kick-off meeting, the scientific advisory board of the “Dual Career - Compatibility of Studying and Top-Level Sport” project was successfully established. The members of the advisory board are
- Jörg Förster and Benjamin Schenk (Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband, adh),
- Ilka Seidel (German Olympic Sports Confederation, DOSB),
- Markus Kremin (Head of the Olympic Training Center, spokesperson for the “Dual Career” area),
- Bernd Brückmann (spokesperson for career counseling at Olympic training centers),
- Benedict Eggling (representative of the athletes),
- as well as Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß, Dr. Barbara Halberschmidt and Laura van de Loo (project team at the University of Münster).
In addition to the founding of the advisory board, previous and future project steps were presented and the next steps were agreed.

Last week, Barbara Halberschmidt and Laura van de Loo's MA “Dual Career” seminar was able to take a look behind the scenes at SC Preußen. Sören Weinfurtner gave the course the opportunity to view various premises and watch the U19 team in training. One day later, the group returned to Berg Fidel to accept an invitation from the Uni Baskets. There, the group watched an exciting game against the Kirchheim Knights.
We say THANK YOU to everyone involved!

The University of Münster's sports mentoring project was highlighted as a forward-looking educational model at the OECD Global Forum on the Future of Education and Skills 2030 (10 to 13 October) in Japan. Dr Marie Ghanbari, initiator of the project from the Sports Psychology department, contributed her expertise in a separate article on empathy training, as reported by the Westfälische Nachrichten newspaper, among others.