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Agreement on a better work-life balance

A dual career in elite sport and higher education. Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is working with strong partners to improve the conditions for successfully combining the two.

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Whatever the outcome of the German national team’s match against Hungary on Wednesday evening – the top-level athletes studying at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences can, in any case, continue to rely on successful teamwork within their own squad. At the ‘Athletes’ Brunch’ on the morning of 19 June, Rector Volker Tolkmitt, representatives of the Freiberg Student Services Organisation and the Saxony Olympic Training Centre (OSP) signed an agreement to extend their long-standing collaboration. The General German University Sports Association (adh) is also part of the team.
Agreement signed to further improve the balance between academic and sporting careers: Christian Pöhler (Head of OSP Saxony), Lydia Klapproth (Deputy Managing Director of Studentenwerk Freiberg) and Rector Prof. Volker Tolkmitt (from left).

The new agreement “aims not only to compensate for the disadvantages faced by student elite athletes, but also to establish reliable structures so that they can successfully complete their academic studies at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences despite the heavy demands of competitive sport”.

As a “partner university for elite sport”, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is once again improving conditions for its student elite athletes. Rector Volker Tolkmitt is delighted: “Four strong partners from the worlds of academia, student support and elite sport form a coaching quartet dedicated to ensuring the optimal balance between sporting commitments and academic studies.”

Professor Markus Drowatzky, Elite Sport Coordinator at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, adds: “With this new agreement, we are also more flexible and are expanding the group of people who can benefit from the special conditions we create through personalised study programmes and support. Those involved in grassroots sport can also pursue a dual career with us.”

Once a year, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences invites its top athletes to an athletes’ brunch. Today’s guests included Eric Frenzel, a multiple world champion and Olympic gold medallist, now national coach of the Nordic combined team, swimmer Jonas Kusche, cyclist Pierre-Pascal Keup and motocross rider Valentin Barth. Twelve elite athletes are currently studying at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.