Volunteer Leaders Academy Archives

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"A powerful opportunity to inspire the next generation of sports leaders"

Volunteer Leaders Academy 6 June 2025

As applications open for the 2025 FISU Student Ambassadors programme, current ambassadors from different continents share their experiences at organising National Academies. These current FISU Student Ambassadors have engaged students by facilitating national volunteer academies and volunteer training programmes. National Academies allow students to create a platform to enhance university sports in their own countries. […]

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Tempted to join the FISU Student Ambassadors Programme?

Volunteer Leaders Academy 11 March 2025

Find out about the experience of current participants, like this inspiring testimony from Kenya, and send in your application until 12 May 2025. With the launch of the application process for the FISU Student Ambassadors Programme 2025, we asked current student ambassadors about their experience in this new role. Meet Diana Barasa, FSA 2024 for […]

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"I feel really empowered" says Gyurhee Kim, FISU Mentee from Korea

Volunteer Leaders Academy 4 November 2024

Bill Thompson from the United States and Gyurhee – Kelly – Kim from Korea form a successful Mentor-Mentee duo. They meet online often and have built a strong and meaningful relationship that allows them both to grow. Let’s rewind back a few months. We are in Zagreb, Croatia, in the middle of the 2024 FISU […]

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Students play a crucial role in the growth of university sport

Volunteer Leaders Academy 17 September 2024

75 National University Sport Federations, 3 Continental University Sport Federations and a total of 120 participants joined the FISU Student Ambassadors programme during the September 2024 online event. September isn’t only the month of the International Day of University Sport (IDUS, on 20 September), it is also a key month in the FISU Student Ambassadors […]

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Only one month until the 2024 FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy!

Volunteer Leaders Academy 13 August 2024

Scheduled for 13-14 September 2024, this year’s FVLA will be hosted online from the FISU Headquarters, promising a dynamic and engaging virtual experience for participants worldwide. With just one month remaining until the highly anticipated 2024 FISU Volunteer Leaders Academy (FVLA), the enthusiasm is growing rapidly among the international university sports community. The programme An […]

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Great excitement and motivation around the FISU Volunteer Leader Academy 2024

Volunteer Leaders Academy 8 July 2024

Over 100 participants from all continents logged on to this first online event in preparation for the main part, scheduled on 13-14 September. What an encouraging start! At the end of June, over 100 people from all continents joined the first online event of the FISU Volunteer Leader Academy (FVLA) 2024. Amongst them, there were […]

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FISU Springboard Programme moves ahead in its 2024 cycle

Volunteer Leaders Academy 17 January 2024

On 15 January, the FISU Springboard Programme 2024 took its next steps as mentors and mentees gathered online to look ahead to plans for the upcoming year. Hosted by Education Committee members Donna Spethman and Bill Thompson, and with greetings from FISU President Leonz Eder and FISU Vice President and Education Committee Chair Verena Burk, […]