Queen’s University has again received Sport Ireland’s Institute Accreditation for Student Athlete Support, Queen’s was first awarded ASAS accreditation in the initiative’s inaugural year, 2022.

ASAS aims to formalise and raise the levels dual career support for student athletes throughout the higher education sector in Ireland. ASAS is based on providing equal opportunity to all high-performing student-athletes to combine sport and education and is grounded in the right to education.

High performance athletes have unique demands in comparison to the non student population. Because of their increased time and energy demands, increased accountability to various support providers, international travel and competition requirements, student athletes require flexible and supportive structures in order to successfully attain a dual career. Creating an environment that supports dual career athletes is a key success factor.

Matthew Dossett, President of Student Sport Ireland: “universities and colleges are a fundamental part of the high performance structure, which includes a network of world class facilities, expertise, and research, along with significant investment in support services for student athletes.  There is a huge amount of work which takes place behind the scenes in 3rd level institutions enabling students to balance their academic and sporting endeavours”

Student Athlete Standards

To avail of the academic flexibility service, student-athletes should be recognised as a high performance athletes by one of the following:

• Queen’s University Performance Sport Scholarship (Elite Athlete Programme, Sports Academy or Sports Bursary)

• A National Governing Body

• Players Association

• Sport Ireland or Sport Ireland Institute

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