ohan Cruyff College tailor made study programs for elite athletes in five “Regional Vocational Education Centres” administered by the Netherlands Ministry of Education
Source : EU Guidelines on Dual career of athletes
Example of good good practice
The Johan Cruyff College offers tailor-made study programmes for elite athletes from all kinds of sports in five “Regional Vocational Education Centres” administered by the Netherlands Ministry of Education. Student athletes and retired athletes may qualify as (assistant) coach, event organiser or for a profession in sport marketing (EQF levels 3 and 4).
More information below from EU Guidelines on Dual career of athletes
2.3.2. Vocational education and training
Opportunities for the implementation of dual careers in the vocational education and training (VET) sector should be further explored. For many talented athletes, vocational education forms the educational part of their dual career. Specific arrangements therefore need to be developed which should ideally be part of a legal or policy framework for all VET institutes in a Member State. Students should be allowed to prolong their vocational education and training due to elite sport. This requires that both the employer and the educational institute have a flexible atti- tude. VET institutes should have the primary responsibility for ensuring that personal education plans are produced in collaboration with the employer and the student. In cases where there is a need for supplementary tutoring to ensure the student achieves the required competences, the educational institute should be in a position to offer such tutoring.
Positive experiences in Member States where youth academies of professional sport clubs already cooperate with VET institutes, leading to sport-related qualifications such as sport instructor or coach, show that dual career arrangements should not be limited to flexibility only, but may also include a curriculum leading to a profession in sport.
More information form Johan Cruyff College website :
https://johancruyffinstitute.com/en/johan-cruyff-college/
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ELITE ATHLETES
The Johan Cruyff College offers elite athletes from all kinds of sport an opportunity to balance sport with vocational education (The Netherlands: ‘mbo’). The programs of the Johan Cruyff College are designed for students who practice sport at the highest levels in The Netherlands, and are delivered in Dutch.
There are four Johan Cruyff Colleges in The Netherlands, in Amsterdam, Enschede, Groningen and Roosendaal. Each Johan Cruyff College is part of a Regional Education Centre or ‘ROC’, academic centers that are administered by the Dutch government.