InnoSport

Course

The course is part of the semester for sport management students, and it is suited for you as a physiotherapy student with interest in Sports and Innovation.

Possible combinations

Students can combine InnoSport with a traineeship of variable time duration (only for students from partner institutions).

Target Group

The course is offered to international exchange students enrolled at the education programmes of physiotherapy and sport management. 

Purpose

This course is offered to international students who would like to explore how to work with innovation in a Danish setting. Students work together with citizens and organisations primarily from Funen.

Proof of English proficiency

All applicants for this offer must show proof of English language proficiency corresponding to a minimum of B2 on the CEFR scale. This can be done by submitting one of the accepted language certificates through the application form.

The accepted certificates and minimum requirements are:

  • IELTS: Minimum score: 6.5
  • TOEFL internet-based test: Minimum score: 83
  • Cambridge ESOL examinations: Advanced/CAE or Proficiency/CPE - Grade: C, B or A
  • Cambridge ESOL examinations First Certificate: Grade: A
  • Oxford Online Placement test: Minimum score: 75 overall + 75 in each subtest

The submitted certificates must not be older than 3 years to be considered valid.
If the applicant does not upload an English test, they will automatically be invited to complete an online test issued by UCL. Applicants may also be invited for an online interview upon our request.

Teaching Methods

All teaching and counselling is in oral and written English. You will experience a lot of different teaching methods such as:

  • Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Oral presentations
  • Group studies
  • Short report

Conditions

International exchange students must participate in the course together with Danish students under the same conditions. 

Tuition Fee

Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay. In this case, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk to learn more.  

Activity 1

Type of Activity

Mini report - - 24.000 keystrokes + appendixes 

ECTS

4.5 in total for all three weeks

Workload

40 hours pr. week

Learning Outcome

The aim for the student is:

      Knowledge - it is the goal that the student:

  • In a cross-professional context can examine and explain challenges in relation to the social framework.
  • Can describe creative and innovative working methods

Skills - The goal is that the student can:

  • Organize inter-professional innovation projects and disseminate results
  • Investigate challenges and creatively solve tasks in relation to this in a cross-professional collaboration with the involvement of relevant networks and resources
  • Search, disseminate and apply practice, development and research-based knowledge / literature and other material related to the innovation project.
  • Critically reflect on the collaboration process and product
  • Communicate, listen, analyze and join relationships relevant to the challenge

Competences - it is the goal that the student can:

  • Participate in interdisciplinary team collaboration with knowledge of and respect for own and other professionals areas of responsibility and competence in relation to interdisciplinary task solving
  • Coordinate and manage interdisciplinary/cross sectoral and project organized tasks and cooperation in different organizational contexts
  • Develop and facilitate inter professional networks
  • Develop creative solutions to current challenges in the field of practice that presuppose and challenge it interprofessional collaboration

There is no examination for this course. At the end of the course, the students will present their mini-report and pitch for the external partner, they have been working with on their case. Afterwards, the students will receive feedback on their work. It is mandatory that the students participate in this part in order to pass the course. 

If the students does not participate in this part, the student will hand in an assignment.

The student can get a certificate stating the obtained number of ECTS points if requested.