As part of the Children’s University, the next lecture on 3 July 2019 will take a child-friendly look at this popular ball sport.
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“Football – more than just a game?”
In many parts of the world, football is the most popular sport. Millions of people play football, whilst hundreds of millions watch football matches at the stadium, on the telly or online. In Germany, children and young people regularly rank football as their number one choice of sport to play in their free time. (And anyone who lives in the Lower Rhine region knows that this includes many girls.) But what makes football so interesting, apart from what happens on the pitch? Why do so many people who are otherwise indifferent to football follow the World Cup and the European Championships? And why does the UEFA Champions League logo actually look so much like the European Union flag? In his lecture, Professor Dr Alexander Brand, Professor of Political Science specialising in International Relations, will discuss with the children all the things one can learn about politics through football.
The event will take place on 3 July 2019 from 5.15 pm to 6.00 pm at the Kleve campus of Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, 47533 Kleve, in the Lecture Theatre Centre, Building 01, ground floor, Audimax. Admission is free and no registration is required.
The Children’s University
Through the Children’s University, Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences offers children aged between eight and twelve the opportunity to develop a passion for the world of science through lectures (45 minutes) specially designed for them. Just like proper students, they are given student ID cards. They sit in lecture theatres and can ask the experts as many questions as they like. The big difference from a proper degree course is that there are no exams to sit.
Come and join us!
Children keen to study at the Children’s University can attend either all the lectures or just a few. The Children’s University’s course catalogue can be viewed on the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences website at www.hochschule-rhein-waal.de/de/veranstaltungen/kinder-uni-0. No registration is required for the lectures. Admission is free.
