Dr Peristianis, President of the Council with Mr Ioannis Daras and Charles camenzuli, President and Secretary General of AIPS EUROPE.
By Charles Camenzuli, AIPS Europe Secretary General
(original article on the AIPS website)
NICOSIA,Cyprus, March 27, 2015, A unique postgraduate Masters Degree program will start at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus from the academic year 2015-16 in collaboration with AIPS Europe. The Master of Sports program will be integrated in the Communication and Digital Media Department.
The platform for this initiative within the University of Nicosia was officially launched by Dr.Nicos Peristianis, President of the Council of the University of Nicosia in the presence of Dr.Nikos Kartakoulis, Head of Sport Management of the University of Nicosia who both stressed on the importance of this Master program in view of the ever growing interest and demand in sport media. This initiative was also possible with the close co-operation of AIPS Europe. Through knowledge and expertise of the sports media sector AIPS Europe will eventually work close with the University of Nicosia as well as having an important role in the assessment of the participants.
Details of enrolment as well as of benefits and advantages for current AIPS Card holders will be announced in the coming months as the Master program will officially start in September 2015
AIPS Europe President Yannis Daras and Secretary General Charles Camenzuli took an active part in the launching and official presentation to which the media and university students were present.
Present for the official launching were also and Panagiotis Feloukas and Michalis Gavrielides, President and Secretary General respectively of the Cyprus Sports Journalists Association
The Nicosia University, Sport Media Master Program will be offered both at traditional auditorium lectures and by distance learning. Some of the topics in the lectures for students either as mandatory or optional are:
- Sports Media and Communication
- Social Media Management
- Broadcasting and Web Sports Media Rights
- Reporting on Digital and Web Sports Media
- TV, Radio and Web TV Production in Sports Events
- Sports Commentating in Media
- Covering Olympic Games, World Championships, Champions League
- Press Operation, Statistics, Accreditation in Sports Events
The program also enables professional sports journalist members of their respective national sports journalists’ association, especially the younger generation, to attend to specific conditions, to complement their experience with academic knowledge and acquire more skills for careers in their country or in the international market of sports events.