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The article presents a comparative analysis of international experience of the development of students’ physical activity in higher education institutions of Great Britain. The author characterizes the structure and content of higher education in leading educational institutions of Great Britain and pays special attention to the organizational aspects of the development of students’ physical activity by means of sports games in leading British universities. Attention is focused on the fact that the process of physical education in higher education institutions of Great Britain is organized according to the principle of the club system, which allows students to choose what kind of sport or physical activity they want to do in extracurricular time as a member of a particular sports club. It is argued that there is a certain difference compared to domestic institutions of higher education because in the absolute majority of British institutions of higher education the process of physical education is organized on the principle of the club system. Higher education institutions of great Britain provide various sports programs: the University of Birmingham implements the Social Sport program, which enables students to try various types of physical activity during the study semester, to improve their skills or to practise a new sport; the University of Manchester has the Sporticipate sports program, which provides students with several hours of free sports classes per week in order to increase their physical performance; the University of London (City University London) implements CityActive sports program, which is aimed at increasing the physical activity of students, their recreation and communication skills. The study shows that there is a significant number of student sports clubs in British universities, namely 52 student sports clubs at the University of Birmingham, 42 student sports clubs at the University of Manchester, and 18 student sports clubs at the University of London (City University London). Keywords: development, physical activity, students, sports games, institutions of higher education of Great Britain. |
