ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on some of the arguments and some evidence that support the fact that sport and education or education through sport provide a potential resource of hope that can make a difference to people's lives. Sport, with its impact within cultures and societies, has the potential to impact both within and, more importantly, outwith the university. Sport can help universities reach a variety of communities, and a socially committed view about sport in the university helps to influence educational achievement and alter life-chances for more people. There may be a global veil of ignorance within many university top management teams about what education through sport can offer, but this should not stand in the way of development of a global civic dialogue about sports possibilities or sport leading debates about the role of the university working for the public, on behalf of the public, and with the public for the public good.
