Prehabilitation in Practice: Establishing a new partnership between DSES and the Wellbeing for the Time Being Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Programme

Scarlet is an artist-researcher working on an SPHR funded project with Dr Caroline Dodd-Reynolds, exploring physical activity among LGBTQ+ youth

Dr. Patrick Jachyra will be delivering a Keynote presentation at the Ward Research Day and Pursuit Award Competition on July 18, 2023, at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto, Canada.

Associate Professor Stacey Pope from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences explains how media coverage of women's football has changed since 2015.

Media coverage of women’s football has substantially increased in the last few years with respectful coverage continuing to grow, according to a new study by our sport scientists.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Patrick Jachyra has received an award as a Disability in Sport and Physical Activity (DisSPA) Champion from the Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network Conference.

Assistant Professor Hester Hockin-Boyers from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences explores the 'shy girl workout' trend and details how women can build gym confidence.

Dr Patrick Jachyra from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences explains the importance of physical activity for supporting mental health, particularly in neurodivergent and disabled people. He also shares some tools below that can contribute to mental well-being.

We are ranked 51-100 in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.

Huge congratulations to Ella Merefield and Sophie Ewin on being awarded a 12-week funded internship in Canada, during the summer of 2023. The internship is funded by the Mitacs Internship Program. Ella will be supporting research at the University of Winnipeg and Sophie will be at the University of Regina. Read about their plans in Canada during the internship along with the nature of research they will be conducting.

DSES PGR student, Grace McCatty has recently been interviewed by The Observer, and discusses how Zambia impacted on her life and the joy that football brought.

A new report is calling on men’s professional football clubs to tackle pervasive sexism and misogyny in the sport.