Read the reflections on a one-day workshop, hosted by the Moving Bodies Lab, led by Prof. Cassie Phoenix, explored research and creative practice that engaged with an array of wheeled technologies; bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards and prams.

Our new academic year began with a Postgraduate Picturing Research event. Our PhD and Masters by Research (MRes) students were tasked with creating an image to depict their research, and providing a 50 word accompanying description.

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Brett Smith is joining the Platform to co-lead the Narrative Practices Lab with Veronica Heney.

On Sep 17, Dr. Jachyra delivered a talk to colleagues who are a part of the Matariki Network which includes colleagues from the University of Otago, Queens University, Tubingen University, Uppsala University, University of Western Australia and University of Western Cape.

Earlier this month, Rob Hunter and Katie Di Sebastiano visited colleagues at the University of Tübingen in Germany as part of a collaborative research project. The project centres around force control and uses high-density electromyography decomposition to evaluate the behaviour of individual motor units of the tibialis anterior muscle. We look forward to hosting Benedict, Burak, and Justus during their upcoming visit to Durham!

Twenty of our researchers will take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.

The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences would like to extend a warm welcome to visiting PhD student, Talia Ritondo.

Research led by Professor Brett Smith and Dr Toni L. Williams

The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences would like to extend a warm welcome to visiting PhD student, Victor Merino Expósito.

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults.

All eyes have been on women’s football, and on the England team as the winners of the UEFA Women’s Euros in Switzerland. The players are often held up as role models but is the pressure to inspire greater on women compared to men? Professor Stacey Pope from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences has looked into this.

The UEFA Women’s Euros is in full swing, but a recent YouGov survey showed that interest in women’s football still lags well behind the men’s game. What does this mean in terms of gender equality in the sport? Expert on women, football and inequalities, Professor Stacey Pope, explains.