University of Brighton launches cancer rehabilitation programme in Eastbourne

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

The University of Brighton has launched an exercise-based cancer rehabilitation programme in Eastbourne.

Designed to help individuals with or recovering from cancer, the scheme, entitled Active Recovery, has been developed by experts from the University and Freedom Leisure in consultation with Cancer United’s CU Fitter™ initiative. Funding has been generously supplied by the cancer charity Macmillan via Albion in the Community and a University of Brighton ECHO grant.

Harrison helping Active Recovery client David with his exercises in the university's gym

Harrison with Active Recovery client David

Classes are run weekly by Stephanie Wadlow from Freedom Leisure and Harrison Collier-Bain, an Applied Exercise Physiology MSc student at the University. The programme aims to help cancer patients lead more active, healthier and happier lives during every stage of their treatment by improving physical fitness, psychological well-being and quality of life, maintaining a healthy weight, managing side effects of cancer treatment and reducing risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. Continue reading →

Peak Performance without Doping: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

In the first of this year’s sport and exercise science seminar series Professor Yannis Pitsiladis delivered a lecture entitled Peak Performance without Doping: Fact or Fiction?

Over the course of his talk to a mixed audience of students, academics and practitioners Professor Pitsiladis updated the attendees on his global collaborations centred on aspects of doping detection and the three pillars of anti-doping in top level sport. Continue reading →

Playing For Peace

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

Secondary school children from across Sussex and Kent joined international coaches from around the world for a festival for peace.

They joined the University of Brighton’s pioneering Football 4 Peace (F4P) programme to celebrate World Peace Day which took place Continue reading →

Olympics role for professor

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

A University of Brighton academic has been appointed to the International Olympic Committee Medical and Scientific Commission for next year.

It’s the fourth consecutive time Professor Yannis Pitsiladis of the School of Sport and Service Management has been selected for the role.

The Commission provides a “guiding reference for all other sports organisations on matters relating to the protection of the health of athletes”.

Yannis said: “Being part of this commission allows impactful research to be expedited from laboratory to application in the field and at the highest level – the Olympic Games.

“It also allows the participation as an expert at all Olympic Games including the Youth Olympic Games to evaluate and implement changes to safeguard the health of the doping free athlete.”

Yannis added that he was excited about the opportunity to “set and oversee the agenda for positive change in sport and exercise medicine”.

The next Commission meetings will take place from 6 to 8 December 2018.

University backs first Africa Tourism Leadership Forum

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

The University of Brighton is supporting the first Africa Tourism Leadership Forum and Awards.

As a Pan-African event, this is the first Africa travel and tourism industry gathering designed by Africans, for Africans and being hosted in Africa. The forum will convene global and African travel and tourism business leaders, ministers, policymakers, tourism authorities, investors, destination marketing organisations, academics, travel trade and media to deliberate on initiatives to enhance intra-Africa travel and sustainable development of tourism across the continent. Continue reading →

Are our seaside towns free from racism?

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

Seaside towns are venues for fun, frivolity and escapism – but are they also places where racism flourishes? Continue reading →

How munching ice can improve firefighter safety

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

As firefighters tackle moorland blazes in Greater Manchester, scientists at the University of Brighton are suggesting a way for crews to stay cool – eating ‘slushed’ ice.

PhD researcher Emily Watkins and Alan Richardson, Principal Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, have been working with the Fire Service over the last six years to find ways of reducing core body temperatures of firefighters and, in turn, the risk of heat stroke, which can cause disorientation, fainting, organ failure and in some extreme cases death. Continue reading →

PhD student wins the 3MT competition

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

School of Sport and Service Management PhD Student Jennifer Holland has won 1^st place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the University of Brighton’s Festival of Postgraduate Research which took place on 7 June.

Hosted by Vitae, the 3MT invites doctoral students to explain their research and its significance to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes, using only one slide, which is a huge feat when an 80,000 word thesis would take nine hours to present! Continue reading →

We need alternative ways of doing tourism

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

Image by Steven Lewis

Tourism needs a radical overhaul to help secure the sustainability of the planet, tourism activists will argue.

Tourism and the impact of climate change, marine pollution, biodiversity loss, food and water security, health wellbeing and equality will be discussed at a seminar organised by the University of Brighton’s Tourism, Hospitality and Events Research and Enterprise Group. Continue reading →

Poirot finds clues to fitness

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Kerry Burnett

David Suchet CBE spent a day at the University Eastbourne campus gathering tips before a charity trek to Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel in the Andes Mountains.

Photo of Dr Neil Maxwell with colleagues and the Suchet family in the labs

Dr Neil Maxwell (centre back row) with colleagues and the Suchet family

The award-winning actor, best known for playing Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, joined other members of his family including newsreader John Suchet at the University’s Environmental Extremes Lab ahead of their two-week challenge.

In collaboration with local altitude awareness charity, Para-Monte, Dr Neil Maxwell, Gregor Eichhorn (PhD student), Mel Stemper (recent MSc graduate) and Josh Pennick (current MSc student) carried out altitude screening on the six members of the Suchet family. Continue reading →