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Sport Journalism student reaches competition final

Sport Journalism student Harriet Fuller fought her way to the final six of the Tipstar competition run by Racing UK and The Sun.

Mark Steel makes a guest appearance!

Comic, broadcaster and author Mark Steel took time out from a 47-date nationwide tour to make a guest appearance at the School of Sport and Service Management.

City Events 2014

School of Sport and Service Management principal lecturer, Dr Thomas F Carter, gave a keynote last week at City Events: where cities meet sport in Paris. The annual conference is attended by leading stakeholders in the global sports industry: international sports federations, INGOs, and businesses.

Project Pinnacle

The English Institute of Sport (EIS) and British Athletics are embarking on an innovative research partnership, Project Pinnacle, which will provide top endurance coaches and athletes with findings to improve elements of their training and competitive strategies, in a bid to maximise performance.

European Academy of Hospitality Management meeting

The Ecole de Savignac in France’s Perigord region was the host institution for a recent meeting of the European Academy of Hospitality Management, chaired by Dr. Steven Goss-Turner, Head of Operations for the School of Sport and Service Management.

Shadow Minister For Sport visit

Report by Sport Journalism student, Jack Haynes On Thursday November 7 Clive Efford, Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism and MP for Eltham, visited the School of Sport and Service Management on a wide-ranging fact-finding mission, meeting with staff and students.

PhD student presents in Boston

Rosie Twomey, PhD student at the School of Sport and Service Management and technical instructor on the Sports Coaching BSc and Exercise Science MSc courses, was invited to present at the prestigious 3rd International Congress on SOLDIERS’ PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE which took place in Boston.

Course leader shortlisted!

Sport Journalism co-course leader Rob Steen has made the shortlist for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport, published by Bloomsbury in June, is the second of Rob’s books to make the William Hill shortlist – he won the silver medal in 1991 for…

Lecturer on panel at Fans for Diversity Event

School of Sport and Service Management lecturer Mark Doidge has been invited to be part of a panel discussing discrimination in football in collaboration with the Football Supporters’ Federation and Kick It Out. The FREE event starts at 6:30pm on Wednesday 22 October at the Impact Hub in Kings Cross, London. All welcome Further information and how to reserve your…

Mount Everest climber visits university laboratories

Bonita Norris, alongside Indus Films, visited the Sport and Exercise Science Consultancy Unit (SESCU) to film a promotional trailer for a new Extreme Environments documentary. The video was shot in the Welkin Laboratories as part of a pitch being made to Red Bull TV to commission the project.