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Inclusive Workshop for Local School Pupils

PGCE and School Direct Physical Education and Dance students at the School of Sport and Service Management took part in a whole day of inclusive sport and physical activity with pupils from schools in East Sussex. The emphasis of the day was on equity and inclusion within the secondary school physical education and dance curriculum….

Jack’s the first for esports

A School of Sport and Service Management graduate has become the first full-time British newspaper esports journalist. Jack Stewart, 21, graduated with a Sport Journalism BA(Hons) degree just this summer and was quickly snapped up by a national newspaper to report on competitive video games. He said: “The Daily Mail advertised they were looking for…

Physiotherapy student crowned Aquathlon world champion

Congratulations to Chloe Pollard, one of our Physiotherapy BSc students, who has been crowned under 23 Aquathlon champion of the world.

Disability Sport Awareness Training

PE and Dance Trainee Teachers took part in disability sport awareness training as part of their induction into their PGCE/School Direct training. Students learnt more about the games of Boccia, sit-down volleyball, new age kurling, goal ball and parachute games. The emphasis of the day was on equity and inclusion in physical education and the…

Inclusive PE workshop

PGCE and School Direct trainee Physical Education teachers engaged in a wheelchair basketball workshop at the School of Sport and Service Management as part of their induction to teacher training. The day also consisted of awareness training related to teaching pupils with hearing impairments using sign language and guiding pupils with sight impairments.

Football for refugees

Football clubs, federations, fans and governments around Europe are being urged to make the sport more accessible to refugees. Dr Mark Doidge, Senior Research Fellow from the School of Sport and Service Management, said football was the universal language that can bring some semblance of normality to the lives of refugees and it was important…

Trainee teachers get surfing

Trainee Physical Education teachers were introduced to the latest Californian craze amongst children as part of their induction into the PGCE and School Direct Physical Education Teacher Training Programme. Street Surfing is a combination of skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding on two wheels and is proving to capture the interest of pupils in schools.

Sport Summer School 2017

The University of Brighton’s residential Sport Summer School took place from 22-26 August as part of the Compact Plus Programme. Thirty Year 12 students from schools and colleges across the South-East took part in a packed programme of activities which included inspirational lectures, practical sessions such as physical education, sport coaching, cheerleading and in the…

Trainee PE and Dance Teachers join in Team Building Exercises

PGCE and School Direct Physical Education and Dance trainee teachers came together at the start of their teacher training course on 5 September to take part in a series of team building exercises designed to develop group dynamics and working relationships. A series of ice-breaking activities were followed by team building games and exercises in small groups…

Trainee PE teachers get to grips with alternative physical activities

New PGCE and School Direct Physical Education trainee teachers began their Initial Teacher Training with an introduction to alternative physical education – this included introductory sessions on how to implement non-contact boxing and the Canadian game of Kinball into the secondary school physical education curriculum. With more secondary schools moving towards an alternative PE curriculum rather…