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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…

World Congress Physical Therapists (WCPT)

Dr Hazel Horobin (pictured below) attended the World Congress of Physical Therapists (WCPT) held in Cape Town, South Africa last month. She delivered a platform presentation titled ‘A white physiotherapy curriculum? Interpreting the experience of UK physiotherapy education through the perspective of critical race theory.’ and also a poster finding agency: the response of indian physiotherapists to…

Sustainability, Healthcare and You

Dr Theo Fotis (pictured) attended the “Sustainability, Healthcare and You” event which was held at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and was organised by the RCN Brighton and Hove Branch.

International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research conference (ISSTDR)

Senior research fellow, Natalie Edelman presented two posters at the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR) conference in Rio last month (July). Right is a photo of Natalie with one of her posters which looked at statistical interactions in the association between substance use and report of multiple sexual partners by women aged 16-44…

Successful nursing careers day

We held our second nursing careers day recently, and once again it was huge success. Both students and employers provided overwhelmingly positive feedback, with many saying it was a very encouraging, inspiring and enjoyable day.