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RAISING THE STAKES ON ALTITUDE SICKNESS

Para Monte, a charity set up in memory of Adam Savory who died from altitude sickness in 2012, has made a £10,000 donation to the University to help support our work into the causes and effects of this dangerous condition and to educate and raise awareness of its impact. Adam was a fit and healthy…

Latest SESAME research news

Issue 5 of the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science Medicine (SESAME) newsletter is now out. Download your copy.

Niche tourism in The Gambia

Tourism, hospitality and events students spent a week in The Gambia as part of the Niche Tourism module. The module provides an integrated overview on niche tourism and gives students the opportunity to understand and critically assess the key issues during their trip by taking part in workshops and local guided visits. Students gather essential tourism experiences by…

Come and visit us!

Thinking of studying with us in September? There are four upcoming opportunities to visit the Eastbourne campus, meet staff and current students and find out more about our courses in events, hospitality, journalism, retail, tourism, physical education, sport and exercise science, sport business management, sport coaching and sport studies. All events run from 10.15am – 3pm and take place…

Clothes Show live

Undergraduate and postgraduate retail students took a coach tour to the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham, stopping at the luxury shopping destination, Bicester Village, en route. At Bicester students and staff had a talk from Miranda Markham from Value Retail, who explained the philosophy behind the luxury outlet. Students learnt that tourism, events and hospitality all play…

Students Investigate Store Formats

Third year undergraduate retail students visited London on a field trip to investigate store formats. They started off in Brixton Village, an undercover market full of of quirky fashion, homeware and vintage boutiques, alongside a whole range of independent eateries. Next stop was Carnaby Street to look at the Christmas windows at Liberty’s world famous department store….

Simon takes the prize

Seven times Paralympian Wheelchair basketball player Simon Munn took the Disability Sports Personality of the Year Award, sponsored by the University of Brighton, at the 14th Annual Sussex Sports Awards. Simon trained with Alex Bliss, Strength and Conditioning Coach based at the university’s Welkin Laboratories in Eastbourne.

Prestigious International Honour for Professor

John Sugden, Professor of the Sociology of Sport and co-founder of Football 4 Peace has been awarded the Honorary Member Award by the International Sociology of Sport Association. The award citation praises Professor Sugden’s cutting-edge research, bold activism in taking on sports powerhouses and driving spirit within the field of sport development and peace. As…

CoSTaLs PhD Students host Postgraduate Conference on Reflexivity

On 2 December, School of Sport and Service Management PhD students Adam Talbot and Jennifer Holland co-hosted with Sheffield Hallam PhD student Rachel Handforth a one day conference on the challenge to using reflexivity in research. This regional postgraduate event was organised on behalf of the British Sociological Association and the Centre of Sport, Tourism & Leisure Studies (CoSTaLs)…

The Question – Tourism

Professor Marina Novelli answers some everyday questions facing the travel industry and travellers: Is there ever such a thing as ethical tourism? After the Brexit devaluation, where should I go on holiday next year? Where are the most exciting undiscovered holiday destinations? Which former no-go country should be my next holiday destination? How is climate change affecting…