Congrats to all our incredible graduates🎓
What a fantastic day of celebration yesterday - full of pride, joy, & huge achievements. We loved sharing every moment with you, & we hope the celebrations continued long into the night! 🎉Here's to your next adventure, Class of 2025 - we're so proud of you!👏

A conference poster for SPARC 2025 detailing abstract submission info

Submission deadline extended!

If still need to submit an abstract to SPARC 2025, you're in luck! You now have until 5pm Monday 6th Oct.

Submit at the following link: forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm

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Busting myths: Why breast support matters for physical activity, health and performance | Moray House School of Education and Sport | Moray House School of Education and Sport This public lecture, featuring Dr Nicola Brown of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, is hosted by the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre and is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Seri...

PAHRC's upcoming Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture:
8th October
13:00-14:00

Register now, just over 1 week to go:
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Linking with Active Scotland’s Women and Girls In Sport Week ‘Celebrating Being Active’ #SheCanSheWill

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A conference poster advising on abstract submission details for SPARC 2025

There's still time to get your abstract submission in for SPARC 2025, but be quick, there's only 1 week left!

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A conference poster detailing workshop submission details for SPARC 2025

Only 1 week remaining to submit your workshop application and help shape SPARC 2025. Closing date: 5th October

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Poster boards being reviewed by delegates at a conference

Poster boards being reviewed by delegates at a conference

Poster boards being reviewed by delegates at a conference

SPARC poster sessions are a great way to engage and connect with academics, policy makers and practitioners.

Submit your abstract to get involved in this year's session: forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm

@pahrc.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @movementfhealth.bsky.social

Abstracts submissions are now open! This year’s conference theme is "Evidence in Action, Using physical activity research in policy and practice."

Submission deadline: 5th October

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Hot off the press by Prof Sam Fawkner @pahrc.bsky.social - how do we make sure children and young people benefit from device-based measurement of their physical activity?

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Sam Fawkner's recent work applies a children’s rights lens to the key challenges and opportunities offered by device-based physical activity assessment with children and young people.

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So pleased to partner with our sister centre the Edinburgh Sports Medicine Research Centre in this great appointment. We look forward to welcoming Jane on a visit next semester

We're delighted Dr Jane Thornton has accepted our Honorary Professor nomination. Alongside our sister @pahrc.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social centre we're looking forward to hosting Professor Thornton here in Edinburgh, for a special guest lectures soon. Watch this space.

Delighted to welcome Jane to Edinburgh and the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre @pahrc.bsky.social

Excellent event- superb speakers with great enthusiasm for ensuring children with special educational needs are provided with the best opportunities for being physically active!

News article about the building active schools in special education guidance document. Title is “New first-of-its-kind guidance to promote whole school approach to physical activity in special education settings”.

Dr Erin Byrd standing in front of a presentation on building active schools in special education

Was great to welcome people from across the education and sport sector to launch this guidance document yesterday! A massive thank you to my co-authors @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @profvicsimms.bsky.social @jjw-research.bsky.social (and those not on Bluesky!) and the wonderful co-dev working group 🤗

Cork vs Waterford Munster Senior Camogie Final postponed over skorts protest Both sides signalled their intention to wear shorts for Saturday's game

Cork vs Waterford Munster Senior Camogie Final postponed over skorts protest

Both sides signalled their intention to wear shorts for Saturday's game

www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...

How does walking and cycling help to protect the environment? Changing the way we travel can play a surprisingly big role in protecting the environment. Here’s how.

It really is in our power to protect our planet 🌍

Read more👇

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Your sisters, daughters and granddaughters owe a debt of gratitude to those like Sharron Davies, @sebcoe.bsky.social Emma Hilton, Ross Tucker (and many others) who were prepared to use their position to defend what you chose to abandon

For those who have benefitted so much from sport but then chose to stay silent while the rights of girls and women to fair sport were abrogated and appropriated (and advised us to ‘say nothing’)……….

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

UK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a woman Judges to decide if Equality Act protections include transgender women with gender recognition certificates * How UK court definition of ‘woman’ could affect sex-based rights Equalities campaigners in the UK are braced for a supreme court ruling that could have a significant impact on the rights of transgender people to use single-sex services. Five judges on the UK supreme court will rule on Wednesday morning whether or not the definition of woman in the Equality Act 2010 includes transgender women with gender recognition certificates (GRC). Continue reading...

UK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a woman

Happy Birthday Abigail !

Wonderful few days this week at the International Olympic Committee – IOC Olympic house, in Lausanne 🇨🇭 Working on the IOC Consensus on Female, woman & girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR). Very grateful to have been involved alongside such a talented bunch 🙌

@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Happy International Women’s Day to the many amazing female role models and mentors I’ve had in my career

Join us for the second of our Robertson public lectures - 19th March - 1pm

Attendance is free - but please register at: tinyurl.com/58ebj9nc

Postgraduate research degrees Our research-based programmes - PhD and MSc by Research - allow you to make a significant contribution to knowledge in, and understanding of, your chosen field.

📣Thrilled to share that we have a new Postgraduate Research page at @morayhouse.bsky.social Take a look! education-sport.ed.ac.uk/study/postgr... #phdlife #phdeducation #phdsport Come and study with us!

There's nothing magical about grip strength. People who are active and exercise regularly have better overall health metrics, including strength and aerobic fitness. The protective effect comes from activity, not muscular forearms.

Public lecture at PAHRC

"From Blyth to Bathgate: How can we better impact physical activity inequalities"

Prof Emily Oliver

Wednesday 19th Feb

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewart-al...

@mariehmurphy.bsky.social @coralhanson.bsky.social

Exercise does increase calorie burn – but probably not as much as you might hope Some experts have theorised our total daily calorie burn is limited – but research shows us otherwise.

Are you being bombarded with messages telling you that physical activity won’t increase energy expenditure because it is constrained? Here is our little piece on this topic for The Conversation. @uk.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/exercise-doe...

Super part-time research opportunity to work with a great team