It was lovely to speak with Cheyenne Hollis for The Touchback YouTube channel about my research into the history of women playing American football and my forthcoming book. The full-length interview will be available next week. Enjoy!
@skysportsnfl.bsky.social
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The image shows the promotional flyer for the BSSH Extended Project Prize. All the information can be found on this link: https://www.sportinhistory.org/categories/epq-award
The @bssh.bsky.social are pleased to announce the details of its 2025-26 Extended Project Prize. It's a great opportunity for students to submit their work on sports history (small or large). All the info can be found here: www.sportinhistory.org/categories/e... or in the image below. Please share.
Come and join our fabulous editorial team at @sportinhistory.bsky.social. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested.
The home changing room at Notts County. Shirts are hung up in the player's spots.
A pitch level view of one of the stands at Meadow Lane. Over the stand is written Notts County FC, Founded 1862.
Lovely to visit Notts County today to hear about their sports history plans. A lot of exciting plans and some potential collaboration. It was also great to see some of Meadow Lane on a short tour.
The image shows a screen grab of a search for the book Gridiron Invasion: The Hidden History of Women's Football and that it can now be pre-ordered.
Eek. It's all feeling a bit real that my book will be hitting shelves in a few months. It's exciting but also a bit nerve-racking! I wouldn't be here without the lovely folks at @utpress.bsky.social and the wonderful staff at @icshc.bsky.social.
Congratulations! I hope you raised lots and can have a good rest now.
Looking down on the huge crowds outside Twickenham stadium at the rugby world cup final.
The England Women's rugby team celebrating with the trophy after winning the final.
Had the best day at the Rugby World Cup Final. A record crowd, the top four sides in the world and England are World Champions. Amazing to see the love for women's sport.
5) Act on student-led ideas - invite and support student suggestions for improving learning and community, such as welllbeing surveys, interest-bsaed events, or peer-led study tools.
If you want to know more, or would like the summary poster, please do let me know.
4) Teach to involve, not just inform - set clear expectations, check understanding, respond promptly to questions, and use interactive teaching methods.
3) Build belonging beyond week one - Use structured icebreakers in induction week and promote social activities throughout the term. Include shared interests to spark connections.
2) Make support personal and accessible - build help sessions into seminars or run extra drop-ins for first assignments. Personally tell students about support services.
1) Ease the transition - share a sample coursework piece and short guide on writing and research to help students adapt from exam-based to coursework-heavy study.
Thanks to a funded Scholarship Project for Undergraduate Researchers, @drdavehindley.bsky.social and I worked with one of our students (Megs Bainbridge) on a project over the summer investigating the transition to first year for new students. Megs had five key findings.
A complete rainbow frames the circuit at Donington Park.
A showery day at Donington Park today. But when life gives you rain showers, it also gives you rainbows! Back tomorrow for, almost certainly, more 🌧️. #MarshalLife
30 September 5-6pm BST:
We're launching a new research report on the history of women's cricket in Scotland.
I'll be chatting to Fiona Reid @bayfirth.bsky.social, Nic Wilson (Cricket Scotland) & former Scotland players.
Zoom link & more info here - come along!
www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cric...
Obvs should say English lit not England!
Box set of the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Richard II, Henry IV parts one and two and Henry V placed on a sofa.
Feeling a bit down today and with the hubby out I'm indulging in one of my favourite passions - Shakespeare's history plays. My love of Shakespeare (I've seen all 37 plays) comes from my Dad. My love of the history plays from an inspiring A-Level England Lit teacher when we studied Richard II.
Sign up today via this link to be part of a great evening whether you’ll be joining us in-person or via zoom:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
It's such a privilege and honour to take over as Chair of the @bssh.bsky.social. Being a part of this community has played a key role in my academic journey and I look forward to continuing to support our members and maintaining our reputation as a friendly space for research in the discipline.
A photo of three people sitting in a field enjoying some drinks.
Three friends sitting on hay bales enjoying some music.
Sometimes (esp. just before the start of the academic year) you just need to hang out in some fields for three days with your friends and listen to music! #TheLongRoadFestival
One for you @drdavehindley.bsky.social!
A grassy campus setting with a sign in the forefront that reads: Welcome to Peter Symonds College.
It was fantastic to be back at Peter Symonds College today to deliver three "Preparing for University" sessions to a great bunch of sports students. They engaged with all the activities brilliantly. It's hopefully the start of a bigger project and pilots at other colleges.
A presentation slide with a title on it. It reads: New to AI? Leverage it's Power to Enhance Student Experience.
Great stuff from Adam Borrie. I certainly need to better understand how to use AI for my own work but also helping students. Loads of top tips to not only save time but come up with new ideas/activities for lectures. #TILT2025.
A PowerPoint presentation on a large screen. It reads "TILT Celebrating 10 Years: Thank you to the TILT community for making it what it is today!"
Day two of #TILT2025. @drsbroadberry.bsky.social getting us started by helping us reflect on ten years of TILT and what is to come in the next ten.
Too many good things on!
I will be around tomorrow. I'm sure you're super busy though!
Thanks for the reminder. Must do better tomorrow than my two posts today!
A small chocolate cake topped with chocolate icing and an edible paper top with the NTU TILT logo and Celebrating 10 years written on it.
Celebrating 10 years of the NTU Trent Institute of Learning & Teaching (TILT) with some excellent cakes. Getting involved in TILT activities helped me find a fabulous community of like minded folks including @wcarey.bsky.social @edfoster.bsky.social @drsbroadberry.bsky.social and others! #TILT2025.
A presentation slide with a title on it. It reads: NTU Peer Assisted Learning Scheme: Addressing Attainment and Progression Gaps Using the Power of Student-led Learning.
I always love this time of year and the NTU TILT Teaching and Learning Conference. It was great to be presenting the Peer Assisted Learning Scheme (PALS) that James Rowland and I introduced in the Department of Sport Science this year. It'll be bigger and better next year! #TILT2025
The afternoon is much the same. Keeping people safe, sometimes working on pit exit to ensure safe rejoins, more gridding cars. In today's case, checking refuelling is done safely and by the rules. Racing was done by 18:35. Clap the drivers in, put stuff away, collect stuff and back to the car. Zzzz.