Congratulations to Dr Zainab Yusuf

Many congratulations to HART associate member, Dr Zainab Yusuf, who recently successfully passed her doctoral viva voce examination. Zainab completed her PhD on the experiences of asthma in sport and/or exercise in the UK-resident South Asian population, which was supervised Continue reading Congratulations to Dr Zainab Yusuf

Copenhagen Consensus: physical activity & ageing

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HART researchers, Joanna Blackwell and Adam Evans, together with international colleagues representing nine countries and a variety of academic disciplines met in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity and older adults. It was recognised that the term Continue reading Copenhagen Consensus: physical activity & ageing

Doctoral success: Dr Hannah Henderson

Our warmest congratulations to HART’s Dr Hannah Henderson, who successfully defended her doctoral thesis recently.  Hannah is Senior Lecturer in Health and Exercise science in the School of Sport & Exercise Science, and her thesis was a process sociological study Continue reading Doctoral success: Dr Hannah Henderson

British Sociological Association conference 2017

British Sociological Association conference 2017

HART Director and researcher, Professor Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, presented HART’s work on the lived experience of asthma in sport, exercise and physical activity at the international annual conference of the British Sociological Association 2017. With over 830 delegates and 685 presentations, the BSA Continue reading British Sociological Association conference 2017

Outdoor exercise embodiment

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HART researchers, Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Aspasia Leledaki (Independent Researcher and HART Associate Member), have recently published their work on the sensory dimensions of outdoor exercise, and the ways in which people engage in ‘making sense of the senses’. Continue reading Outdoor exercise embodiment