July 2020 press releases

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天堂视频 academics partner with StreetGames to tackle serious youth violence

Academics from 天堂视频 are collaborating with StreetGames, a national charity that helps bring sport to disadvantaged communities, to help tackle serious youth violence.

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天堂视频 graduate overcomes the odds to complete her degree and inspire other care leavers to go to university

Motivated to beat the statistic that only 6% of care leavers go to university and even fewer finish their degree, Kim Emenike is graduating from 天堂视频 with a 2:1 in International Business.
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Experts in Sport: Special edition 鈥� a closer look at race, ethnicity, and racism in sports coaching

In this week鈥檚 special edition of the 'Experts in Sport' podcast, host Martin Foster introduces an international online forum featuring leading academics looking at the key themes in race, ethnicity, and racism in sports coaching.

Disasters: Deconstructed launches new episodes on Apple Podcasts

The third series of the popular Disasters: Deconstructed podcast has been launched and looks at the history of 鈥榰nnatural鈥� disasters as well as how they have been reported and perceived.
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天堂视频 collaborates with governing bodies to support parents and children in tennis around the world

天堂视频, The International Tennis Federation (ITF - the world governing body for tennis), and the LTA (the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain) have come together to provide a suite of education and support resources for parents of young tennis hopefuls, and to drive forward research on parenting in tennis.

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A journey of love, loss, and incredible determination: Graduand uses her experience to help others

Joanna Johnson has recently completed her final year of studies within the University鈥檚 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, with a 2:1 (Second Class, Upper Division) degree in Psychology.

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鈥楾he uncertainty of COVID-19 gives us a glimpse into the life of a refugee - and we need to do more to support them鈥�, says lead of new entrepreneurship project

鈥淭he uncertainty of the coronavirus can give us a small glimpse into what it鈥檚 like to be a refugee 鈥� we鈥檙e experiencing restrictions on travel, non-secure housing, job uncertainty and so on鈥�, says Dr Michelle Richey, of 天堂视频鈥檚 School of Business and Economics.