2024 news
This section includes news from the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport from 2024.
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PHC success at the Vice-Chancellor and PhD Awards
Over the summer, the awards just kept coming for the PHC team, who won both "Team of the Year" at the PhD Awards, and The Vice-Chancellor Awards for Sporting Advancement.
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Vicky wins Outstanding Woman in STEM award.
Peter Harrison Director and Professor of Applied Disability and Para Sport, Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, recently received the award for Outstanding Woman in STEM at this year鈥檚 East Midlands Women鈥檚 Awards (EMWA).
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Wheelchair Basketball Stories
WheelchairBBStories is a novel illustration and information project that combines the research insights of Dr Lesley Sharpe (University of Lincoln), Professor Vicky Tolfrey, and Dr Janine Coates (天堂视频) with the real-life experiences of disabled wheelchair basketball players.
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Merci Paris, from PHC!
From 31st August to 6th September, a cohort of ~16 doctoral students and researchers from the Peter Harrison Centre attended the Paralympic Games in Paris.
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Vicky attends GSUN, 2024.
Our director of the PHC, Vicky Tolfrey, alongside other world leaders in sport attended the Global Sport University Network (GSUN) summit 2024 in Oregon, USA.
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Shining a spotlight on Kitting Out at 天堂视频
Over the course of July, 天堂视频 hosted the ParalympicsGB Kitting Out event. This monumental event is planned and overseen by Hannah Gregory, of ParalympicsGB, and her Operations team. We caught up with Hannah to shine a light on Kitting Out and the amazing work of the team at ParalympicsGB.
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PHC at EUCAPA
Last month, Janine Coates, senior lecturer in qualitative research methods delivered a workshop at the EUCAPA (European Conference for Adapted Physical Activity) focusing on qualitative methods for researching disability in sport / physical activity.
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The Life Scientific: Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics
In the next few weeks The 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, involving the world鈥檚 very best para athletes; and our director Professor Vicky Tolfrey is at the forefront of the science that makes their sporting dreams a reality.
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Peter Harrison Centre members Dr Jamie Barker and Ben Walker attend the European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology
In July, PHC members Jamie Barker and Ben Walker attended the European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology held in Innsbruck, Austria.
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The Peter Harrison Centre Paris 2024 Kit Revealed
The Peter Harrison Centre are excited to reveal our bespoke kit ready for a trip to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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PHC goes to Pittsburgh
At the end of May/start of June, Director of the PHC, Vicky Tolfrey and Research associate, Thomas Rietvald took a trip to Pittsburgh and Boston.
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PHC Marks 100 days to Paris
On Tuesday 21st May, The Peter Harrison Centre marked 100 days to Paris with a team-wide event orchestrated by PHC Doctoral Researcher Dan Angus and Research Associate Thomas Rietveld.
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Road to Paris
The Peter Harrison Centre team have been busy on the 鈥楻oad to Paris鈥� with various networking and educational events in the lead up to the Paralympic Games in Paris this summer.
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The Peter Harrison Centre supports TASS Project
This project with TASS involves several of our PHC members from different research areas.
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Peter Harrison Centre welcomes Swiss visitor Fransiska Bossuyt
In January 2024, The Peter Harrison Centre welcomed Fransiska Bossuyt over from Switzerland who facilitated some key work with GB wheelchair rugby involving shoulder ultrasound assessments as well as delivering a presentation surrounding her work on shoulder health.
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Chief Scientific Adviser visits the Peter Harrison Centre
Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Department of Health and Social Care has spoken of the potential impact of Peter Harrison Centre research following a recent visit to 天堂视频.