A new report is calling on men’s professional football clubs to tackle pervasive sexism and misogyny in the sport.

The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences recently collaborated with practitioners, policy makers and researchers at their event ‘Addressing physical activity inequalities through research-policy-practice collaboration’, co-hosted with Country Durham Sport.

Thousands of people take part in the London Marathon every year, with many more attempting to run the 26.2 mile distance in marathons across the world. Dr Lindsay Macnaughton from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences talks us through some effective fuelling strategies.

Our new co-production animation is now available.

I am writing to share the very sad news that Professor Kevin Tipton died on the 9th January 2022.

Openly misogynistic attitudes towards women’s sport may be common amongst male football fans, according to new research involving online message boards.

The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences is delighted to welcome Dr Toni Louise Williams as Associate Professor.

Professor Brett Smith was named in the recent 2021 edition of the Stanford University list of World Top 2% scientists.

View the latest departmental research newsletter, issued December 2021.

Former professional rugby players are more likely to show signs of depression, anxiety and irritability compared to amateur rugby players and non-contact athletes, according to new research led by Dr Karen Hind, in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Academics from our Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences have been working in collaboration with Sport England through Get Yourself Active (GYA), in order to launch the Moving Social Work programme.

Congratulations to Jess Hamilton, who has won the British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Undergraduate Dissertation of the Year