Join our team! 📣 We're hiring a Lab Technician to support research and teaching at Durham University's Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Apply using the link below! Deadline: 14th of January⏰ durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

📢We are looking for someone to join our wonderful technical team and become part of our amazing professional services staff

A huge congratulations to our inaugural MSc graduates in Physical Activity, Health, and Society! 🎉🎓 We’re equally proud to celebrate the achievements of our PhD graduates: Drs Ian Entwistle, Thomas Goodbourn, Lauren Kamperman, Jo Long, and Wei Wang. 👏🎓 durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

SPHR-funded research led by Dr Caroline Dodd-Reynolds has been exploring physical activity insecurity in young people at risk of marginalisation. They have recently co-produced with LGBTQIA+ young people, a 'Moving Spaces' zine . Read here: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/zine-made-by-l…

Here's some of the great things that Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. colleagues contributed to through 2024 ...

Congratulations Emma Poulton on the upcoming book on Antisemitism in Football: International Perspectives.

TSES Spring 2025 is now live! The latest issue - number 83 - of The Sport and Exercise Scientist is now available for members to view online, including the Expert Statement, Editor's Choice and plenty more! Members can access the publication via this link: bit.ly/2SuYiba

On #WorldObesityDay, new article ⬇️ by Prof Carolyn Summerbell examines how physical activity and healthy eating interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity impact different social groups. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli… #worldobesityday #healthinequalities

Great to see this now available - hopefully a useful piece for sport and exercise scientists. Fab to work with Meghan R N Bentley Dr Laurie Patterson Kathryn Brown Sue Backhouse CASES Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni.

We highlight a new study out today co-led by Professor Carolyn Summerbell examining how physical activity and healthy eating interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity impact different social groups. 🔗 Read the full paper: lnkd.in/e4eRfMfR

We’re in the QS World Top 100! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Durham University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences has once again been ranked in the Top 100 globally in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by subject! durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-wo…

Excited to be quoted in this BBC article on eating disorder recovery & weightlifting! 🏋️‍♀️ 🔗bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… My PhD explored how women use weightlifting as a tool in eating disorder recovery, so Tia's story really resonated. Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. #edrecovery #exercise

🏏 Congratulations to Rosie Speedy, one of our 1st year students, on representing Scotland U19 Cricket at the Women’s U19 T20 World Cup in Malaysia! 🔗 Read more about Rosie’s journey: durham-student.org/my-experience-… #cricketworldcup #teamscotland #womeninsport #durhamsport

Our latest research newsletter is here! 📬 Catch up on the newest insights and updates from the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences! 📷 sway.cloud.microsoft/A1Kvksz2xnGrgR…

The Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sport & Exercise Sciences are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with the Moving Bodies Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities. Full details: shorturl.at/zCr0h

DSES Lindsay Macnaughton contributed to the TSES Spring Issue with her involvement in the expert statement for BASES.

Dr Lindsay Macnaughton is seeking to appoint a part time Research Assistant to support an exciting & innovative project in collaboration with an industry partner, who have designed a device to measure lactate using non-invasive technology. Full details: shorturl.at/XvYTc

Carolyn Summerbell et al. recently published a paper with the aim to identify effective characteristics of behavioural change (physical activity and diet) interventions that prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 18 years. Full article is available here: bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/1/e0…