I recently completed my 3rd PhD study. Who knew research could be this fun?? Such an enjoyable process working with Active School Flag schools to create a tool that will hopefully help improve the way we communicate physical activity with teenagers 🤞 stay tuned ul.ie/ehs/pafh/news/…

Global study from SUNRISE Study reveals 30.9% of 3- to 4-year-olds meet the #PhysicalActivity Guideline of 180 min/day. #ChildHealth 🔓Currently free to read doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

📢 ISPAH-JPAH Early Career Social! 🎉 🗓 July 26th, 07:00 GMT, 15:00 SGT, 17:00 AEST, 19:00 NZST 👐 Members and Non-Members Join ECN Chair, Dr Kim Straun and Jacqueline Mair (JPAH) for an informal conversation about career development. 🔗 buff.ly/3xFdZFm

In the university setting, does more investment & more staffing translate into more #physicalactivity? This study identifies aspects of this environment that are associated with student PA patterns & those that can be used to foster increased engagement doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

All PhD journeys are challenging- but Sarah’s bravery and determination in the face of adversity has taught us - her supervisors- more than we could’ve ever taught her. Delighted to celebrate the amazing Dr Nally!! 🥂 🍾 👩‍🎓 #proudofUU

MRes Tuition Fee Bursary Location: UniofNorthampton Topic: Exploring the implementation of Northamptonshire’s Physical Activity Framework - Move Northamptonshire Deadline: 9th August 2024 Apply: northampton.ac.uk/courses/sport-… Sponsored by Northamptonshire Sport #PhysicalActivity #Masters #Research

🎊 Congrts to Izzah Nasruddin who passed her PhD viva today 👏 Thanks to Dr Lydia (Emm-) Collison & Prof. Lynne M Boddy who examined this work, titled "Device-based measurements of physical activity in Malaysian and UK children and adolescents". Miranda Armstrong UoBris PolicyStudies University of Bristol

Want to join our Team as a Research Associate? Based Loughborough University but part of a multi-country EU funded generationh.org team developing physical activity nutrition and interventions for adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa. Details 👇 vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

Thanks Risto Marttinen & Vassil Girginov for supporting publication of this entry on #mentalhealth #physicaleducation in Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism Routledge RO - Sports Studies. Builds on earlier work on our Tackling the Blues programme t.ly/WI7xq 👇🏻

Delighted to share the first publication from my project on children's sporting identities: ⚽️🏀🏐🏉 What do you love about sport, and how does it make you feel? 🤸⛹️‍♂️🏄‍♂️🏊 The paper is open access and available in Sport, Education and Society Journal: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Due to the global IT crisis preventing some people from paying their registration, the ISPAH #ISPAH2024 Early Bird deadline has been extended to 5th August. So relax, enjoy the weekend, and complete your Congress registration when normality resumes. 100 days til the big event!!

A parallel health service is required to save an NHS struggling to heal an increasingly unhealthy public. The creation of a “pre-NHS” focusing on preventive healthcare could unlock billions for the UK within two decades. theguardian.com/society/articl…

This article questions whether current #physicalactivity promotion strategies are too static, & have the unintended consequence of discouraging PA; whereas the adoption of more adaptive approaches could be more effective doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2… Currently 🆓 to read

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Congratulations to all our UoBris PolicyStudies students who graduated today 👏

The last HERizon paper has now been published 🥳 TL;DR: The programme had a significant positive effect on girls' perceived competence towards PA. 📖bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Thanks to the best co-authors Lawrence Foweather Paula Watson Craig Paterson, PhD Anton Wagenmakers (SJ, Dick + Andrew!)

🚨Congrats to former NPAPH MSc student (UoBris PolicyStudies) and current Deakin University PhD researcher, Gary Skinner, on publishing his first paper👏 This was originally Gary's MSc dissertation now turned publication! 👇You can check out this work here👇 doi.org/10.1080/283247…

🚨 PhD Scholarship SETU_Research Fully-funded PhD to evaluate a community-based physical activity intervention for men! Focused on reducing social isolation through the Football Cooperative project. 📍 Duration: 4 Years 💰 Stipend: €18,500/year + fees + research costs

Attending ISPAH this year? Interested in developing skills and knowledge to enable impactful knowledge translation and advocacy? 👇Consider signing up to our workshop👇 Workshop led by Dr Matthew Mclaughlin (Tepi), Chloë Williamson , Bennycullen, Dr. Victor Ademola & Peter McCue.