Sport student competes for Team GB in Judo! A Newman Sport student, Jake Ashen has previously competed for team GB at Judo. He recently won a Bronze in the Scottish Open (in January 2023). He will be competing this weekend in Demark in the Matsumae Cup and Danish Open. Good
Laura Scoles, of Newman University, has been speaking about sport for mental health alongside SportEngland and the Department of Media, Culture and Sport. The Strengthening Mental Health Through Sport event aimed to promote our awareness of community sport in the build-up to Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Funded by Comic Relief,
Dr Ibrahim Akubat, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Health at Newman University, has recently written a blog post that reflects on the challenges faced by fasting athletes, particularly professional footballers, during the holy month of Ramadan. “The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is observed by over 1.5bn Muslims worldwide. During
Read this article written by Dr Stefan Lawrence, Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Sport Management and BA (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching degrees at Newman University, about the bigger issues facing football’s official club social media accounts that we all need to talk about. After Leeds United’s 5-0 demolition
We got to speak to Sports and Exercise Science Newman University graduate James about his journey from studying at Newman, to becoming a Personal Trainer and Online Coach. “I graduated with a degree in Sports and Exercise Science BSc in 2009 “Studying this degree made me realise that teaching wasn’t
Johnathan Smart studied Physical Education and Sport Sciences here at Newman University many years ago, graduating in 1998. We thought we’d see what he’s been up to since then! Since leaving Newman University I went straight into schools I have taught at 4 different primary schools in different parts of
Written by Newman student Sarah Christie The England Women’s National team are ranked third in the world by FIFA and are currently battling their way through the knockout stages of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, being held in France. Women’s football has grown tremendously over the last ten years, with