Dr John Kelley of the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) delivered the first AWRC Lunch and Learn session this week, giving us a fascinating insight into how research and innovation are shaping the future of sport, from bespoke long distance running shoes to injury recovery apps and lots more.
In February 2025, the Training and Education pillar at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre hosted students from nine schools across Sheffield as part of the Better Learners, Better Workers Programme, supported by Sheffield Hallam University. Work experience student Michelle Hicken - who helped to organise the event as part of her AWRC placement - writes about the day for this month's AWRC Voices.
The AWRC-led Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC) programme has been promoted in NHS England's new position statement on physical activity - Harnessing the Benefits of Physical Activity Across the NHS in England.
Drawing on our innovative research, the report sets out how physical activity can help drive the UK Government’s prevention ambitions, reduce health inequalities, and support economic growth.
Eirini recently joined us from Greece as part of a new fellowship exchange programme led by Yorkshire Cancer Research to advance global understanding of the benefits of exercise on cancer treatment.
This week, we meet Natalie and Safa, third year Operating Department Practice (ODP) students at Sheffield Hallam University, who recently spent several weeks with us at the AWRC as part of their research placements.
Our Training and Education co-lead, Emily Newton, recently visited the University of Technology in Mauritius to deliver a bespoke training course which helped students to develop the skills needed to increase physical activity levels to help prevent and manage non-communicable disease in inactive patients
In July we were delighted to be invited to work with some incredible year 12 students from the University Technical College (UTC) at Olympic Legacy Park whilst they took part in Big Entrepreneurial Challenge
