sport event volunteering leads to skills' enhancement: what kind of skills volunteers develop? My Chapter at the #volunteeringhandbook explores evidence of skills development for London 2012 Games Makers tinyurl.com/volunteering-h… BU SPARC Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism @ProfKirstenH BU Department of Sport & Event Mgt’

Great insight from our BU SPARC colleagues: Women's sport is on the way up – but more needs to be done to secure its future theconversation.com/womens-sport-i… via The Conversation

Interesting PhD opportunity with one of colleagues at Southampton eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

This new Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism is heavy in SPARC contributions - well done all! 👏

Disability, Empowerment & Paralympic Media: Thurs 10th March, 6.30-8 Christopher, Sophie Hoyle, @DrEmmaPullen + Sam West discuss issues of power, representation, classification & identity in Paralympic sport: as they are & could be. Info & booking: eventbrite.com/e/disability-e…

Delighted to be invited to speak at this event at Loughborough London with the Sports Media Identity Network (still time to submit abstracts) BU SPARC @DrEmmaPullen hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/SMINetwork/dis…

Looking forward to a good discussion on Monday when BU SPARC welcome Andrea Bundon Dr Andrea Bundon (UBC, Canada) and @DrEmmaPullen (Loughborough) to discuss Paralympic Media Coverage. Feel free to join us on campus in F201 at 3.30pm on Monday 23rd January.

Myself and Keith Parry enjoyed presenting our research on #TheHundred to the ECB today. Our new report “Levelling the playing field? The impact of The Hundred” is now available to read here: bournemouth.ac.uk/sites/default/…

Great to have our own Raf Nicholson spending time University of British Columbia this week helping develop links between SPARC and UBC School of Kinesiology - looking forward to some future joint research projects.

Great to see this one published online today in New Media & Society: Exploring the complexities of Paralympic 'cripvertising', disability, sexuality & gendered ableism @DrEmmaPullen Michael Silk journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Very excited to be hosting @beth_lfl & Anika Leslie-Walker alongside our very own Raf Nicholson in sunny Bournemouth for what promises to be some great debate on the eve of the FIFA Women's World Cup!

📍SAVE THE DATE QRSE 2024 will be coming to Bath (UK) Monday 29th July to Thursday 1st August 2024 🎉 Call for abstracts will be announced later this year. More details coming soon... #QualitativeResearch #Sport #Exercise University of Bath Centre for Qualitative Research, Bath QRSE QRSEH

Absolutely great @BUSPARC seminar today featuring our Visiting Fellow from USP Alessandra Bueno and our very own Nicola De Martini Ugolotti ... fascinating to unpack hierarchies of belonging, inclusion/exclusion and the ongoing (re-)making of space in Torino & Sao Paulo

📢 The #QRSE2024 call for papers is now live!! We are excepting abstracts for oral presentations, poster 2.0 and method focused symposia. Submission deadline is March 1st 2024 Centre for Qualitative Research, Bath University of Bath Check out the QRSE website for more details ➡️ qrsesoc.com/conference

Great piece by 2 of our BU SPARC members today .. Dr Emma Kavanagh Keith Parry challenging the sports industry to do more to address gender based violence in online environments: sportspromedia.com/insights/opini…

WOMEN'S CLUB FOOTBALL EVENT ⚽ 3 April, 10am to 3pm, Fulham FC ⚽ Are you involved in women's club football? Do you want equity for your women's team & are trying to figure out how to get it? This FREE event is for you! More info & registration here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/equity-in-wo…

NEW ARTICLE (Open Access): Women coaches, professionalisation & NGB mergers in England, 1989–2000. How forcing governance mergers in squash, athletics, football, hockey, lacrosse & cricket led to structural discrimination in sports coaching in the UK. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Really enjoyed hosting the Equity in Women’s Football event at Fulham yesterday! Great discussion about growing the game & a real buzz about the unique strengths of w’s football. Thanks to all who came & to our speakers Dr. Beth Clarkson Nicole Allison Keith Parry & Carrie Dunn

Great resource Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport on online gender based violence in sport. Fantastic contributions from BU SPARC colleagues Dr Emma Kavanagh & Keith Parry genderequalitysport.org/wp-content/upl…

Fantastic BU SPARC project up and running exploring fan experiences in women's football: bournemouth.ac.uk/research/proje…