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👟📢Calling all runners and those who work with runners! If you are ≥18 years old, and one of the following options apply, please follow this link to complete my survey; bit.ly/3rQTJ0o (15-20 minutes) Thank you for your time and for sharing across your network 🙂

📰 New OA article 🔓 We (w/Dr Jess Macbeth) are delighted that "Navigating a sighted world: visually impaired runners’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic" is finally published! For an accessible version, including audio description, please click below: tinyurl.com/3t2j3b6r

🏃‍♀️Great to get this one over the line🏃‍♂️ What does it mean to be running blind? In this #OA QRSEH article, Dr Jess Macbeth and I explore the rich, creative and diverse sensory practices of VI runners. For an accessible copy, please click below: bit.ly/3upVQJE

After almost seven years at Southampton Solent University, I’m beginning a new chapter at Bournemouth Uni as Senior Lecturer in Sport. Looking forward to getting started! BU Department of Sport & Event Mgt’ BU SPARC

🏏 We’re really looking forward to our launch event at the CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket in Cardiff on 23 Feb! A fantastic programme of speakers lined up 🏏 There are still a few spaces remaining so if you’d like to attend, please register here: cricketsociety.org.uk/events/seminar…

Great to get this article on visually impaired running published. Here Ben Powis and I focus on VI running practices, barriers and how to get involved as a runner or guide. theconversation.com/london-maratho…

Exciting new research project with colleagues at University Campus of Football Business and Ulster University - please share 👇⚽️

Are you a visually impaired (VI) football fan who has attended matches in the UK? ⚽️ Researchers at UCFB, Bournemouth Uni, and Ulster University are recruiting VI fans to take part in online interviews about their experiences Click here to find out more 👉 bit.ly/3LeGjRY

What can you get involved in this week? Alice RNIB and Toby Davey look at: an opportunity to share your voting experience, tell University Campus of Football Business about attending live football, and tell European Guide Dogs & Assistance Dogs International what travel with a Guide or Assistance Dog looks like. audioboom.com/posts/8545634-…

Great to see football included in the #BeforeYouAsk campaign ⚽️ If you're a VI football fan who has attended matches in the UK, we are still recruiting participants to take part in online interviews about your experiences. Click here for more info 👉 bit.ly/3LeGjRY

New paper out! ‘Yes, everyone is blindfolded but that doesn’t make it equal': the intersectional experiences of visually impaired women footballers in England doi.org/10.1080/135733… Absolute pleasure working with Andrew J. Sprake, Ph.D. on this project. Open access thanks to @UCLanResearch

If you missed it, our – w/ Dr James Brighton and Dr Robert Townsend – new Sociology Journal article is online. The Dis/appearing Sporting Body: The Complex Embodiment of Disabled Athletes Available open access below 👇 tinyurl.com/2ntn7k47

ECB accused of ‘limiting opportunities’ for disabled cricketers at elite level Fantastic work, ⁦⁦Raf Nicholson⁩ . It was a pleasure to contribute and share our research findings in such an important piece. theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar…

A new study by Dr James Brighton Ben Powis Bournemouth Uni & Dr Robert Townsend at The University of Waikato 🎓 has found the England and Wales Cricket Board are limiting fair competition in elite disability cricket. Read more about the research 🏏 ow.ly/lVko50Vy74l

"This is a debate not just about cricket, but about what genuine inclusion looks like in sport. As more voices speak out, the ECB faces growing pressure to reconsider whether one-size-fits-all really fits anyone." Great write-up ECAD England Cricket Association for the Deaf tinyurl.com/yj34nx3k