Subjects: Sport

The Summer 2022 edition of Northumbria University News is available to read online and on campus now.

Northumbria’s Summer 2022 newspaper is out now

Packed with the latest news, features and interviews, the newspaper is the perfect way to keep up to date with the exciting developments taking place across the University.

Friction between sophisticated materials with pre-patterned pyramid shapes, used to make the sensor, can generate enough energy to power wearable devices.

New research harnesses the power of movement

Harvesting energy from the day-to-day movements of the human body and turning it into useful electrical energy, is the focus of a new piece of research involving a Northumbria University Professor.

Haskap berries

Haskap berries could hold the key to endurance runners’ success

A recently discovered edible berry has the potential to improve the performance of endurance runners by a potentially game-changing 2%, according to new research at Northumbria University.
The Haskap berry (botanical name Lonicera caerulea) is an edible blue honeysuckle native to the boreal forests and low-lying wet regions of northern hemisphere countries including Canada, Japan and Russia. Th

EXPERT COMMENT: Football: English fans want an independent regulator – here’s how it could help save clubs from ruin

EXPERT COMMENT: Football: English fans want an independent regulator – here’s how it could help save clubs from ruin

Mark Middling, Senior Lecturer in Accounting discusses the economic risks facing smaller UK football clubs and how suggested regulations could keep them in the game for The Conversation.

Study and practice with the human brain in x-ray laboratory

Northumbria’s vision for improving treatments for Parkinson’s disease

Northumbria University is leading research on the effects of technological visual training as a potential rehabilitation tool for people affected by Parkinson’s disease.
Dr Sam Stuart, a senior researcher in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria, is working with American company, Senaptec, an industry leader in the design and production of sensory performance asses

EXPERT COMMENT: Disabled children still face exclusion in PE – here’s what needs to change

EXPERT COMMENT: Disabled children still face exclusion in PE – here’s what needs to change

Kevin Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University and Tom Gibbons, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise at Teesside University discuss the challenges faced by disabled children in physical education and the action needed to create inclusive education.

Taka Suzuki wins gold at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo

Northumbria’s sporting stars claim seven medals at Tokyo Games

Students – past and present – from Northumbria University have Taken on Tokyo in inimitable style, bringing home seven medals for their respective countries at this year’s Paralympic Games.

Football stadium

Football without the fans: new study reveals effect of empty stadiums during pandemic

As the new Premier League season kicks off with crowds of fans cheering on their teams, new research has revealed the hugely negative effect of playing professional football games in empty stadiums last season, with home advantage almost halved.

Breakdancing will make its sporting debut at 2024 Olympics games in Paris.

Olympics: why not all new sports will return at Paris 2024 – but breakdancing will make its debut

Following the appearance of several new sports at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management at Northumbria University, Dr Mikhail Batuev, provides expert commentary on how the most recent additions fared.

The 5k running events are set to resume on Saturday July 24, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

Can parkrun be an antidote to pandemic pressures?

Academics from Northumbria University, Newcastle, have published a research paper explaining why parkruns are so popular, particularly among those in managerial and professional positions.

The study showed that impact training such as skipping led to meaningful improvements in participants’ bone and muscle health

Impact and resistance training boosts bone strength and muscle function in those with Crohn’s disease, according to new research

​Research from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has shown the important role specific types of exercise can play in the management of bone loss, fatigue and muscle dysfunction for those with Crohn’s disease.

Community-led leisure centres can be more responsive to what people want – if a class isn’t popular, it’s replaced

EXPERT COMMENT: To save our leisure centres from closure, we may need to hand them to the community

Many leisure centres survived austerity by transferring their management to the local community. In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Lindsay Findlay-King, Principal Lecturer in Sport Management at Northumbria University, discusses whether this tactic could work again in today's crisis.

Leven Brown pictured with Northumbria University Design for Industry students

Top rowers inspire design students

Students on Northumbria University’s Design for Industry degree took part in a design challenge with a difference when they were visited by two of the UK’s best ocean rowers.

One of SMILE Through Sport's previous Boccia Opens

England’s biggest ever Boccia Open comes to Northumbria’s Sport Central

North East based not-for-profit organisation SMILE Through Sport, founded by Northumbria alumnus and Paralympian Stephen Miller MBE, is hosting the biggest ever Boccia open event to take place in England.

Volunteer Zambia - Northumbria University announces student and staff volunteers for summer 2020

Sport to promote economic and social development in Zambia

A cohort of five students and staff from Northumbria University will visit Zambia next summer to take part in the Volunteer Zambia programme, an initiative that Northumbria has played a significant role in over the last 15 years.

Taka Suzuki in action at the 2019 World Championships in London. Image credit: ”エックスワン”

New world record for Northumbria Paralympic swimmer

Northumbria University swimmer and five times Paralympic medallist Taka Suzuki, has set a new world record in the S4 100m Freestyle Short Course.

Northumbria women's rugby team - Caitlin Simpson stands sixth from the right on the back row

Northumbria rugby star selected to play for England

A Northumbria University student and first team rugby player has been named in the England Rugby Women U20 squad.

Northumbria academic Dr Ruth Crabtree (centre front) receiving the EASM Distinguished Service Award at this year's European Association for Sport Management Conference

International recognition for Northumbria sport management academic

A sport management academic from Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the European Association for Sport Management.

Georgia Gibson is changing the game for women's football

Northumbria student nets leadership role in women’s football

As the Women’s World Cup kicked off in France earlier this summer, Northumbria University Football President and 1st team player Georgia Gibson received her own call up onto the FA University Women’s Leadership Programme.

Inaugural Women in Motorsports Conference. Photo credit: Taneli Niinimaki

Northumbria academic discusses breaking down gender stereotypes in sport volunteering

Dr Lindsay Findlay-King, Principal Lecturer in Sport Management at Northumbria University is taking centre stage at esteemed international events to speak about developing female volunteering in sport.

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