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Bournemouth, England
Joined March 2016
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@michael_silk
Michael Silk
11 months
Fantastic @BU_SPARC project up and running exploring fan experiences in women's football:
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
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Great resource @GOGESport on online gender based violence in sport. Fantastic contributions from @BU_SPARC colleagues @EmjKavanagh & @sportinaus https://t.co/iCyVKyfc4G
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@RafNicholson
Raf Nicholson
2 years
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 @DrBClarkson @NicoleAllison2 @sportinaus & @carriesparkle
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@RafNicholson
Raf Nicholson
2 years
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: https://t.co/l1enZ3PDAh
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@RafNicholson
Raf Nicholson
2 years
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. https://t.co/4vq3TUz1a2
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
2 years
Great piece by 2 of our @BU_SPARC members today .. @EmjKavanagh @sportinaus challenging the sports industry to do more to address gender based violence in online environments:
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Online gender-based violence has grown more prevalent in line with the rising profile of women's sport and female athletes. Are content producers doing enough to tackle the problem?
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@QRSE2024
QRSE 2024
2 years
📢 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 @CQRBath @UniofBath Check out the @QRSEsoc website for more details ➡️
qrsesoc.com
The International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise was established by Professor David Gilbourne. The first 3 conferences were held over a 15 year period in Liverpool (twice)...
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
2 years
Absolutely great @BUSPARC seminar today featuring our Visiting Fellow from USP @alessandrabueno and our very own @nicolademarti12 ... fascinating to unpack hierarchies of belonging, inclusion/exclusion and the ongoing (re-)making of space in Torino & Sao Paulo
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@QRSE2024
QRSE 2024
2 years
📍SAVE THE DATE @QRSE2024 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 @UniofBath @CQRBath @QRSEsoc @QualiSEH
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
2 years
Very excited to be hosting @beth_lfl & @AnikaLWalker1 alongside our very own @RafNicholson in sunny Bournemouth for what promises to be some great debate on the eve of the FIFA Women's World Cup!
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
3 years
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 https://t.co/gjIA77tncD
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Paralympic athletes are increasingly using social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok to self-represent and engage audiences in disability counter narr...
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
3 years
Great to have our own @RafNicholson spending time @UBC this week helping develop links between SPARC and @UBCKin - looking forward to some future joint research projects.
@ultreia1x
Andrea Bundon
3 years
Really enjoyed @RafNicholson of @bournemouthuni talk today on women’s cricket in the UK and particularly on how oral histories can provide affect and emotional to enhance that archival work alone cannot. Pleasure hosting this scholar at @UBCKin @UBCEducation for the week
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@RafNicholson
Raf Nicholson
3 years
Myself and @sportinaus 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: https://t.co/ZP8QWF1Dbs
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
3 years
Looking forward to a good discussion on Monday when @BU_SPARC welcome @ultreia1x 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.
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@michael_silk
Michael Silk
3 years
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 https://t.co/eULOkgNLG8
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@radarlboro
Radar
4 years
Disability, Empowerment & Paralympic Media: Thurs 10th March, 6.30-8 @CHRIS_SAMUEL_, Sophie Hoyle, @DrEmmaPullen + @wj_sam discuss issues of power, representation, classification & identity in Paralympic sport: as they are & could be. Info & booking: https://t.co/iikB42TAIk
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
4 years
This new Routledge Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism is heavy in SPARC contributions - well done all! 👏
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@BU_SPARC
BU SPARC
4 years
Interesting PhD opportunity with one of colleagues at Southampton
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@michael_silk
Michael Silk
4 years
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 https://t.co/S1CcFfeH0P via @ConversationUK
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Women’s sport has made leaps and bounds but there is still a lot of work to be done.
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@NikiKoutrou
Niki Koutrou, PhD, SFHEA
4 years
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 https://t.co/gDTZdlM5sn @BU_SPARC @tandfsport @ProfKirstenH @BUDepSEM
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