The Peter Harrison Laboratory
@PHC_Lboro
Followers
2K
Following
524
Media
210
Statuses
697
Improving knowledge of Paralympic sport. Promoting substantial health & QoL benefits gained through participation in disability sports
Loughborough University
Joined July 2012
Reflecting on an amazing few days of research and #WheelchairRugby action in Paris!🇫🇷💪🏼🏆 Check out what research team members Thomas, Dan, Katie & Ellie-May got up to during data collection at the #WomensCup 👇🏼 Amazing work team! @ww_rugby @gbwrnews @uk_sport @WCRugbyCanada
2
7
33
More impactful research delivered by @PHC_Lboro 👇
Research led by Professor Vicky Tolfrey and Dr. Thomas Rietveld of the @PHC_Lboro, Loughborough University, has driven a key rule change in World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) to enhance female participation... 🗞Read more here: https://t.co/6IDUuGl26P
0
6
9
Research led by Professor Vicky Tolfrey and Dr. Thomas Rietveld of the @PHC_Lboro, Loughborough University, has driven a key rule change in World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) to enhance female participation... 🗞Read more here: https://t.co/6IDUuGl26P
0
11
19
Great to see these rule changes being made and providing the opportunity for feedback from those participating. As a sport we haven’t seen major rule changes for several years. It’s good to keep being innovative and seeing how we make the sport better. @Paralympics @PHC_Lboro
The 2025 updated World Wheelchair Rugby International Rules are now available on the WWR website along with the summaries of rule changes: https://t.co/o6yUc1dJyF The updated Score and Penalty sheets in writable PDF format can be found here:
0
3
6
Full-funded PhD opportunity at @LboroSSEHS supervised by @tjob94 investigating the physiological and biomechanical demands of wheelchair rugby game play. RTs appreciated! 🙏 https://t.co/XdUubTCUly
0
11
11
PhD Opportunity: Physical activity and sports participation of disabled children and young people – understanding current levels and time-trends, and how to tackle inequalities @DrJanineCoates
https://t.co/a19nPicVJ6
0
7
13
Welcoming our newest Doctoral Researcher to the centre Thomas Miller 👋🏼 Supported by the RFU Injured Players Foundation, Thomas is investigating the mental health and service provision to rugby players experiencing catastrophic injury. More here: https://t.co/54CpMxZziI
0
2
4
A familiar face on University Challenge!! Catch our director, Vicky on the University Challenge Christmas series 2024! Vicky’s episode will air on Boxing Day on BBC 2. Tune in to find out how she did! More here: https://t.co/PK8kOZCG4N 🙌🏻👏🏼🎄
0
0
10
Lots of fun this evening at the PHC darts Christmas social! 🎄🎯
0
0
0
🚨🔥 The Wheelchair Rugby Women's Cup in Paris begins today! 🔥🚨 🎥 Don't miss out—tune in NOW! https://t.co/dfp6PyeGMW
0
5
12
GB start with a win! GB 50- 14 IRE. GB were dominant in the first match of the Women’s Cup in Paris. GB had a chance to play all 8 players and try out a number of different lines. A great start to the tournament. The Women’s cup is an event run by the French Wheelchair
3
5
13
It's International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🎉 On #IDPWD2024, five Paralympians explain how taking up Para sports has transformed their lives. #Paralympics #IDPwD #ChangeStartsWithSport
https://t.co/7LSQcOsorF
6
37
84
Life at work as a blind CEO 💼 On International Day of Disabled People we spent a day in the office with the boss @ClarkieGB7
#IDDP #IDPwD
7
34
158
Our director, Vicky, taking the world by storm with her episode on 'The Life Scientific' which has now made it onto BBC World Service🌍👏. Listen below ⬇️ https://t.co/IazrmI9qUW
bbc.co.uk
Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics.
0
1
2
Last week, several PHC members attended the MASCIP and BASESUK Conferences To hear what our PHC team got up to, read our most recent new article ⬇️ https://t.co/Tfawx1KRuc
0
0
0
Current PhD student Vladyslava Kravchenko has been elected as the new Chair of @Paralympics Athlete’s Council 👏 The Athletes’ Council is an advisory body to the IPC Governing Board, carrying out tasks specifically delegated by the Board. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/YxsgUt9wHp
0
2
10
Celebrating our @ParalympicsGB Wheelchair Tennis stars 👑🇬🇧 @alfiehewett6, @GordonReid91 & @AndyLapthorne met His Majesty King Charles III at Buckingham Palace
2
16
254
“Address the lack of research in Para sport by embedding students in doctoral programmes” Read how our director Vicky uses The Embedded Scientist Approach within her doctoral researchers personal and academic journeys. ⬇️
timeshighereducation.com
The Embedded Scientist Approach places doctoral students in Para sport-focused research programmes. Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey explores the lessons she learned from implementing it
0
5
7
In the @timeshighered article below, Loughborough University's Prof Vicky Tolfrey explains her supervisory approach to her doctoral students at @PHC_Lboro. Read 👇 https://t.co/g5m7OdlJZ4
timeshighereducation.com
The Embedded Scientist Approach places doctoral students in Para sport-focused research programmes. Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey explores the lessons she learned from implementing it
0
2
3
Loughborough University 🤝 University of Groningen Congratulations to @RowieJanssen for a successful PhD defence! Great to have director Vicky in attendance, showcasing the great connections between the PHC and work over in the Netherlands.
1
2
11