This section will keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport.
Over the summer, the awards just kept coming for the PHC team, who won both "Team of the Year" at the PhD Awards, and The Vice-Chancellor Awards for Sporting Advancement.
Peter Harrison Director and Professor of Applied Disability and Para Sport, Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, recently received the award for Outstanding Woman in STEM at this year’s East Midlands Women’s Awards (EMWA).
WheelchairBBStories is a novel illustration and information project that combines the research insights of Dr Lesley Sharpe (University of Lincoln), Professor Vicky Tolfrey, and Dr Janine Coates (º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ) with the real-life experiences of disabled wheelchair basketball players.
From 31st August to 6th September, a cohort of ~16 doctoral students and researchers from the Peter Harrison Centre attended the Paralympic Games in Paris.
Our director of the PHC, Vicky Tolfrey, alongside other world leaders in sport attended the Global Sport University Network (GSUN) summit 2024 in Oregon, USA.
Over the course of July, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ hosted the ParalympicsGB Kitting Out event. This monumental event is planned and overseen by Hannah Gregory, of ParalympicsGB, and her Operations team. We caught up with Hannah to shine a light on Kitting Out and the amazing work of the team at ParalympicsGB.
Last month, Janine Coates, senior lecturer in qualitative research methods delivered a workshop at the EUCAPA (European Conference for Adapted Physical Activity) focusing on qualitative methods for researching disability in sport / physical activity.
In the next few weeks The 2024 Paralympic Games get underway in Paris, involving the world’s very best para athletes; and our director Professor Vicky Tolfrey is at the forefront of the science that makes their sporting dreams a reality.
In July, PHC members Jamie Barker and Ben Walker attended the European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology held in Innsbruck, Austria.
The Peter Harrison Centre are excited to reveal our bespoke kit ready for a trip to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
