Submission deadline extended! If still need to submit an abstract to SPARC 2025, you're in luck! You now have until 5pm Monday 6th Oct. Submit at the following link: forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm @pahrc.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @movementfhealth.bsky.social @scottishgov.bsky.social

PAHRC's upcoming Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture: 8th October 13:00-14:00 Register now, just over 1 week to go: edin.ac/4m3jeSm Linking with Active Scotland’s Women and Girls In Sport Week ‘Celebrating Being Active’ #SheCanSheWill @pahrc.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social

There's still time to get your abstract submission in for SPARC 2025, but be quick, there's only 1 week left! forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm @pahrc.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @scottishgov.bsky.social @movementfhealth.bsky.social

Only 1 week remaining to submit your workshop application and help shape SPARC 2025. Closing date: 5th October forms.office.com/e/0WPpKWHnD1 @pahrc.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @scottishgov.bsky.social @movementfhealth.bsky.social

SPARC poster sessions are a great way to engage and connect with academics, policy makers and practitioners. Submit your abstract to get involved in this year's session: forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm @pahrc.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @movementfhealth.bsky.social

Abstracts submissions are now open! This year’s conference theme is "Evidence in Action, Using physical activity research in policy and practice." Submission deadline: 5th October forms.office.com/e/aRd0244Spm

Hot off the press by Prof Sam Fawkner @pahrc.bsky.social - how do we make sure children and young people benefit from device-based measurement of their physical activity? journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

Sam Fawkner's recent work applies a children’s rights lens to the key challenges and opportunities offered by device-based physical activity assessment with children and young people. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

So pleased to partner with our sister centre the Edinburgh Sports Medicine Research Centre in this great appointment. We look forward to welcoming Jane on a visit next semester

We're delighted Dr Jane Thornton has accepted our Honorary Professor nomination. Alongside our sister @pahrc.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social centre we're looking forward to hosting Professor Thornton here in Edinburgh, for a special guest lectures soon. Watch this space.

Delighted to welcome Jane to Edinburgh and the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre @pahrc.bsky.social

Was great to welcome people from across the education and sport sector to launch this guidance document yesterday! A massive thank you to my co-authors @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @profvicsimms.bsky.social @jjw-research.bsky.social (and those not on Bluesky!) and the wonderful co-dev working group 🤗

Cork vs Waterford Munster Senior Camogie Final postponed over skorts protest Both sides signalled their intention to wear shorts for Saturday's game www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...

It really is in our power to protect our planet 🌍 Read more👇 buff.ly/SZLO3yj

For those who have benefitted so much from sport but then chose to stay silent while the rights of girls and women to fair sport were abrogated and appropriated (and advised us to ‘say nothing’)……….

UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex

UK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a woman

Wonderful few days this week at the International Olympic Committee – IOC Olympic house, in Lausanne 🇨🇭 Working on the IOC Consensus on Female, woman & girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR). Very grateful to have been involved alongside such a talented bunch 🙌 @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Happy International Women’s Day to the many amazing female role models and mentors I’ve had in my career

Join us for the second of our Robertson public lectures - 19th March - 1pm Attendance is free - but please register at: tinyurl.com/58ebj9nc

📣Thrilled to share that we have a new Postgraduate Research page at @morayhouse.bsky.social Take a look! education-sport.ed.ac.uk/study/postgr... #phdlife #phdeducation #phdsport Come and study with us!

There's nothing magical about grip strength. People who are active and exercise regularly have better overall health metrics, including strength and aerobic fitness. The protective effect comes from activity, not muscular forearms.

Public lecture at PAHRC "From Blyth to Bathgate: How can we better impact physical activity inequalities" Prof Emily Oliver Wednesday 19th Feb www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stewart-al... @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @coralhanson.bsky.social

Are you being bombarded with messages telling you that physical activity won’t increase energy expenditure because it is constrained? Here is our little piece on this topic for The Conversation. @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/exercise-doe...

Super part-time research opportunity to work with a great team

New Paper 📝 Physical Activity Referral Scheme stakeholders welcome national standards to help improve understanding of scheme design, delivery and future performance. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1... @paul-j-kelly.bsky.social @benjane.bsky.social @lisneubeck.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social

End of an excellent meeting on the Future of Evaluation @northumbriaideas.bsky.social the last but definitely not least PHIRST poster from @sarahjanac.bsky.social sharing her thoughts on knowledge mobilisation @paul-j-kelly.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @eagraham.bsky.social

10 ways to keep your 2025 exercise resolutions. By Hannah Goss @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Oh.. and if you want some evidence to support this you could start here 😉: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Yes! This! Guidelines are for us (researchers), not for the public. Physical activity messages should forget the threshold and promote short term/immediate benefits - and these usually relate to social and mental health! ✨ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Irish parliament has worst gender diversity in western Europe, study finds | Ireland | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

It's that time of year again - PhD project launch! If you're interested in a funded PhD on law & social justice have a look at our general call for projects: ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll... And a specific call for projects on legal protections against destitution: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...

I started as a #physicalactivity #fitness practitioner 30+yrs ago & I've been teaching for 20+ yrs. I post most of my teaching and learning (& research) resources on this FREE website. Feel free to have a look. Let me know if anything is particularly useful. www.benjanefitness.com

Having a great day at @scotparc.bsky.social hearing about the latest research, policy and practice on physical activity and health inequalities. Lovely to catch up with so many familiar faces too. #ScotPARC

Professor Cindy Gray tells us about inequality in PA and how some interventions can reduce @scotparc.bsky.social

@scotparc.bsky.social Looking forward to an interesting day at #scotparc welcome by Professor Marie Murphy Director of PAHRC

Sandra Macrae tells us about how efforts are always successes in pickleball @scotparc.bsky.social Making pickleball a very inclusive sport

Sex differences in dose-response of VILPA (vigorous intermitent l/style #PhysicalActivity) with CVD events New UK Biobank study in BJSM bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

@mariehmurphy.bsky.social intruding the SPARC conference @scotparc.bsky.social - great day ahead!

This is actually the most accurate description of LinkedIn I've ever seen.

@aerlingus.bsky.social cancelling Wednesday flight from EDI to BHD due to bad weather is unavoidable- but moving a very regular customer on this route -to a Friday evening flight (2 days later!) is unacceptable. Which passengers were moved onto Thursday flights? Time to rethink my regular commute

get walking folks— walking delays mortality

A joint American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) expert statement and Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA) consensus statement to standardise physical activity and exercise intensity terminology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Paper on exercise intensity definitions now accepted by both JSaMS and MSSE. JSaMS pre-proof online: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

A reminder that we're recruiting for an experienced postdoctoral behavioural researcher to support national capability-building in behavioural research as part of @behaviourresuk.bsky.social, working with @susanmichie.bsky.social & other BR-UK partners. Apply by 30 Nov: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

People in Scotland are walking more often compared with more than a decade ago www.ed.ac.uk/news/2024/wa... Study led by Tessa Strain #walking #physicalactivity @mariehmurphy.bsky.social