Past Webinars
Nottingham Trent University - Play for Fun Programme
Overview
The inclusive Play for Fun programme run by Nottingham Trent University aims to increase student engagement in sport by removing barriers to physical activity. Play for Fun is a sociable, inclusive and student led programme that allows students to access weekly 60-minute sessions across 20 different sports ranging from Archery to Swimming. NTU recruit student ‘Sport Champions’ whose role is to actively engage with students to ensure their offer is appealing and relevant based off student feedback and demand. Activities are delivered by the students for the students.
University of East London - Creating a sense of place and belonging through active participation
Often within Higher Education institutions there is a focus on ‘sport’ in narrow performance terms, with metrics of success directly linked to competition outcomes. While important for profile, such pathways fail to resonate with a large proportion of students, who may remain disengaged and inactive due to any combination of personal and systemic considerations.
The session explored how the University of East London is challenging traditional perceptions of sport, introducing a range of innovative approaches to active participation. Enhancing the learning community’s sense of belonging, as well as some of the ways to measure the impact of such interventions on student experience, employability and life skills, and educational outcomes.
University of Nottingham - Black Sport Collective
Research suggests there is a positive relationship between participation in sport and improved retention and student academic outcomes. With the aim to help close the attainment gap between black and white students at the University of Nottingham, they hope by engaging more Black students in sports will help to narrow that attainment gap. In order to achieve this, they recognised that through research, they needed to improve their understanding of the perceptions of UoN Sport from the perspective of black students as well as the barriers they face.
The session explored the research and shared findings, including recommendations from the black student participants and the action plan set out by the university to act on the findings.
University of Bristol - Healthy Minds
Overview
Healthy Minds at the University of Bristol is one of longest standing, largest, most impactful and robustly evaluated programme in the UK higher education sector.
All universities have three things in common; facilities and provisions for physical activity and sport, students experiencing mental health difficulty and support services to help students with these concerns. These are all you'll require to deliver a programme that uses to the proven benefits of sport and physical activity to improve the mental health and wellbeing of your own student population.
Sharing their nine years of learning, University of Bristol want to create a best practice network with other institutions and take a collective approach to improved student mental health through physical activity.
