by David McGillivray & Sophie Mamattah | Jun 23, 2022 | Disability Sport, Elite Sport, Events, Mega Sporting Events, Parasport, Research profile, Sport, Symposium, Uncategorised
Hosted by the Centre for Culture, Sport & Events at UWS, Foregrounding a Rights-Based Agenda for Sport Events: Insights from Research and Practice, took place virtually on 20th June 2022. Colleagues from a variety of leading institutions gathered to discuss a number of questions arising from the rights agenda in mega sport events from a variety of research, governance, organisational and policy perspectives. This symposium was organised as part of the EU-funded EventRights project which includes a number of academic institutions from Europe, and further afield. (more…)
by Centre for Culture Sports & Events | Apr 7, 2022 | COP26, Events, Learning, Sport, Uncategorised
Recently we’ve had the opportunity to expand our library of #CCSEConversations, adding a couple of conversations with speakers engaged in tackling the climate crisis and, the promotion of women’s sport and of women in the sporting sphere. (more…)
by Gemma Lumsdaine | Mar 24, 2022 | Accessibility, Community, COVID19, Disability Sport, Disabled Community, Elite Sport, Parasport, Participation, Place, Sport
It is easy to forget that in a world before COVID there were already significant barriers for people with disabilities and chronic illness who wanted to take part in physical activity. Some of these barriers were physical in nature, such as inaccessible facilities, difficulties in accessing transport and the costs of specialist equipment. There were also more social and cultural barriers for example stereotypes around disability, lack of awareness and understanding of how to cater for different needs.
And then, in March 2020, the pandemic hit the UK… (more…)
by Centre for Culture Sports & Events | Jan 13, 2022 | CCSE Open Lecture, Events, Global Tennis Events, Learning, Sport, Tennis, Uncategorised
Late that year, we were delighted to host a CCSE Open Lecture in which IMG Senior VP of Tennis and Tournament Director, Lui Carvalho, spoke to students and staff about key elements of event management with regard to his role as director of several large tennis events. (more…)
by Sophie Mamattah | Oct 7, 2021 | Artist Development Grant, Audience, Brexit, Community, COVID19, Events, Public Space, Research profile, Resources, Sport, Theatre, Uncategorised
As the new academic year pick up pace, we find ourselves tentitively adjusting to something of a return to a more conventional office life. Albeit one in which venturing out in public my still result in failure to recognise someone you’ve known for years on account of only being able to see half of their face! Nevertheless, it is encouraging that we are able to look forward to some work taking place in ‘real life’ settings rather than in the ether. (more…)
by Solomon Ilevbare | Sep 23, 2021 | Audience, Community, COVID19, Culture, Events, Place, Power, Research profile, Sport, Uncategorised
The Aim of my research as a PhD student over the last two and half years has been to examine how the Japanese and Tokyo governments, through sports diplomacy, will use the Olympic Games as a soft power tool. The phrase ‘the Olympic Games as a Weak excuse’ stems from the data collection and coding process of my research to examine the effectiveness of Japans soft power strategy in using the Olympic Games as a soft power tool. The organisation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been an incubator of narratives, an Olympic Games like no other. This is because of the Emergence of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) that led to a global pandemic, resulting in the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (more…)
