UNIKENT
Centre for Sports Studies, University of Kent

United Kingdom

Role : Partner
Website : http://www.centreforsportstudies.co.uk/

Contact:

  • Simon Jobson -  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • David Hooper -  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

The Center for Sports Studies combines both teaching and research. Among its teaching activities it develops various programs covering different approaches to sports and physical activity, such as sports and health, therapies, rehabilitation, etc.

The University counts also with a research excellence center, with 24 departments and 40 specialist research centers spanning the sciences. Within this, the research center of the center for sports studies is divided in different areas focused on: cardiac rehabilitation, cycling, sport psychology or sport injury and rehabilitation.

 

UNIKENT Team: Dr. Simon Jobson, Dr. Athanasios (Sakis) Pappous, Professor Louis Passfield, Mr. Steve Meadows, Mr. David Hooper and Mr. Storm Reid

 

Involvement in the project:

The University of Kent coordinates WP3- Development of a Holistic Methodology- due to its expertise in the field. It also participates actively in WP2 (conceptualization), by recollecting and recording relevant practices, in WP3 (where apart from coordinating it is actively involved in the design of the model and its contents and support materials), in WP4 (where it validates the methodology in its region) and WP 5, where it is in charge dissemination on regional level.