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Sport Summit Aarhus 2017, 12-14 September
2017 marks Aarhus as European Capital of Culture. In conjunction with Aarhus University and ENSE we are celebrating this milestone bringing Universities, institutions and organizations involved in Physical Education, Sport Science and leisure sports together. It is...
Pat Duffy Carnegie Coaching Festival – 22nd March 2017, Leeds
Join us on 22nd March at Leeds Beckett University to celebrate the remarkable contribution Professor Pat Duffy made to sports coaching. Pat was recognised internationally for his tireless efforts to highlight the role and value of coaching in wider society. Pat was...
ICCE signs Memorandum of Understanding with International Triathlon Union
The ICCE met recently with the ITU to sign a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the use of the ICCE Quality in Coaching materials by ITU and its members. Ladislav Petrovic, ICCE Secretary General and Adrian Buergi, ICCE Vice President of Strategy and...
The Second Consultation Draft of the European Sport Coaching Framework Has Been Released
The International Council for Coaching Excellence, the European Coaching Council and the rest of the CoachLearn project partners have released the second consultation draft of the European Sport Coaching Framework. CoachLearn is an Eramus+ co-funded project...
CoachLearn and iCoachKids presented as Models of Good Practice at EU Symposium
Projects CoachLearn and iCoachKids were presented last week as good-practice case studies at a European Union Symposium held by the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University in the UK. The purpose of the event was to inform universities about the various EU...
Kick-off Meeting of the Whistle Project, Romania, February 2017
On 14-15 January 2017 in Bucharest at the first Whistle partner meeting, project-co-ordinator Professor Tsorbatzoudis described the definitions of corruption in sport and the basic objectives of the project, providing an overview of the project work packages and their...
iCoachKids Presented at PsyTool Partner Meeting in Sweden
Project lead, Senior Research Fellow for Leeds Beckett University, Sergio Lara-Bercial, and Dr Ladislav Petrovic from the Hungarian Coaches Association travelled to the wonderful seaside town of Halmstad in Sweden to present iCoachKids to the partners of PsyTool, a...
The iCoachKids Website Has Lift-Off!
The interactive iCoachKids online platform has gone live. The site contains a vast number of resources and materials to help coaches plan and deliver great sessions and programmes. The main objective of the iCoachKids project is to tackle the lack of existing...
PsyTool Online Platform Presented at Halmstad University in Sweden
PsyTool Project partners travelled to wonderful seaside town of Halmstad in Sweden for the third full partner meeting of this Erasmus+ co-funded project in February 2017. PsyTool uses sport psychology principles to protect children against any kind of abuse, violence,...
PhD Scholarship – Sociology of Sport, Sport Development, and/or Physical Education
The Sustainable Sport Development and Well-Being research group at the University of St Mark & St John is seeking applications from interested students for undertaking a funded PhD scholarship in sport, health and/or well-being. Applications are welcome from...