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A GB triathlete and TV doctor are the most recent VIP guests to utilise the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Human Performance Centre and its facilities.

The Blues Foundation has announced a new partnership with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ which will see the two organisations working closely on delivering community sport programmes and research projects.

An academic from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has discussed the positive results of an ongoing psychologically-informed Hertfordshire activity service, in a recent instalment of the BBC’s Truth About series.

A research team formed by the Universities of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and East Anglia, has won over £2 million in funding to study the effects group exercise can have in treating teenage depression and low mood.

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has produced a video to shed light on the impact its market-leading research and knowledge exchange has on student progression, the economy and wider community.

Academics from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and Glasgow Caledonian ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ have published findings from a new study in partnership with Drink Wise Age Well – a programme led by alcohol, drug and mental health charity, – revealing remote support has helped older adults who have issues with alcohol during the pandemic, but that face-to-face support is still essential for effective service provision.

Graduates from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ have reflected on the value of having access and being able to contribute to the popular annual School of Sport & Physical Activity’s ISPAR conferences.

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ has launched its annual Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Research (ISPAR) conference, this year taking place virtually for the first time.

A Health Psychologist from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Dr Angel Chater, has been appointed to lead the Behavioural Science & Disease Prevention (BSDP) taskforce, to help provide guidance for policy-makers around the world.

One of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s leading Health Psychologists, Dr Angel Chater, has co-authored a report published by the British Psychological Society which called for changes in how obesity is regarded, including the eradication of the use of stigmatising language.

A collaborative research team including the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, led by the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Hertfordshire along with the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of East Anglia, Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, local mental trusts and sports partnerships have won a £2.27m contract from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to investigate if exercise is a beneficial treatment for mild to moderate depression in young people aged 13-17.

The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is hosting its’ second Beds Talks of the academic year titled ‘Promoting young people’s health and wellbeing through physical activity’.