FACULTY OF HEALTH
& WELLBEING
NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 7
Welcome to Issue 7 of UCLan’s Faculty of Health and
Wellbeing newsletter. I’m delighted to share our latest
news and developments from what was a fantastic 2016.
From international study trips, to career-forming
placements and top-class research activity, our staff and
students have been utilising their skills and expertise to
shape the future of Health, Wellbeing and Sport - not
just locally - but nationally and internationally. I hope
you’ll enjoy reading about our developments, and I
encourage you to get in touch if you have any questions
or comments about the work we do here at UCLan.
Dr Nigel Harrison, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, UCLan
Contents
HEALTH AT UCLAN
SPORT AT UCLAN
03 – 11
Celebrating Health Visiting
Week and the Baby Friendly
Initiative Award at UCLan
Students Embark on Yearly
Trip to Zambia to Promote
Sexual Health
03
Operating Department Practice
Student Experiences
International Placement
05
Exciting New Programme to
Improve Health, Wellbeing
and Life Chances for Blackburn
and Darwen Residents
06
UCLan Champions a Healthy
Lifestyle
08
Physiotherapy Students Visit
Local Primary Schools
08
04
UCLan Sports Therapy Students
Excel During Nationwide
Placements
04
PhD Student Produces Award
Winning Thesis
Innovative Card Game Makes
University Decision Making
Easier for Students
Stroke Research Earns
Academic a Special Award
08
Mental Heath
09
UCLan Lecturer Appointed
as Trustee Official for
Education for the College
of Paramedics
PhD Student’s Monumental
Year
10
10
12 – 15
UCLan Academic Supports
Development of New £4m
Sports Facility
12
Outdoor Research Team
Acquire Equipment to Aid
Research and Teaching
12
World and European Champion
Athlete Enrolls at UCLan
13
UCLan Launch Golf Coaching
Praxis
13
UCLan is Home to Scotland
Rugby League Squad for Four
Nations Tournament
14
News in Brief...
15
Health and Wellbeing
CPD Workshops
2017
16
UCLan’s First ‘Workout@Work’
Week
11
06
Most Inspirational Student
Nurse of the Year
07
11
HEALTH AT UCLAN
03
Celebrating Health Visiting
Week and the Baby Friendly
Initiative Award at UCLan
T
he School of Community Health and Midwifery celebrated Health Visiting week by holding a
seminar on campus to highlight the outstanding contribution that Health Visitors make to the
public health agenda. The event, held on the 27 September 2016 was attended by representatives from
the local authority, local NHS trusts, students (past and present) and academic staff.
The event was opened by the Head of
School, Debbie Kenny, who paid tribute
to the collaborative approach embedded
within the Specialist Community
Public Health Nursing programme
(SCPHN) and the valuable partnerships
established with Trust colleagues.
Dawn Eccleston (SCPHN Course Leader)
spoke of the challenges facing today’s
Health Visitors and the need to
recognise the expertise of these
community practitioners. Anna Byron
(Senior Lecturer in Midwifery) and Katy
Wharton (Breast Feeding Co-ordinator)
went on to speak about the Baby
Friendly Initiative (BFI) and the
uniqueness of the BFI course at UCLan,
being jointly delivered to Health Visitor
and Midwifery students.
This led on to celebration of the award
of the BFI Stage 2 Accreditation, to the
Health Visiting Programme. The award
was presented to the Health Visiting
team by Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lynne
Livesey, who paid tribute to the work
of Health Visitors. The event was
concluded by a presentation from the
Community Practitioners and Health
Visitors Association's (CPHVA) Dave
Munday, who spoke of the essential
work that Health Visitors do every day.
The event contributed to the CPHVA
Health Visiting week which also
included an on-line conference for
England on the 28 September 2016,
attended by Health Visitors, academic
staff and students across England.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
04
Students Embark
on Yearly Trip
to Zambia to
Promote Sexual
Health
S
exual and reproductive health (SRH) promotion aimed at
children and young people is particularly relevant in
Zambia as a high proportion of the population of children
and adolescents are HIV positive (150,000) or AIDS orphans
(600,000). The majority of Zambian children and young
people will have been infected with HIV perinatally or as a
result of abuse, blood transfusions or contaminated needles.
Effective and increasingly available anti-retroviral treatment
(ART) is contributing to the healthy development of children
and young people in Zambia. These young people require
appropriate SRH advice and guidance so they can make
informed and responsible choices about relationships,
contraception and disclosure of their HIV status.
In 2016, UCLan students (Sexual Health and Child Nursing
students) worked directly with children and young people in
Zambia. Sessions were delivered to children and young people
from age 4-18 years in a variety of locations; classrooms and
outdoors. The peer mentors for these schools worked with
UCLan students to share good practice and gain some ideas for
innovative teaching approaches and low cost resources.
One student commented: “It’s such a life changing experience
and a real eye opener. It's overwhelming to see how different
the lifestyle is over there. It makes you feel proud that the
children really want to learn and engage in what we are
teaching them, and you know that they will remember it.”
Another added: “I was able to gain more knowledge about
different backgrounds and how other countries deliver
different types of care and services, compared to the UK,
which will help me in my professional life. Another thing I
gained from the trip to Zambia, was the ability to speak in
front of a group of people without feeling shy.”
UCLan Sports
Therapy Students
Excel During Nationwide Placements
U
CLan is the only university in the
country to offer the BSc (Hons)
Sports Therapy degree. The degree
comprises a placement for all students
for the duration of their course, and
fantastic work is currently being done
by Sports Therapy students on a
number of placements nationwide.
With over 100 placement opportunities
available, our current Sports Therapy
students have shown professionalism,
commitment and enthusiasm
throughout. At only six weeks into the
programme, a number of Year one
students have dealt with several severe
trauma first aid incidents; from spinal
spinal fractures on the rugby field, to a
broken arm on the courts. The students
have managed such incidents from
initial impact, to extraction from the
field and a hand-over to the paramedic
team - being congratulated widely on
social media by the clubs involved.
These valuable skills have been made
possible by each student completing a
First Aid in Sport Qualification during
their initial induction weeks at the
University. All three year cohorts of
the Sports Therapy programme are
currently engaging on placements from
Grassroots to Elite Level. Examples of
some placement links are; Wigan
Warriors, Everton FC, Preston North
End FC, Blackpool FC, St Helens RFC,
Burnley FC, Warrington Wolves, Fylde
RFC, Wharfedale RUFC and Wakefield
Wildcats.
In addition to this, our students have
provided support at a number of events,
including; The London Marathon, Hell
of a Hill and Bolton Ironman. Our
second and third year students have
recently worked with the Scottish
National Rugby League team, supporting
them in their recovery through the
Four Nations competition.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
05
Students Practicing in UCLan’s
in-house Operating Department
Skills Laboratory
Graduate experiences
international placement
R
ecent BSc (Hons) Operating
Department Practice (ODP)
graduate David McConachie spent
time in Ontario, Canada during the
final year of his studies, thanks to the
opportunity of an elective placement,
which is offered to all ODP students in
their final year.
Here David reflects on his experience:
“In December 2015, I became the first
Operating Department Practice student
to travel to Canada for their elective
placement. This was facilitated through
my father being a Consultant
Anaesthetist over there, providing me
with the opportunity to more easily
negotiate all the stumbling blocks which
other students may encounter when
seeking international placements.
the chance to teach the theatre staff
there about my own role back in the
United Kingdom and how important
we are to our anaesthetists.
“I spent a week visiting the operating
theatres across two hospitals, St Joseph’s
and Victoria Hospital which treat varied
and complex patients and specialities.
I talked to anaesthetists, surgeons,
nurses and the closest equivalence to
Operating Department Practitioners
which were respiratory therapists and
anaesthetic assistants. This allowed
me to understand what Operating
Department Practitioners take from
each of these two roles, but also gave me
“Looking back, this experience was
definitely valuable as it opened my
eyes to new ways of how a theatre
environment could be run successfully,
and allowed me to take some skills
away to better my own practice.”
David successfully graduated in 2016
and is now a registered Operating
Department Practitioner employed on
the Anaesthetics and Recovery Team
at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
Student’s Publication Success
2016 graduate, Emma Hodgson, from UCLan’s BSc (Hons)
Operating Department Practice course, recently had an
academic article published in the peer reviewed Journal
of Perioperative Practice.
Emma’s article, entitled ‘Airway Management of the
Morbidly Obese Patient,’ focuses on the challenges to
the anaesthetic team of safe airway management in the
morbidly obese patient, and analyses the associated
respiratory, gastric and existing comorbidities in this
group of patients.
Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice, Guy
McClelland, who supervised Emma in preparing her
written submission in readiness for submission to the
journal, stated: “It’s a first for our students and a great
success for Emma; when students are published it
acknowledges the hard work which has gone into their
academic assignments.”
This acknowledgment has gone further, as current year
three student Claire Matthews has had her work on
Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting accepted for
publication by the same Journal. Claire says: “I was very
pleased to be accepted and look forward to seeing my
work in print.”
The journal which is published monthly by the Association
of Perioperative Practice receives submissions from a
range of theatre practitioners, surgeons and anaesthetists,
and includes research and informative submissions on a
range of perioperative issues.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
06
Exciting New Programme to Improve
Health, Wellbeing and Life Chances
for Blackburn and Darwen Residents
U
CLan’s Healthy and Sustainable
Settings Unit is working with
Blackburn with Darwen’s Public Health
team to develop and implement a
‘Whole-Borough Healthy Settings’
programme.
International evidence points to the
need for public health strategy and
delivery to focus on the places and
contexts in which people live their
lives: as emphasised in the Public
Health Annual Report 2014.
In recent years there has been an
increasing interest in promoting health
and wellbeing under the banner of
healthy settings and healthy places.
The healthy settings approach views
health holistically, as the product of
interactions between individuals,
communities and their environments –
and is underpinned by values such as
equity, community participation,
empowerment and partnership. It
provides an effective means of tackling
entrenched and chronic health
problems, improving health and
addressing health inequalities across
the life course, and focusing ‘beyond
illness’ to support wider wellbeing and
flourishing.
There are a wide range of specific
healthy settings initiatives including
cities, schools, workplaces, hospitals,
universities, and sports stadia. These
are evidence-based programmes that
are resourced, endorsed and accredited
at different levels locally, regionally,
nationally and internationally.
Historically there has been some local
activity to support healthy settings,
specifically healthy stadia Blackburn
Rovers FC and the national healthy
school’s initiative, however, until now,
there has been no co-ordinated
healthy settings programmes in
Blackburn with Darwen.
Utilising the settings approach, a
'Whole-Borough Healthy Settings'
programme offers the potential to
tackle the wider determinants, focus
on things that make the biggest
difference and improve health,
wellbeing and life chances across the
life course – contributing to fairness
and equality, creating equal life chances
for all residents and helping people in
Blackburn with Darwen to start well,
live well and age well.
Following a broad scoping exercise,
the team in UCLan’s Healthy and
Sustainable Settings Unit are now
focusing on the Darwen locality for
initial programme roll-out.
Further information contact:
Dr. Michelle Baybutt
[email protected]
P
PhD Student
Produces
Award-Winning
Thesis
hD student, Claire Feeley, has been awarded the runner-up
prize from the Society of Reproductive and Infant
Psychology (SRIP), for her thesis, entitled: Making sense of
childbirth choices; exploring the decision to freebirth in the UK.
An interpretative phenomenological study.
Professor Julie Jomeen, Chair, Society for Reproductive and Infant
Psychology, commented: “The judges very much enjoyed reading Claire’s
submission. The project was of a very high standard academically and in an
area of great importance and topical interest.”
The prize of £50, and a year’s membership to the Society, was awarded at the
annual conference held at Hinsley Hall, Leeds in September 2016.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
07
UCLan Champions a
Healthy Lifestyle
The Health Champions programme
began in 2013 as a volunteer project
involving students, whose aim was to
create a supportive network and
environment for healthy choices, by
sharing health messages, raising
awareness of healthy choices, and
signposting students to internal and
external health services.
60 students received nationallyrecognised training in health promotion,
and earned the Royal Society of Public
Health (RSPH) Level 2 Award in
Understanding Health Improvement.
These students then planned and
implemented health events surrounding
mental wellbeing and food waste
reduction during Green Week. Another
60+ students were trained through
their degree courses, from within the
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, and
also earned the RSPH Level 2 Award.
This academic year, the Health
Champions aim to build their profile
and lead change by being more visible
on campus and by working with clubs
and societies, the Students’ Union
and student support services.
They are being trained and
supported by Krishma
Caleyachetty, from the Healthy
& Sustainable Settings Unit,
through Higher Education
Innovation Funding (HEIF).
As part of the Healthy
University Initiative, a group
of 25 enthusiastic UCLan
students from a variety of
courses, have committed to
positively impacting the
health and wellbeing of the
UCLan campus community.
Students continue to receive the RSPH
Understanding Health Improvement
training as well as skills-based training
on building relationships and leadership
development, in order to influence
health and wellbeing through social
and environmental change.
HEALTH CHAMPIONS
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A
CLINICAL ACADEMIC
RESEARCH CAREER?
Would you like to get involved in research and innovation or evidence synthesis and implementation?
A collaboration between UCLan’s Faculty of Health and Wellbeing and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact the Clinical Academic Faculty
[email protected]
[email protected]
HEALTH AT UCLAN
08
Innovative card game
makes university choice
simple for students
A
cademics from across the Health provision at UCLan have
teamed up to create a fun and educational card game to teach
school and college students about the various professions within
health care. The card game asks students to consider the range of
courses available at UCLan and match descriptions and images to
these courses. The aim is to inform students of the role of a
Paramedic, Physiotherapist, Mental Health Nurse etc. so that they
can be more informed when making course and career decisions
in the future.
Physiotherapy Students
Visit Local Primary Schools
L
ast month, as part of their Promoting Public Health module, a number of second
year Physiotherapy students visited three local primary schools to deliver lessons to
children about human bodies and how to keep them healthy. Students (and skeletons!)
visited Brindle Primary School in Hoghton, Clayton-le-Woods Primary School in
Chorley and Nateby Primary School near Garstang to teach children from reception age
to year six all about their skeletons, circulatory systems, physical activity and posture.
The students found it an invaluable opportunity to put some of their new found
knowledge into practice and to develop their communication skills. The schools fed
back positively about the students’ performance and contribution and are keen to
develop further links to explore other learning opportunities and collaboration.
Stroke Research Earns Academic a Special Award
A
UCLan academic has been given a special
award for her contribution to improving the
lives of stroke survivors, through better stroke
care and research. Professor Caroline Watkins
was presented with a Special Recognition Life
After Stroke Award by Elaine Roberts, the Stroke
Associations Director of North of England Life
After Stroke Services, at a special event in Salford.
Professor Watkins leads one of the largest stroke
care research teams in the country and has been
working in stroke research for 20 years.
During that time, she has worked closely with
Elaine and the Stroke Association’s services,
training and research teams to improve the
quality of stroke care. Prof Watkins said: “My
team and I are committed to trying to prevent
this devastating condition and therefore it is
truly fantastic to receive this award personally,
and on behalf of my team. Everyone in the team
goes above and beyond to not only do the best
and most relevant research, but to support the
implementation of findings and practice.”
She added: “However, we can’t do this alone,
and work closely with some amazing people.
It is because of the stroke specialist and stroke
relevant staff who work along the stroke care
pathway, and of course numerous people who
have been patients or carers, without whom we
wouldn’t be sure we were doing things in the
right way at the right time.”
Regional Director for the Stroke Association in
the North West, Chris Larkin said: “Professor
Watkins is truly dedicated to improving stroke
care for patients, as well as working to put stroke
research into practice.”
HEALTH AT UCLAN
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Mental Health
World Mental Health Day
On Monday 10 October it was World
Mental Health Day. UCLan kicked off the
celebrations with the yearly 1 in 4 Film
Festival. The aim of the festival is to raise
awareness of, and stamp out the stigma
associated with, mental ill health. Now in
its 10th year, the 1 in 4 Film Festival is the
only service user and carer-led festival
in the UK. The free event featured films
which explore the effects of mental ill
health upon individuals, communities
and families. This year’s films included
The Danish Girl and Up, and provoked
some fantastic discussions. A group of
UCLan students even participated in
building a stop motion animation film
about mental health that was screened
at the closing of the film festival. The
film is available to view on the UCLan
Health and Wellbeing blog.
of activities,
including
Laughter Yoga,
Adult Colouring,
and Somatic
Movement.
Lots of other public activities ran on
World Mental Health Day, including
information stalls to visit on campus and
in the pop-up shop in Preston city centre.
Exercise classes were free all day for staff
and students at the Sir Tom Finney Sports
Centre. Visitors got involved in a variety
Academics and guest speakers hosted
free talks on the issue of mental health
and wellbeing throughout the day,
including sessions on dementia,
workplace mental health, and the
vision of local mental health service,
Lancashire Mind.
Promoting Mental Health Awareness in the Community
Emma Jones from the Mental Health
Division at UCLan used money she won
as an engagement catalyst to buy
equipment for various community
projects to promote mental health. Two
recent events have included running a
session at UCLan’s pop up shop in Preston
city centre, and one at a local high school
in Blackburn.
other. A key way to do this is to learn about
it in a fun, interactive and informal way,
Emma commented on her continued
work into Mental Health awareness: “It is
important we talk openly about mental
health to dispel any myths and also
encourage people to talk and support each
to help people feel comfortable to open up
and discuss their views in a supportive
environment. Mental health problems are
rising with one in four people experiencing
a mental health problem at some point in
their life. It is therefore vital we foster a
culture where people can talk openly
about how they are feeling without
being ashamed or embarrassed, the best
way to do this is through education.”
The sessions aim to increase mental
health awareness in a fun and engaging
way, and tackle the stigma surrounding
mental health.
Emma’s a Bit of Everything
Mental Health
Lecturer, Emma Jones
is participating in a
number of activities to
raise money for local
mental health charity,
Lancashire Mind. This
year’s fundraising
activities have included; the Yorkshire
three peaks challenge, two tough
mudders, the Great North Swim, Chester
half marathon, Blue Light Walk, Rough
Runner, various fun runs, and 140 miles
of walking whilst Pokemon hunting!
Mental Health
Nursing Students
Published in Journal
of HIV Nursing
Two students on the Mental Health
Pre-registration Nursing programme
have just been published in a journal
with two members of staff from the
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. Nicola
Kennedy, a third year student, and
Martin Jones, a previous student who’s
Emma commented on her outstanding
efforts: “As a mental health nurse it’s been
fab to raise money for such an important
cause. I signed up for lots of things this
year and the list just kept growing, so I
called it ‘Emma’s bit of everything’. It’s
been fab doing them all with various
friends and family. I’m really keen on
exercise to promote mental wellbeing
and also talking and spending time with
people so it’s been a whole year of that,
which has been amazing! It’s also great
for my physical health as I’ve got
asthma, it’s been good to push myself
and has shown how determination and
support can help you achieve anything.”
If you’d like to support Emma’s ongoing
activities, you can donate at
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/
Emma-Jones177
just started as a newly qualified nurse,
published their reflections of working
with service users in mental health
services who have HIV. The article
written alongside Emma Jones and
James Meek has been published in the
journal of HIV Nursing.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
10
PhD Student’s
Monumental
Year
A
UCLan Lecturer
Appointed as Trustee
Official for Education
for the College of
Paramedics
Senior lecturer in Paramedic Practice, Lizi Hickson, has
stepped up her role in shaping the UK’s paramedic education,
after being appointed as the Trustee Official for Education
for the College of Paramedics following her role as Assistant
Director for the last three years.
The College of Paramedics is now a registered charity and
represents all UK Ambulance professionals including student
paramedics. Lizi will represent all College members’ interest in
education and career development as well as reviewing the
profession’s teaching curriculum to match the ever evolving role.
Lizi, whose new job sits alongside her teaching at UCLan, said:
“It’s an honour to be offered this position following my time as
Assistant Director. I am able to lead the profession I am so proud
of and work with staff and students to help them achieve their
educational goals alongside their careers.
“This new and exciting opportunity has allowed me to move
into a senior position within the College. I am now responsible
for providing a high level of leadership and governance as well
as engaging with members on an individual basis to offer
advice and support when needed.”
Lizi joined the Lancashire Ambulance Service in January 2000
and qualified as a paramedic 2003. She continues to work
operationally on front line emergency vehicles, and her
operational duties involve assessing and supporting staff in
their daily duties.
chieving one lifetime
ambition in a year
might be enough for most
people, but not for PhD
student Samuel Ujewe. Not
only has the 33-year-old
received his doctorate with
very minute corrections,
but he has secured a research job, got married, and
found out he is expecting
his first child all in the
space of 12 months.
Originally from Nigeria, Samuel will now take up a
research post at the University of Pretoria, in South
Africa, and is keen to stress the pivotal role of his
UCLan supervisor Professor Doris Schroeder in his
success.
He said: “My supervisor came very highly
recommended to me by another professor at Oxford
University and I wasn’t disappointed. Professor
Schroeder was excellent and the best supervisor
I could have asked for. She was instrumental to me
and her help went far beyond what is expected.
“I also had wonderful colleagues at UCLan who
supported me, and we all helped each other along
the way.”
Samuel’s thesis, was titled ‘Just Healthcare in
Nigeria: The foundation for an African ethical
framework’. Samuel was awarded a scholarship
from UCLan and received at least £1,000 a year
from an anonymous benefactor and commented:
“The funding made such a difference. I’m so grateful.”
In his second year of study, Samuel met Osanudiamen,
known as Osa, a Masters student studying at the
University of Dundee. “We got married as soon as
I’d handed in my thesis,” Samuel says.
The couple later received the happy news that Osa
was pregnant. The family now plan to move to
South Africa for Samuel to take up his new role,
where he hopes to advance the research he carried
out during his PhD.
Samuel added: “Ethical frameworks is a growing
field in Africa and internationally. It’s something
I hope to establish and eventually influence policy
– that’s my grand aspiration”.
HEALTH AT UCLAN
11
UCLan’s First
‘Workout@Work’ Week
U
CLan recently ran its first ever workout@work week; an
initiative developed by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
The programme ran between 24 – 28 October 2016 and was led by
Gillian Rawlinson from the Physiotherapy department, with the
help of students and staff. The aim was to help staff become more
physically active at work, urging them to #movemore and #sitless.
Various activities ran through the week including regular student-led ‘get up and
move’ sessions, where admin staff were encouraged to take short breaks from their
sitting postures, have a stretch, and get energised! One of UCLan’s Sports Therapy
academics, Verity Scholes, ran Pilates taster sessions throughout the week, and
Matt from Nordic Walking Preston, encouraged staff to get ‘out and about’ and
experience some of the many benefits of Nordic walking. Staff were also offered
free day passes for the University’s sports centre and students were regularly on
hand to challenge staff into avoiding lifts for a week and take the stairs instead!
Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year
The Student Nursing Times awards are held annually to celebrate the nursing achievements of student nurses nationally.
This year, UCLan were proud finalists in four of the categories and Deborah Huyton, a third year Pre-registration Adult
Student Nurse was the winner of the ‘Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year’ award.
Deborah was nominated as she is an
outstanding student and passionate
about her nursing career. The process
of entering this category involved
being nominated by a lecturer for the
award and providing testimonials.
Deborah has been a model student
during her three years at UCLan. Upon
starting the course, Deborah signed up
to be a student representative to ensure
that the student voice was heard. She
was also involved in a situation on her
first placement as a student nurse where
she had to advocate in the best interests
of her patient. She was able to show
compassion and courage which can be
difficult when you are a new student
nurse. Deborah has been an ambassador
in making a meaningful contribution to
improving the student experience both
in her role as student representative
and also at a global level in a hospital in
Rwanda. This was a very special
experience, as through her placement in
Rwanda, Deborah had the privilege of
being involved in implementing a change
through introducing a patient assessment
tool in to a hospital environment which
improved the patient experience and
also the care the nurses and student
nurses were able to deliver.
Deborah is student Co-editor of the
School’s student magazine Pulse and
is also a member of the Nurses’ Day
committee. She took on the Yorkshire
Three Peaks challenge as part of
UCLan’s Nurses’ Day fundraising
efforts in 2014. She has been involved
with all these activities alongside her
course requirements.
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12
UCLan
Academic
Supports
Development
of New £4m
Sports Facility
Work has started on a £4m state-of-theart sports facility in Chorley and
UCLan is working alongside Chorley
Council and Chorley Community Trust
to facilitate the club’s development.
Once work is completed, the site will
include the two-storey Brookfields
Pavilion, which will have a range of
facilities. There will be a seated stand
for 350 spectators, a viewing balcony,
a fitness suite, changing rooms, and
physiotherapy and sports injuries clinics.
There will also be a sprung dance floor,
function suite, kitchen, bars and space
for conferences, meetings, community
groups or exercise classes. Outside there
will be full-size flood-lit grass pitches
and a full-size flood-lit artificial pitch, as
well as car parking. The new facilities
will be used by more than just the
rugby club; talks are currently being
held with Astley Village Junior Football
Club to ensure the artificial pitch will be
marked for football matches and
exercise classes such as Zumba and
pilates.
UCLan Lecturer, Chris Gunn has held
various meetings with the club and its
representatives with a view to forging
a link to provide opportunities for
postgraduate and undergraduate
students to carry out research and
consultancy projects aiming to facilitate
the club’s development, including
increasing the number of senior players,
starting a junior section, and forging
links with local primary and secondary
schools.
Chris commented: “This is a very
exciting time for the club and our
students who will gain fantastic
experience of research within an
applied, ‘real-world’ context to help
local sport initiatives and developments.”
Outdoor Research Team
Acquire Equipment to Aid
Research and Teaching
P
art of UCLan’s Outdoor academic team, who are based in North
Wales, have recently received four sets of Rock Exotica load cells to aid
research and teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
These load cells are weatherproof and Bluetooth enabled, allowing them
to be used in all temperatures and conditions. This is important for
collecting real world data, particularly in adventurous environments,
where the nuances and complexities of operating there are hard to
capture in a static laboratory setting.
The load cells communicate with an app that allows storage of data from
both static and dynamic tests and real time feeds. In the photo below,
students are gathering data on technical rescues, under supervision. In
partnership with leading sector providers, with expertise in cave rescue,
white water safety & rescue and mountain rescue, UCLan can continue to
conduct cutting edge research to inform best practice in the outdoors and
for the emergency services. It’s anticipated that research will be conducted
into the durability of ice axe anchors, technical rope rescue systems and
fall arrest systems. This expands the work already conducted and
published by MRes and DProf students over the last five years.
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World and European Champion
Athlete Enrolls at UCLan
G
reat British athlete and World and European Medalist Jenny
Meadows, enrolled at UCLan in January 2015 to study for a
MSC in Sports Marketing and Business Management. Jenny is
the fourth-fastest British Woman over 800m behind Dame Kelly
Holmes and Lynsey Sharp.
However, after being involved in competitive athletics since the
age of seven Jenny realised that her running days were nearing
an end and was keen to develop her growing interest and
knowledge in this field.
Jenny particularly enjoyed the content of the course and found
that she could directly relate much of the theory and literature
to the real-life experiences she had had throughout her evolving
role in athletics and the wider business of sport. Jenny also
praised the staff at UCLan whom she said displayed a boundless
source of both knowledge and passion for the subject.
At the end of Summer 2016 Jenny finally hung up her running
spikes, although she won’t disappear from the spotlight
completely, as she will be taking on the new role of Pace-Making
at the televised 2017 IAAF Diamond League meetings.
As Jenny will now spend less hours training she can focus more
on completing the rest of her course and hopefully pursue an
exciting new career. The next challenge awaits!
UCLan Launch Golf Coaching Praxis
U
CLan is pleased to announce the launch of its Golf Coaching Praxis Level 1
Certificate in golf performance. This innovative new course is an
international partnership between UCLan’s School of Sport and Wellbeing,
The International Institute for Golf Education (IIGE), BMR Golf Management in
the US, and Golf Biodynamics from Australia.
The certificate is delivered by Dr David Grecic,
Dr Rob Neal and Mr Brendan Ryan and offers
golf coaches of all standards an insight into the
world of performance golf and in particular
how they can best develop young golfers. It
offers three distinct units of study – Supporting
Young Golfers, Developing Young Golfers, and
Managing Young Golfers – which are broken
down into small modules of work which deal
with thematic areas e.g. Technology,
Biomechanics, Psychology, Instruction,
Communication etc.
Course Leader Dr David Grecic explained:
“We are all very excited about our new course.
We believe this Level 1 Certificate will enhance
coaches’ core knowledge and make a real
difference to their professional practice. The
subsequent Level 2 and Level 3 Certificates
will then build and apply this knowledge and
help coaches create their own innovative
solutions and coaching interventions to
ensure the continued development of young
golfers across the globe.”
If you are an aspiring coach or a coach who
would just like to update your current golf
performance knowledge, then please do get in
contact for more information by emailing
David Grecic directly on [email protected]
or visiting our website: www.uclan.ac.uk/
courses/golf-coaching-praxis-level1.php
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Scotland Rugby League
Trains for Four Nations
Tournament at UCLan
T
he Scotland Rugby
League team made
Preston its home for a
few weeks as it trained
for the national side.
UCLan Sports Arena was the official
training venue for the 24 strong squad
during its Four Nations tournament
campaign against Australia, England
and New Zealand.
The team used the Arena’s rugby
pitches and strength and conditioning
suite as part of their rigorous training
schedule, as well as taking advantage of
the University’s Physiotherapy Clinic
for treatment and sports massage from
UCLan’s sports therapy students.
Steve McCormack, Head Coach
commented at the time: “UCLan is a
great base for our Four Nations camp.
The facilities are very good and
everyone that we have worked with
has been very supportive. Also being
able to use the Westleigh Conference
Centre as our base has added to the
experience for everyone involved.”
UCLan is no stranger to working with
Scotland Rugby League having already
hosted a Student Development Day in
October. Several key staff are also
alumni of the University with Steve
McCormack and Assistant Head Coach
Dave Rotheram both completing
UCLan’s Postgraduate Diploma in Elite
Coaching Practice and other backroom
staff graduating with related sports
degrees.
UCLan Sports Arena was also an official
host venue for the 2013 Rugby League
World Cup with Ireland and Fiji basing
themselves at UCLan Sports Arena.
Dr Bryan Jones, Principal Lecturer in
Coaching and Performance at UCLan,
commented: “It’s fantastic that once
again we can open up our first-class
training facilities to professional athletes
to prepare for such an important
tournament.”
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News in Brief...
Sport and Wellbeing’s David Grecic and Nick Passenger
recently attended a trip to China organised by the
Confucius Institute. The trip entailed teaching PE in a
number of schools and advising staff on methods that
can be used within the teaching sessions. Links were made
with the education authorities and also partnerships
were secured for future teaching opportunities for
UCLan students.
Research proposals and partnerships were made with
CUPES, Beijing Sports University and China Club Football
Ltd and interesting exchange plans have also been
discussed. Future projects are being discussed and
promising opportunities have been hatched between
all parties.
F
oundation Entry Sport students recently returned from an
annual trip to Hothersall Lodge for a morning of activity and
teambuilding. The event takes place every year and gives the
foundation students a taste of what their course entails as well
as a chance to meet and work with other students. Activities
included rock climbing, orienteering and a wire obstacle course.
Foundation students from a variety of UCLan sport related courses
have worked collaboratively to plan, deliver and evaluate a Tri-Golf
Event for 10 local primary schools. As part of a foundation module,
students from Sports Studies, Coaching, Sports Business Management
and the Outdoors have worked tirelessly to facilitate a successful
day, one which the pupils from various schools will no doubt
remember! This 'hands-on' experience has been invaluable for
students' personal and professional development and initial
feedback from the schools has been extremely positive.
On 21 October the FA came to UCLan to hold a
CPD event in The Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre.
The event was for
professional North West
clubs to come and work
together in coaching
development. The work
included preparing and
practicing coaching
sessions that would
be suitable for school
children.
Health and Wellbeing CPD Workshops 2017
WORKSHOP
Identifying the Sick Child
Laughter is the Best Medicine: An Introduction to the Healing Power of Humour
How does the Body Work in Biomechanical and Physiological Terms?
Assessment of Quality of Movement of Common Movement Tasks & Physiological Cost
Ensuring Patients Safety in Healthcare Setting
Venepuncture
Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy
Motivational Interviewing Related to Sexual Health: Theory & Practice
Creative Expressive Arts Therapies
Senior PWP Leadership and Development
Biomechanics of Conservative and Surgical Management
Trust: Its Unintended Betrayal
Understanding Muscle Function
Introduction to Leadership in Nursing
Designing and Delivering Healthcare Simulation
Cervical Cytology Update for Cervical Smear Takers
Mentor Update for Cervical Smear Takers
Advanced Exercise Rehabilitation
Venepuncture
Fragile Process of Attachment: Theory & Practice
Supporting Children, Young People & Families living with, or affected by, HIV in the UK
The Acute Care and Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and Young People
under the age of 18 years
Introduction to Children’s Palliative Care
Cultural and Spiritual Awareness
Working Safely/ Therapeutically with People who have committed Sexual Offences
Positive Ageing: How to Enjoy Later Life
Venepuncture
Ear Care Management
Enhancing the PWP Toolkit
Advanced Clinical Skills: Consultation Skills including History Taking
Advanced Clinical Skills: Gastro-Intestinal System
Advanced Clinical Skills: Respiratory System
Caring for Children with Complex Needs
Chronic Heart Failure
Herbal Medicines
Fragile Process of Attachment: Theory & Practice
Recognising and Managing Unusual Infections
Nutrition and Healthy Eating for the Older Adult
Improving Continence Awareness in Adults
Group Facilitation Skills
Male Depression: What it is and what do professionals need to consider?
Ear Care Management
Introduction to Metacognitive Therapy
Working with Common Mental Health Problems: A guide for Primary Care Practitioners
Speak Up! An Introduction to Public Speaking
Personality Disorder: An Introduction
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Fri 13.01.17
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9am-4pm
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Visit our website for booking instructions www.uclan.ac.uk/healthcpdworkshops
Fees - £45 for a half day; £90 for a full day. Please note catering and car parking are not provided.
For further information please contact: NHS Contracts Unit, Brook Hub, UCLan e: [email protected] t: 01772 893808
For further information or for the 2017
list of CPD workshops please contact:
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Email: [email protected]
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