How thinking about health shapes the way young women think about their ‘futures’
Changing times, future bodies? The significance of health in young women’s imagined futures Just had this article published in Pedagogy, [...]
Social Learning 2.0: A New Teaching Ethos for Universities
Dr Emma Rich, University of Bath @emmarich45 Professor Andy Miah, University of the West of Scotland @andymiah Around the end [...]
Beyond school boundaries: new health imperatives, families and schools
By Emma Rich Published in: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Download the article here This article draws [...]
PE is not a Panacea
From tackling obesity to producing sporting heroes: Physical Education is not a panacea: On Thursday, Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, [...]
New article in Culture @ the Olympics
New article published in a special issue on London2012 of Culture @ the Olympics: Beyond the Slogan: There are many [...]
Watch this Paralympics Documentary
During 2012 I was fortunate enough to work with some students from City of Bristol College (with thanks to [...]
Article in the Independent
Read my Blog feature in the Independent on London2012 – read here
The end of the affair? Why London2012 ‘inspiration’ could be short-lived
As the London2012 Olympic Games drew to a spectacular end this week, attention quickly turned to the future and potential [...]
New publication – Olympics – New legacies of learning?
One aspect of the Olympic and Paralympic legacies may be their capacity to provide a context through which young people [...]
Body Culture Exhibition
In September 2011 some of my work on the Body and Physical Culture was the subject of an exhibition at [...]
Olympic Open Weekend and citizen journalism
Please visit the blog On 23rd – 24th July Weymouth hosted their Olympic Open Weekend as part of the Cultural [...]
Presentation – Researching the body
Integrating perspectives on schools-based research – July 14th 2011 July 14th – presenting a paper on methodological issues of undertaking [...]
#media2012 olympic research
This Summer I will be undertaking research on social media and the Olympics as part of the #media2012 social media [...]
Pedagogy and Physical Cultural Studies
New article published on pedagogy and physical cultural studies in the Sociology of Sport Journal Exploring the Relationship Between Pedagogy [...]
Speaking the Unspoken
Just given a paper on Boys body dissatisfaction, new health imperatives and sites of learning at http://www.edu.uwo.ca/speakingtheunspoken/ A really thoughtful [...]
My research in exhibition
In September there will be an exhibition of artist’s interpretation of some of the research I have been undertaking [...]
ESRC Seminar Series: Fat Studies and HAES
Summary ESRC seminar series: Fat Studies and HAES: Bigness Beyond Obesity (More about the series here- http://tinyurl.com/68fnh4y) Seminar 4: Researching [...]
My Photography
Now storing a selection of my favourite photographs here