It’s Staff Sports Day!
If you’ve been wondering why staff from across campus have been whooping it up on the grass of Ravelin Park, it is all in aid of a very good cause: the annual Staff Sports Day. We are very grateful to …
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Stressless activities
Update – Summer 2019 Sports & Recreation are offering stress less relaxation sessions again during the 2019/20 academic year on Thursday afternoons during term-time, with ten minute sessions starting promptly at 2.15 pm, 2.30 pm and 2.45 pm in Seminar …
Linking learning and exercise
A recent study claims that intensive exercise around four hours after learning can boost your memory. Apparently the gap between learning and exercise is important, though. Exercise immediately after learning had less effect than if exercise was delayed. Read more on the BBC News website.
Free information resources from Sportcal to celebrate the Olympic Games
To celebrate one of the world’s biggest sporting spectacles, the Olympic Games, Sportcal are giving away free content every day throughout the duration of the Games, including exclusive material, in-depth case studies and analysis on media, sponsorship, news, events and global sports impact. A new …
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Fun team bonding at the staff sports day
Once again, Library staff join others from across the University to practice leadership and teamwork in a fun and different setting. Ravelin Park, specifically, so none of them had too far to travel!
Library wins award at Sports Day
After a year’s break, the Library fielded a top team for the Univerity Sports Day and put in a consistent performance by coming last once again. But at least we’ve got something for our trophy room, and a good time …
Olympic Archive
Only 1 week to go to the start of the London 2012 Olympics. If you are starting to feel the Olympic fever then why not check out the Olympic Record from the National Archives. It contains hundreds of historic photos …
Sport Relief
It’s that time again when the people of Great Britain get together to raise money for charity through sport. This year involves entering a Sport Relief Mile. For more information, have a look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sportrelief/
Red Bull Home Run
TOTD is off on an outing tomorrow. (At least the lucky ones are!) Here’s a link to the Red Bull page about the “Red Bull Home Run” event which is happening tomorrow…. http://www.redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/en_UK/Article/Home-Run-Show-Latest-021243131789992 It’s a celebration of the Red Bull …
Tiddlywinks
The Freshers’ Fayre has been in full swing and many students have taken part in our ‘Tiddlywink Olympics’ at the Library stand. In the highjump section, one student managed to shoot a wink over a staggering nine copies of The …
