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Sports Engineering Research Group
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Alliance for Sports Engineering Education
European Network of Universities and Industry to promote the proper education of sports engineering within the European Union
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Sheffield Innovation Programme (SIP)
Sheffield Innovation Programme (SIP) provides small-scale expert-led research & innovation projects for regional SMEs
Read more![Screenshot of the bespoke software being used to analyse performance in martial arts](https://www.shu.ac.uk/-/media/home/research/sparc-new/sports-engineering/projects/pirp-5.jpg?iar=0&sc_lang=en&hash=8EFD9B2D759024BBD3F4B5F9F2748AEC)
Performance Innovation Research Partnership
SERG have been developing technological innovations to support the performance of Team GB athletes at Olympic competitions since 2004
Read morePhysical Activity, Wellbeing and Public Health Research Group
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NEWDAY-ABC
Weight management intervention for estrogen positive (ER+) breast cancer survivors
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SHU Wellness
Improving staff health and wellbeing at SHU through a theoretically underpinned staff wellbeing programme
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GM Moving impact and process evaluation
GM Moving is adopting a system-wide collaborative approach to drive transformational change to build healthier and more active communities
Read moreSport and Human Performance Research Group
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Sport and performance cultures
Building upon the great work in this area and providing an important platform for future research and consultancy opportunities
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Sport England Secondary Teacher Training programme
SHP and colleagues in SIRG are evaluating Sport England's investment of £13.5m to improve student's experience of PE, school sport and physical activity
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City of Sheffield Diving and GB Diving
Provision of strength and conditioning support to Sheffield Diving and British Diving athletes
Read moreSport Industry Research Group
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Capturing the impacts of major events
How we measure the economic and social impacts of major sporting events
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The benefit of outdoor sport for society
A multi-disciplinary approach to studying and measuring the value of outdoor recreation
Read more![Schoolchildren playing a game of football](https://www.shu.ac.uk/-/media/home/research/sparc-new/active-lives.jpg?iar=0&sc_lang=en&hash=A86DC9BD74DFDFD378F003BEAABE0C25)
Social return on investment of sport
How we measure the wider non-financial impacts of sport and physical activity on society
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