Outreach

CASES Outreach Work

In 2021, the CASES Board agreed to establish a CASES Outreach Panel, with the aim of increasing public engagement with and awareness of CASES and sport and exercise science more broadly. Since its establishment, the panel has supported a range of outreach activities designed to bring sport and exercise science to wider audiences. These include engagement events with local schools such as a national poster competition, and public lectures exploring topical issues across sport and exercise science. Through these activities, the panel aims to showcase the relevance and impact of sport and exercise science, inspire the next generation, and promote greater public understanding of the association and discipline.

In 2025/26, the Outreach Panel worked with Bournemouth University students to create slides and a story board that were then turned into an animation describing how CASES’ practitioners support athletes:

The CASES Outreach Panel currently comprises of:

Prof John Dickinson FCASES

Chair

Lewis Davies

Dr Emma Mosley MCASES

Dr Lynsey James MCASES

Mastveer Ghatahora

Dr James Wright MCASES

Outreach Hubs

CASES Outreach Hubs engage with local school and college students and teachers, as well as members of the public. Each Hub will run an annual school poster competition, engaging and supporting school and college students to develop information posters on topics that they have interacted with during visits to higher education institutions. The Outreach Hubs will also support delivery of other forms of outreach such as public talks, webinars and engagement with teachers.

List of CASES Hubs for 2026-2027:

Anglia Ruskin University
Bedfordshire University
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Brunel University of London
Buckinghamshire New University
Durham University
Essex University
Gloucester University
Health Sciences University
Keele University
Lancaster University
Leeds Trinity University
Liverpool John Moores University
London Metropolitan University
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Northumbria University
Oxford Brookes University
Plymouth Marjon University
Robert Gordon University
Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton Solent University
St Mary's University
Swansea University
Teesside University
Ulster University
University Academy 92 Manchester (UA92)
University of Derby
University of Hertfordshire
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Kent
University of Lincoln
University of Staffordshire
University of Surrey
University of West of Scotland
University of Wolverhampton
Winchester University
York St. John University

If you would like to be connected to one of the above Outreach Hubs, please email enquiries@cases.org.uk

Poster competition

Following on from the success of the first CASES school competition, in September 2024, CASES Outreach Hubs will run an annual poster competition aimed at engaging students aged between 14 and 19 years, who are studying sport and exercise science related subjects in high school and colleges.

Winning Posters

Poster Competition Winners

2026
CASES Outreach Poster Competition Celebrates Winners | CASES

2025
Outreach Hub National Poster Competition Winner Announced | CASES

Public Lectures and Webinars

Public Talk: Football and Dementia: What do we know and where are we going?

Dr Tiago Peçanha - Senior Lecturer in Human Cardiovascular Physiology

This session will explore the growing conversation around football and brain health, focusing on what science currently tells us about the links between heading the ball, head injuries, and the risk of dementia later in life. We’ll look at the latest research findings and discuss what’s being done in the sport to protect players.

Tuesday 2 June, 2026 at Manchester Metropolitan University as part of the CASES Conference 2026.

Public talk on 'Applied psychology in elite sport' presentation slides

Please find the slides from Andy Hill's public talk at the BASES Conference 2024 on 'Applied psychology in elite sport' here

Public talk on 'Exercise Training and the Menstrual Cycle'

Fasting & Football 2022 Webinar

On 22 March 2022, the PFA (Professional Footballers Association), Premier League and BASES combined to deliver a webinar called “Fasting & Football 2022”. The webinar explored the conditions for Muslim athletes during the fasting period of Ramadhan.

The webinar brought together an international panel of academics and practitioners to share information, research and practice. The panel included Riz Rehman (EDI executive, PFA), Prof Karim Chamari (Aspetar, Qatar), Dr Zafar Iqbal (Crystal Palace FC,), Nabil Shah (Leicester City FC), Jennie Carter (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Academy) and Dr Ibrahim Akubat (Newman University Birmingham & Chair of the BASES Sport & Performance Division).

Public Talk: From Podium to Pillow: How to Sleep Well to Optimise Health and Performance

The first project delivered was that of a public talk, which was open to any interested parties. This free, public session, entitled From Podium to Pillow: How to Sleep Well to Optimise Health and Performance took place from 7 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday 17 November 2021, during the virtual BASES 2021 Conference.

Presented by Dr Sarah Gilchrist FCASES (Gilchrist Performance) and Dr Luke Gupta (English Institute of Sport).

Careers

Details of the CASES Career Guide can be found here.

CASES has produced several short videos from practitioners who have forged a career in various industries, following completion of a sport and exercise science related degree.

Here are a number of interview style videos explaining what the practitioner is currently doing within their role, providing an overview of qualification and training they completed and any networking/work experience they undertook to help them along in their career.

We hope the short videos prove helpful to school-age students (aged between 13 and 18 years old) to engage them with a better understanding of what they can do with a degree related to sport and exercise science.

1. Prof John Dickinson FCASES, Chair of the CASES Outreach Project Team

2. Amy Spencer, Registered Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Sports Psychologist, Southampton Football Club

3. Beth Mitchell, Active Ageing Lead, Greater Sport

4. Dr Cat Shin, Biomechanics Consultant & Project Lead Performance Analysis Technical Lead – Coding Languages, English Institute of Sport

5. Julia Wells, Head of Performance Analysis, English Institute of Sport

6. Sharon Madigan, Registered Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Dietitian, Head of Performance Nutrition, Sport Ireland Institute

7. Laura Needham, Co-Head of Physiology and Senior Physiologist, English Institute of Sport and British Triathlon

8. David Smith MBE, Athlete

We are keen to get your feedback on the short videos and what other outreach projects would be beneficial. Please spend a couple of minutes completing this brief feedback form. Thank you.

Outreach workshops

Each Outreach Hub recruits local schools and colleges (geographical area) to take part in one-day workshops at the Outreach Hub. The workshops can be tailored to the expertise at the Outreach Hub but will look to enrich the learning and understanding of sport and exercise science in relation to the students’ studies. The workshops will include interactive activities and will support the students to explore each topic so that they can go on to produce an informative poster on a topic related to their studies.

Outreach Workshop at the University of the West of Scotland, November 2025

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