{"id":4747,"date":"2021-03-22T10:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:43:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:43:29","slug":"new-sparc-website-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2021\/03\/22\/new-sparc-website-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"New SPARC website launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9RPZY-oSfs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the launch of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/sport-physical-activity-research-centre\">Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC) website<\/a>, our Week in Focus will be shining a spotlight on our sports and physical activity research groups. From improving quality of life to designing new technological innovations, our colleagues in SPARC are at the forefront of internationally renowned, world-class research. Professor Jeff Breckon (head of research \u2013 sport, professor in physical activity behaviour change) has kindly provided <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/p9RPZY-oSfs\">a short video introduction to SPARC.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the launch of the new Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC) website, our Week in Focus will be shining a spotlight on our sports and physical activity&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3083,"featured_media":4670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New SPARC website launches","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,104,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-research","category-staffnews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2020\/12\/Heidi-wordpress-blog.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-1ez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4308,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/11\/27\/sparc-symposium-5th-december-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":4747,"position":0},"title":"SPARC Symposium \u2013 5th December 2019","author":"Mark Greene","date":"November 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"SPARC Symposium \u2013 Enrichment through Digital Technologies: Sharpening the Focus on the Regulation of Movement Date: Thursday 5th December Time: 8.40am - 4pm Venue: Herbert Wing 2, Collegiate Crescent Campus This symposium provides a platform to address effects of the current proliferation of digital media and technologies in daily lives,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/11\/SPARC-Symposium.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/11\/SPARC-Symposium.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/11\/SPARC-Symposium.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2019\/11\/SPARC-Symposium.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4723,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2021\/02\/11\/dare-to-dream-you-can-do-more-than-you-think-you-can-sparc-seminar-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":4747,"position":1},"title":"Dare to dream: you can do more than you think you can (SPARC Seminar Series)","author":"Mark Greene","date":"February 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Date: Tuesday 2nd March Time: 4pm Format: Online event Pushing outside your comfort zone and challenging societies norms can be a daunting prospect. 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