Great Britain's most successful Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey, has hailed the opening of a new 'Institute of Sport' for the city. The new Institute of Sport, launching at Manchester Metropolitan University's All Saints Campus aims to bring together pioneering research, partnerships and teaching in sport, exercise and health.
Called the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport the site will harness research from across the university to champion sport and health through strengthening communities and building a healthier society, to hopefully inspiring the next generation of athletes.
The new institute was officially opened yesterday (March 28) with special guest speaker Dame Sarah, who was joined by former government minister and current university chancellor, Lord Peter Mandelson, Vice-Chancellor, professor Malcolm Press, and the institute's director professor Tim Cable, as well as city leaders including Mayor Andy Burnham. Dame Sarah has worked with Man Met in the past to help her prepare for competitions and welcomed the difference this could make to the city as a whole.
