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.
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She said: "The Institute of Sport is an incredibly exciting proposition, both for me as an elite athlete but also for the difference it can make to the city of Manchester and wider region. Having a hub of sporting excellence that will work with people from all backgrounds, bringing a breadth of understanding in sport and health, will offer so much to our communities and I am excited to see the difference this will make to people’s lives."
Research and expertise in the Institute of Sport is set to include the study on the effect of periods on performance in women, the role of genetics in sport and concussion, injury prevention and recovery, sport governance, paralympic sport classification, sport nutrition, dementia in football, science of ageing and mobility, and much more.
Professor Malcolm Press, Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, said: “Manchester is a city with an international reputation for sport and sporting excellence, as well as being at the forefront of health innovation. Our Institute of Sport aims to add another globally-leading thread to this city’s sport and health fabric.
"The institute will help us to deliver research that changes lives by advancing knowledge, delivering new treatments and addressing health inequalities. What we learn working with those at the top of their sport can be just as relevant to the health and wellbeing of tens or hundreds of thousands of other people. It is this approach that will see the Institute of Sport deliver benefits for communities regionally, nationally and across our world."
The institute will house specialist labs, an eye-tracking and clinical suite, as well as a 3 Tesla MRI scanner and x-ray scanner which allows the assessment of a range of body tissues and functions. The degrees the institute will offer to students ranges from Sports Marketing Management, Sport Coaching and Development, Sport and Exercise Science, Physiotherapy, and Health and Exercise Science.
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