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      <description>The Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund Development grant of £130,000 to progress plans to apply for a full grant for a major redevelopment project to create a significantly improved visitor experience and widen its access to young people, the public, and schools. Find out how you can get involved...</description>
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      <title>Providing a Ticket to Ride</title>
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      <description>The gap year experiences of one alumnus kick-started his career as Director and Co-founder of a totally unique surf-travel company which is striving to offer aspiring surfers the ticket to inspiring locations.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/10/Providing-a-Ticket-to-Ride.aspx</guid>
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      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>surfing</category>
      <category>business</category>
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      <title>London 2012 Alumni Superstars</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/London-2012-Alumni-Superstars.aspx</link>
      <description>'Winning a gold medal in front of a home crowd was indescribable and an experience I will never forget,' explains Birmingham graduate and former Pussycats captain, Pamela Relph (BSc Physics, 2011) who raced to Paralympic success earlier this month.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/London-2012-Alumni-Superstars.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/London-2012-Alumni-Superstars.aspx</guid>
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      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>gold medal</category>
      <category>sporting success</category>
      <category>London 2012</category>
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      <title>Student development scholarship: My time in Kenya</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Student-development-scholarship-My-time-in-Kenya-.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Student-development-scholarship-My-time-in-Kenya-.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Student-development-scholarship-My-time-in-Kenya-.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Paralympic Gold for Birmingham's Relph</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Pamel-Relph-Gold-Medal.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Pamel-Relph-Gold-Medal.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Pamel-Relph-Gold-Medal.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Paralympic gold for alumna Pamela</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Paralympic-gold-for-alumna-Pamela.aspx</link>
      <description>Birmingham Physics graduate Pamela Relph stormed to Paralympic gold as part of Team GB's Mixed Coxed Four on Sunday. Her victory with teammates, Naomi Riches, David Smith and James Roe was the only Paralympic rowing medal won by team GB.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Paralympic-gold-for-alumna-Pamela.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/09/Paralympic-gold-for-alumna-Pamela.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2f09%2fpamrelphmedaltwitpic184w-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
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      <title>Bolt bigs up Birmingham!</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/14Aug-Bolt-bigs-up-Birmingham!.aspx</link>
      <description>In an interview immediately following the Jamaican victory in the the men's 4x100m relay, Usain Bolt sings the praises of the University of Birmingham and of the sporting facilities which the Jamaican team had access to during the stay here leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/14Aug-Bolt-bigs-up-Birmingham!.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/14Aug-Bolt-bigs-up-Birmingham!.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-LES-only%2fsport-exercise%2fnews%2fBolt-Olympics-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Univerisity of Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Expert panel debates Olympic legacy</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Expert-Panel-Debates-Olympic-Legacy.aspx</link>
      <description>"Will London 2012 'inspire a generation' and be the first Olympics to deliver a participatory legacy?" was the theme of an open debate at the Bramall Music Building.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Expert-Panel-Debates-Olympic-Legacy.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Expert-Panel-Debates-Olympic-Legacy.aspx</guid>
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      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>legacy</category>
      <category>Physical activity and health</category>
      <category>Physical activity</category>
      <category>UBSport</category>
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      <title>Preparing for the greatest show on earth</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Preparing-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.aspx</link>
      <description>One alumnus gives an insight into Olympic fever from a different perspective.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Preparing-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Preparing-for-the-greatest-show-on-earth.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2fStephen-at-test-event.jpg" />
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
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      <title>Birmingham at London 2012 - ones to watch</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Birmingham-at-London-2012.aspx</link>
      <description>Flying the flag for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be 10 alumni and one current student.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Birmingham-at-London-2012.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Birmingham-at-London-2012.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fHannahEnglandracing.jpg" />
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>Paralympics</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>UBSport</category>
      <category>London 2012</category>
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      <title>Lindsey Maguire and Naomi Folkard perform well at London 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/03Aug-maguire-folkard-stories.aspx</link>
      <description>Lindsey Maguire and Naomi Folkard's performs at London 2012</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/03Aug-maguire-folkard-stories.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/03Aug-maguire-folkard-stories.aspx</guid>
      <category>Olympic</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
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      <title>Exclusion of Muslim sportswomen highlighted</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Exclusion-of-Muslim-sportswomen-highlighted.aspx</link>
      <description>The limited participation of Muslim sportswomen in international sport is highlighted in a new paper by Birmingham academics.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Exclusion-of-Muslim-sportswomen-highlighted.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Exclusion-of-Muslim-sportswomen-highlighted.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2fBSMedalsMW.jpg" />
      <category>Muslim women</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>research</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
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      <title>Olympic Memories</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Olympic-memories.aspx</link>
      <description>The University has many connections with the Olympic games due to its proud sporting tradition. The gallery below shares a few of the University's many Olympic memories including the recent visit from the Jamaican track and field team in their build up to the London 2012 games.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Olympic-memories.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Olympic-memories.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2faudrey-cort-resize.jpg" />
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      <title>Get set for London - Birmingham students and alumni competing in London 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/26-July-Birmingham-Olympians.aspx</link>
      <description>It's not just hosting the Jamaican Olympic team that the University of Birmingham is excited about – nine alumni and one current student have been chosen to represent Team GB at the Olympics and Paralympics in London. Competition was extremely fierce for places, so each of these athletes has excelled in booking themselves a spot in one of the biggest sporting events in the world.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/26-July-Birmingham-Olympians.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/07/26-July-Birmingham-Olympians.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Blog: Sport Under Communism – Dr Jonathan Grix discusses his new book</title>
      <link>http://polsis.org/2012/07/26/sport-under-communism-dr-jonathan-grix-discusses-his-new-book/</link>
      <description>POLSIS's Dr Jonathan Grix appeared on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed this week to discuss his new book Sport under Communism: Behind the East German 'Miracle', co-authored by Mike Dennis from the University of Wolverhampton.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://polsis.org/2012/07/26/sport-under-communism-dr-jonathan-grix-discusses-his-new-book/" />
      <guid>http://polsis.org/2012/07/26/sport-under-communism-dr-jonathan-grix-discusses-his-new-book/</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fcollege-social-sciences-only%2fgovernment-society%2flogos%2fpolsis-blog-news-Cropped-94x82.gif" />
      <category>Blog</category>
      <category>Johnathan Grix</category>
      <category>videos and podcasts</category>
      <category>podcast</category>
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      <title>Alumni dine with Jamaican Olympians</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Alumni-dine-with-Jamaican-Olympians.aspx</link>
      <description>Dining with members of the Jamaican Olympic team was a unique experience for two of our alumni.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Alumni-dine-with-Jamaican-Olympians.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/08/August-Alumni-dine-with-Jamaican-Olympians.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2f08%2fBoltwithRonjonv2.jpg" />
      <category>Jamaican Track and Field Team</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>fundraising</category>
      <category>sports centre</category>
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      <title>Can 2012 deliver a youth sport participation legacy - a podcast</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/26Jul-Can-2012-deliver-youth-sport-participation-legacy-podcast.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Kathleen Armour, Professor of Education and Sport and Head of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, talks to Ideas Lab about whether the Games can deliver a youth sport participation legacy.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/26Jul-Can-2012-deliver-youth-sport-participation-legacy-podcast.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/26Jul-Can-2012-deliver-youth-sport-participation-legacy-podcast.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fStaff%2fprofiles%2fsportex%2farmour-kathy-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Dr Jonathan Grix</category>
      <category>School of Psychology</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>London 2012</category>
      <category>sport and exercise sciences</category>
      <category>University of Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Diet is key to cycling success, sport nutrition lecturer tells Guardian newspaper</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/23Jul-Diet-is-key-to-cycling-success,-sport-nutrition-lecturer-tells-Guardian-newspaper.aspx</link>
      <description>Gareth Wallis, a lecturer and expert in sports nutrition in the School of Sport and Exercise Science commented in the Guardian newspaper that diet is a key aspect of the of cycling success enjoyed by Bradley Wiggins and his teammates.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/23Jul-Diet-is-key-to-cycling-success,-sport-nutrition-lecturer-tells-Guardian-newspaper.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/23Jul-Diet-is-key-to-cycling-success,-sport-nutrition-lecturer-tells-Guardian-newspaper.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fStaff%2fprofiles%2fsportex%2fwallis-gareth-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Sportex-news</category>
      <category>School of Sport and Exercise Sciences</category>
      <category>gareth wallios</category>
      <category>cycling</category>
      <category>diet</category>
      <category>Nutrition</category>
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      <title>Signed Usain Bolt memorabilia auction</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/Auction-of-signed-Usain-Bolt-memorabilia.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/Auction-of-signed-Usain-Bolt-memorabilia.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/Auction-of-signed-Usain-Bolt-memorabilia.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fAlumni%2fNews%2f2012%2fUsain-spikes.jpg" />
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      <title>Blog: Dr Jonathan Grix on the Olympics</title>
      <link>http://polsis.org/2012/07/16/dr-jonathan-grix-on-the-olympics/</link>
      <description>The Olympic Games are now less than two weeks away.  In this podcast for the University of Birmingham's Ideas Lab, POLSIS's Dr Jonathan Grix discusses the Olympic 'legacy', the impact of the Games outside the capital, and parallels with the 1948 Austerity Olympics, which were also held in London.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://polsis.org/2012/07/16/dr-jonathan-grix-on-the-olympics/" />
      <guid>http://polsis.org/2012/07/16/dr-jonathan-grix-on-the-olympics/</guid>
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      <category>videos and podcasts</category>
      <category>researchnews</category>
      <category>Blog</category>
      <category>jonathan grix</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
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      <title>Leveraging legacies from the London 2012 Olympics - a podcast</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10Jul-Leveraging-legacies-from-the-London-2012-Olympics---a-podcast.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Jonathan Grix, Senior Lecturer in Sport Politics and Policy at the University of Birmingham, about whether the London 2012 Games will leave the country with a significant legacy after the Olympic Flame has been extinguished.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10Jul-Leveraging-legacies-from-the-London-2012-Olympics---a-podcast.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10Jul-Leveraging-legacies-from-the-London-2012-Olympics---a-podcast.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fStaff%2fprofiles%2fsportex%2fgrix-jonathan-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Dr Jonathan Grix</category>
      <category>School of Psychology</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>London 2012</category>
      <category>sport and exercise sciences</category>
      <category>University of Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Adam Pengilly interview</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09Jul12Adam-Pengilly-interview.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham has been unmistakably linked to the London 2012 Olympics, from the campus being used for the Jamaican track and field teams pre-Olympic camp to having a number of alumni set to compete in the games, and one former student who is heavily involved is Adam Pengilly.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09Jul12Adam-Pengilly-interview.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09Jul12Adam-Pengilly-interview.aspx</guid>
      <category>Adam Pengilly</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>University of Birmingham Sport</category>
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      <title>Will London 2012 'inspire a generation'</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/19Jun-Will-London-2012-inspire-a-generation.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham is hosting an open debate at 11am on Friday 13 July. The debate will centre on the participatory legacy of London 2012 as well as looking forward to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/19Jun-Will-London-2012-inspire-a-generation.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/19Jun-Will-London-2012-inspire-a-generation.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fEvents%2folympic-branding-logo-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Olympic</category>
      <category>Olympic Games</category>
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      <title>Doping in Physical Activity Settings: A statistical review</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/15Jun-Doping-in-Physical-Activity-Settings-A-statistical-review.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr. Nikos Ntoumanis has recently received a grant from the World Anti-Doping Agency to carry out a statistical synthesis (meta-analysis) of the literature on personal and situational psychosocial variables that predict doping use in physical activity settings</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/15Jun-Doping-in-Physical-Activity-Settings-A-statistical-review.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/15Jun-Doping-in-Physical-Activity-Settings-A-statistical-review.aspx</guid>
      <category>Nikos Ntoumanis</category>
      <category>sport and exercise sciences</category>
      <category>World Anti-Doping Agency</category>
      <category>statistical synthesis</category>
      <category>psychosocial</category>
      <category>doping</category>
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      <title>In the Sportlight: Julz Adeniran From Law Grad to London 2012</title>
      <link>http://blog.upmysport.com/2012/06/01/in-the-sportlight-julz-adeniran-from-law-grad-to-london-2012/</link>
      <description>Interview and profile of Birmingham Law Graduate aiming for the London 2012 Olympics</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://blog.upmysport.com/2012/06/01/in-the-sportlight-julz-adeniran-from-law-grad-to-london-2012/" />
      <guid>http://blog.upmysport.com/2012/06/01/in-the-sportlight-julz-adeniran-from-law-grad-to-london-2012/</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fCollege-ArtsLaw-only%2flaw%2fthumbnails-news%2fjulz-adeniran-thumb.jpg" />
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      <category>z-law-alumni</category>
      <category>Birmingham Law School</category>
      <category>law</category>
      <category>graduate</category>
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      <category>Hurdles</category>
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      <category>London 2012</category>
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      <title>Search for the hero inside yourself</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Search-for-the-hero-inside-yourself.aspx</link>
      <description>For the first time, members of the alumni community can be found across the London Underground and at train stations and airports up and down the country as part of the University's Heroes campaign celebrating excellence in many different fields</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Search-for-the-hero-inside-yourself.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Search-for-the-hero-inside-yourself.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Birmingham Heroes</category>
      <category>hannah england</category>
      <category>Dean Miller</category>
      <category>Lorna Turnham</category>
      <category>matt bridge</category>
      <category>Joan Duda</category>
      <category>Eleanor Jones</category>
      <category>Bud Baldaro</category>
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      <title>Pro-Vice-Chancellor cycles for university research and scholarships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/06/06June-Pro-Vice-Chancellor-cycles-for-university-research-and-scholarships.aspx</link>
      <description>The University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer is preparing for a charity bike ride across Wales in aid of the University's Circles of Influence fundraising campaign.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Professor Adam Tickell</category>
      <category>Circles of Influence</category>
      <category>raising money</category>
      <category>cycle race</category>
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      <title>University Pro-Vice-Chancellor cycles for diabetes research and scholarship places</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/06/06-June-University-Pro-Vice-Chancellor-cycles-for-diabetes-research-and-scholarship-places.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer is preparing to complete a charity bike ride across Wales in aid of the University's cutting-edge research and widening participation programme.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>charity</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>adam tickell</category>
      <category>Widening Participation</category>
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      <title>Dinosaurs, robots and skeletons all part of the fun at University Community Day</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/06/01-June-Dinosaurs,-robots-and-skeletons-all-part-of-the-fun-at-University-Community-Day.aspx</link>
      <description>For the third year running the University of Birmingham is throwing open its doors  and welcoming the public to its annual Community Day on Sunday 10 June.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/06/01-June-Dinosaurs,-robots-and-skeletons-all-part-of-the-fun-at-University-Community-Day.aspx" />
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      <category>dinosaurs</category>
      <category>public</category>
      <category>Campus</category>
      <category>annual</category>
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      <title>Statistics just got a little bit simpler!</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/28May-Statistics-just-got-a-little-bit-simpler.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Nikos Ntoumanis has recently received a grant from the Centre of Learning and Academic Development to develop a series of narrated, step-by-step movies, which illustrate how to perform a range of statistical analyses.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 09:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/28May-Statistics-just-got-a-little-bit-simpler.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/28May-Statistics-just-got-a-little-bit-simpler.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Statistics</category>
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      <title>University of Birmingham celebrates its open-door to business</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/University-of-Birmingham-celebrates-its-open-door-to-business.aspx</link>
      <description>On Wednesday 23rd May Vice Chancellor Professor David Eastwood hosted an evening reception at his residence to celebrate the University of Birmingham's long history of successful business partnerships and reaffirm the University's role in supporting business growth in the region.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/business-services/news/items/University-of-Birmingham-celebrates-its-open-door-to-business.aspx" />
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      <title>School ranks in top three of uni guide 2013</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/25May-School-rank-in-top-three-of-uni-guide-2013.aspx</link>
      <description>In the Guardian University guide 2013 the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is ranked in the top three for sport sciences universities.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/25May-School-rank-in-top-three-of-uni-guide-2013.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/25May-School-rank-in-top-three-of-uni-guide-2013.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Golden girl Pippa makes history</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10May-Sportex-student-Pippa-Woolven-makes-history.aspx</link>
      <description>Ahead of the Olympic Games in London this summer, university athletes from across the country were handed the opportunity of a lifetime as the annual British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships were held in the new purpose built Olympic Stadium in Stratford, over the weekend of the May 4-7. The first event to reach its conclusion at the Championships was the women's 2000m steeplechase, won by the University of Birmingham's Pippa Woolven.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10May-Sportex-student-Pippa-Woolven-makes-history.aspx" />
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      <category>sport and exercise sciences</category>
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      <title>Cup glory for Birmingham hockey</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/14May-Hockey-win.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/14May-Hockey-win.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/14May-Hockey-win.aspx</guid>
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      <title>BEST Project wins Higher Education Academy award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10May-BEST-Project-wins-Higher-Education-Academy-award.aspx</link>
      <description>Staff at the School of Sport an Exercise Sciences have been awarded £10,000 by the Higher Education Academy to explore the experiences of home and international students participating in an outdoor groupwork skills course.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10May-BEST-Project-wins-Higher-Education-Academy-award.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/10May-BEST-Project-wins-Higher-Education-Academy-award.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Golden girl Pippa makes history</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Pippa-Woolven.aspx</link>
      <description>Ahead of the Olympic Games in London this summer, university athletes from across the country were handed the opportunity of a lifetime as the annual British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships were held in the new purpose built Olympic Stadium in Stratford, over the weekend of the May 4-7. The first event to reach its conclusion at the Championships was the women's 2000m steeplechase, won by the University of Birmingham's Pippa Woolven.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Pippa-Woolven.aspx" />
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      <title>Birmingham student soars to pole vault gold at Olympic Stadium</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Nick-Crutchley.aspx</link>
      <description>Birmingham student Nick Cruchley, from Stourbridge, has cemented his place in Olympic history by becoming the first men's pole vault Champion at the Olympic Stadium. Nick broke the Championship Record with a height of 5:22m to take the title at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships. The championships were a London 2012 test event as part of the London Prepares series.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Nick-Crutchley.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/Nick-Crutchley.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Success for Birmingham athletes at the Olympic stadium</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09-5-2012-Bucs-success-news-release.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) Athletics and Cross Country club made history over the weekend of 4-7 May as scholar Pippa Woolven became the first person to win and receive a gold medal at the Olympic Stadium in London.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09-5-2012-Bucs-success-news-release.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/olympics/news/09-5-2012-Bucs-success-news-release.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Doctoral Researcher wins Michael K. O'Rourke Award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/01May-DR-wins-Michael-K-ORourke-Award.aspx</link>
      <description>SportEx Doctoral Researcher Mark Holland (supervised by Professor Joan Duda and Dr Jennifer Cumming) has received the Michael K. O'Rourke PhD Publication Award within the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/01May-DR-wins-Michael-K-ORourke-Award.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/01May-DR-wins-Michael-K-ORourke-Award.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Doctoral researcher</category>
      <category>sportex</category>
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      <title>SportEx academic appointed Deputy Editor in Chief of Experimental Physiology</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/27Apr-SportEx-academic-appointed-Deputy-Editor-in-Chief-of-Experimental-Physiology.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Michael White has been appointed Deputy Editor in Chief of the journal, Experimental Physiology.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/27Apr-SportEx-academic-appointed-Deputy-Editor-in-Chief-of-Experimental-Physiology.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/27Apr-SportEx-academic-appointed-Deputy-Editor-in-Chief-of-Experimental-Physiology.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Dr Michael White</category>
      <category>Deputy Editor in Chief</category>
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      <category>Experimental Physiology.</category>
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      <title>Associate Editor appointment for Dr Maria Kavussanu</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/24Apr-Associate-Editor-appointment-for-Dr-Maria-Kavussanu.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Maria Kavussanu has been recently appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. This is the official journal of the Association for the Applied Sport Psychology and is published by Routledge.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/24Apr-Associate-Editor-appointment-for-Dr-Maria-Kavussanu.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/24Apr-Associate-Editor-appointment-for-Dr-Maria-Kavussanu.aspx</guid>
      <category>sport and exercise sciences</category>
      <category>psychology</category>
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      <title>SportEx DR student awarded prize at Biomedical Basis of Elite Performance meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/17Apr-SportEx-DR-student-awarded-prize-at-BBEP-meeting.aspx</link>
      <description>The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SportEx) is celebrating the success of second year Doctoral Student, Richard Bruce, at a recent scientific meeting held in London's Queen Elizabeth II, Conference Centre.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/17Apr-SportEx-DR-student-awarded-prize-at-BBEP-meeting.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/17Apr-SportEx-DR-student-awarded-prize-at-BBEP-meeting.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Complete our Coniston survey and receive a £25 Amazon voucher</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/04/12Apr-Complete-our-Coniston-survey-and-receive-a-25-Amazon-voucher--.aspx</link>
      <description>Did you ever go to the Raymond Priestley Centre in Coniston, Lake District? If so, we would like to hear from you in return for a £25 Amazon voucher.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/04/12Apr-Complete-our-Coniston-survey-and-receive-a-25-Amazon-voucher--.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2012/04/12Apr-Complete-our-Coniston-survey-and-receive-a-25-Amazon-voucher--.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Olympic hopes for final year Geography student and hockey ace</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/news/2012/04Apr12-susie-gilbert-olympics.aspx</link>
      <description>'As a child I always had aspirations to go to the Olympics and represent my sport at the highest level, but not until recently did I realise that I wanted to do this as a full-time occupation for the foreseeable future'. So says Susie Gilbert, final year Geography student and women's Olympic hockey hopeful.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/news/2012/04Apr12-susie-gilbert-olympics.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Olympic hopes for hockey ace</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/02AprSusie-Gilbert-Press-Release.aspx</link>
      <description>'As a child I always had aspirations to go to the Olympics and represent my sport at the highest level, but not until recently did I realise that I wanted to do this as a full-time occupation for the foreseeable future'. So says Susie Gilbert, final year Geography student and women's Olympic hockey hopeful.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/04/02AprSusie-Gilbert-Press-Release.aspx" />
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      <title>University of Birmingham Sport at the BUCS Championships 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/19Mar12University-of-Birmingham-Sport-at-the-BUCS-Championships-2012.aspx</link>
      <description>Many of the University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) teams headed to Sheffield over the 14-18 March for the annual British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships, held in a variety of venues across the city.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/19Mar12University-of-Birmingham-Sport-at-the-BUCS-Championships-2012.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/19Mar12University-of-Birmingham-Sport-at-the-BUCS-Championships-2012.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Olympic delight for University of Birmingham torch bearers</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/03/21-Mar-Olympic-delight-for-University-of-Birmingham-torch-bearers-.aspx</link>
      <description>Two University of Birmingham students Annabel Fitzgerald a final year undergraduate and postgraduate cancer scientist Beckie Port have been selected to carry the Olympic flame when the torch relay passes through the West Midlands. They will be joined in carrying the flame by lecturers Dr Celia Taylor and Dr Matt Bridge and alumnus Mostafa Soleimani.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SportEx Academic to speak at  Physiological Society event</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/02Mar-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Physiological-Society-event.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Maria Kavussanu, Senior Lecturer in Sport &amp; Exercise Psychology has been invited to be a panel member at "Designer athletes: Fair play or foul" organised by The Physiological Society.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/02Mar-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Physiological-Society-event.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/02Mar-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Physiological-Society-event.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Universitas 21 ECR December 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/News/items/Universitas-21-ECR-December-2011.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/News/items/Universitas-21-ECR-December-2011.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/international/News/items/Universitas-21-ECR-December-2011.aspx</guid>
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      <title>England takes gold as preparations continue for London 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/16Feb12England-takes-gold-as-preparations-continue-for-London-2012-.aspx</link>
      <description>Over the weekend of February 11-12, University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni headed to the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield to compete at the UK Indoor Trials and Championship.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2012/Sport-2012/16Feb12England-takes-gold-as-preparations-continue-for-London-2012-.aspx" />
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      <title>Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher workshop</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/20Jan-Universitas-21-Early-Career-Researcher-workshop.aspx</link>
      <description>The University recently hosted the 2nd Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher workshop on the theme of Healthy Living in December 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/20Jan-Universitas-21-Early-Career-Researcher-workshop.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/20Jan-Universitas-21-Early-Career-Researcher-workshop.aspx</guid>
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      <title>SportEx Academic to speak at Research Councils UK Great Debates</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/13Jan-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Research-Councils-UK-Great-Debates.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Maria Kavussanu, Senior Lecturer in Sport &amp; Exercise Psychology, has been invited to lecture at the Cutting Edge 2012 Great Debates at the Royal Institution.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/13Jan-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Research-Councils-UK-Great-Debates.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/13Jan-SportEx-Academic-to-speak-at-Research-Councils-UK-Great-Debates.aspx</guid>
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      <title>ITV Biggest Losers visit school to discover their biological age</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2012/05Jan-ITV-Biggest-Losers-visit-school-to-discover-their-biological-age.aspx</link>
      <description>Staff and students at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences were involved in an episode of ITV's The Biggest Loser to be screened on Tuesday 10 January at 9pm.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>biological age</category>
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      <title>Sportex Senior Lecturer is keynote speaker at IFESS UK Conference</title>
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      <description>Dr Michael Grey is one of the keynote speakers at the 3rd Annual Conference for the UK and Ireland Chapter of the International FES Society (IFESSUKI). The conference is jointly organised between the University of Birmingham and the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UBSport stars shine at the European Cross Country Championships</title>
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      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) athletes travelled to Velenje, Slovenia for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships on December, 11, and helped the Aviva Great Britain &amp; Northern Ireland (GB&amp;NI) top the medal table for the fourth consecutive year.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>James Wilkinson</category>
      <category>Hannah Walker</category>
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      <title>The Olympics come to Birmingham</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/11/12-Dec-11-The-Olympics-come-to-Birmingham.aspx</link>
      <description>As part of the University of Birmingham's celebration of the Olympics coming to the UK in 2012, over 1600 students aged between 11 and 12 years old will be at the starting blocks for this year's Christmas Science lectures.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Non Stanford, 2012 Olympic running hopeful, starts her blog for us</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2011/30-Nov-Non-Stanford,-2012-Olympic-running-hopeful,-starts-her-blog-for-us.aspx</link>
      <description>Non Stanford, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences graduate and London 2012 distance runner hopeful, is keeping us updated about her progress towards the Olympics with her new blog</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sportex Professor is keynote speaker in youth sport conferences</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2011/22-Nov-Sportex-Professor-is-keynote-speaker-in-youth-sport-conferences.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Joan Duda, Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, drew from her long-standing research on motivational processes and optimizing youth engagement in sporting activities when invited to be a keynote speaker at two recent conferences.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>youth sport</category>
      <category>duda</category>
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      <title>Sportex academic appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Psychology of Sport and Exercise</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2011/Sportex-academic-appointed-as-Editor-in-Chief-of-Psychology-of-Sport-and-Exercise.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Nikos Ntoumanis has been recently appointed as joint Editor-in-Chief of Psychology of Sport and Exercise (PSE), the official publication of the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC).</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/2011/Sportex-academic-appointed-as-Editor-in-Chief-of-Psychology-of-Sport-and-Exercise.aspx" />
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      <title>Rising to the 'Ultimate3' challenge</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/civil-engineering/news/archive/ultimate-3-challenge.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Felix Schmid, of the School of Civil Engineering and the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, completed a tough charity challenge in Septmeber this year: he cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats, climbed the 'three peaks challenge' and kayaked the longest lakes in England, Wales and Scotland.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/civil-engineering/news/archive/ultimate-3-challenge.aspx" />
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      <title>Great Run raises thousands for cancer research</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/10/Great-Run-raises-thousands-for-cancer-research.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/10/Great-Run-raises-thousands-for-cancer-research.aspx" />
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      <title>Chrissie takes Ironman Championship title again, while Rachel rejoices at fourth place</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees/news/2011/17Oct11ChrissietakesIronmanChampionshiptitleagain,whileRachelrejoicesatfourthplace.aspx</link>
      <description>Alumna Chrissie Wellington won the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship title on Saturday, October 8, deservedly earning the crown for the fourth time in five years.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Rachel Joyce</category>
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      <title>Chrissie takes Ironman Championship title again, while Rachel rejoices at fourth place</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/17Oct11ChrissietakesIronmanChampionshiptitleagain,whileRachelrejoicesatfourthplace.aspx</link>
      <description>Alumna Chrissie Wellington won the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship title on Saturday, October 8, deservedly earning the crown for the fourth time in five years.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/17Oct11ChrissietakesIronmanChampionshiptitleagain,whileRachelrejoicesatfourthplace.aspx" />
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      <category>Rachel Joyce</category>
      <category>sport</category>
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      <title>American Football Head Coach selected for IFAF World Development team</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Oct11AmericanFootballHeadCoachselectedforIFAFWorldDevelopmentteam.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport's (UBSport) American Football Head Coach has been announced as the only UK representative to be part of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Development team. Wayne Hill will be part of coaching staff for the 2012 USA Football International Bowl in Austin, Texas.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Oct11AmericanFootballHeadCoachselectedforIFAFWorldDevelopmentteam.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Oct11AmericanFootballHeadCoachselectedforIFAFWorldDevelopmentteam.aspx</guid>
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      <title>University of Birmingham kickstarts Olympic Legacy with Gold Challenge</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/13Sep11UniversityofBirminghamkickstartsOlympicLegacywithGoldChallenge.aspx</link>
      <description>With less than a year to go until the Olympic and Paralympic Games, University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) and Gold Challenge have teamed up to get students involved and joining in the excitement of London 2012.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/13Sep11UniversityofBirminghamkickstartsOlympicLegacywithGoldChallenge.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/13Sep11UniversityofBirminghamkickstartsOlympicLegacywithGoldChallenge.aspx</guid>
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      <title>European College of Sport Science Young Investigators Award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/12Sep-ECSS-Young-Investigators-Award-2011.aspx</link>
      <description>Video featuring a recent PhD student and staff from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences in the ECSS Young Investigators Award.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/12Sep-ECSS-Young-Investigators-Award-2011.aspx" />
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      <title>Taking athletics to the next level</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/09Sep11Takingathleticstothenextlevel.aspx</link>
      <description>Following her recent success at the the World Championships, University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) caught up with Hannah England to see what life was like in Daegu and what the future holds.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Biochemistry alumna Hannah England takes silver at the World Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/biosciences/news/2011/02Sept-Biochemistry-Alumna-Hannah-England-takes-silver.aspx</link>
      <description>School of Biosciences alumna Hannah England has won a silver medal in the women's 1,500 metres at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu. The Biochemistry graduate, who was awarded a first class degree in 2009, was with the main group of leaders on the final stretch before setting off wide and accelerating her way to a surprise second place.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hannah England takes silver at the World Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/01Sep11HannahEnglandtakessilverattheWorldChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumna Hannah England has won a silver medal in the women's 1,500 metres at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University proposes £175m transformation of historic Edgbaston campus to include a new sports centre</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/09Aug-Estates-Development-FrameworkRelease.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham is announcing a five year investment in facilities that will transform the University's famous Edgbaston campus, reinterpreting founder Joseph Chamberlain's vision for the estate for the 21st century and extending the services available to the local community.  The key developments include a new sports centre and a new library, to join the new Music building currently nearing completion.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Transfer of skills developed in outdoor settings into academia and employment</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/11Aug-skills-transfer-from-outdoor-settings-to-academia-and-employment.aspx</link>
      <description>Staff from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences have been awarded a £7,000 grant, from the Higher Education Academy, to evaluate the transfer of skills developed in outdoor settings into academia and employment.  Dr Jennifer Cumming and Dr Vikki Burns will be examining the development of team work skills at the Raymond Priestley Centre, the University-owned outdoor pursuits centre in the Lake District.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University proposes £175m transformation of historic Edgbaston campus</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/08/09Aug-Estates-Development-FrameworkRelease.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham is announcing a five year investment in facilities that will transform the University's famous Edgbaston campus, reinterpreting founder Joseph Chamberlain's vision for the estate for the 21st century and extending the services available to the local community.  The key developments include a new sports centre and a new library, to join the new Music building currently nearing completion.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Less than ten minutes of intense exercise a week is enough to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to new research</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/01Aug-Less-than-ten-minutes-of-intense-exercise-a-week-is-enough-to-reduce-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease-and-diabetes-according-to-new-research.aspx</link>
      <description>Three minutes of intense exercise, three times a week, is equivalent to five one-hour sessions according to research at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, offering hope for people too busy to find the time to work out.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Less than ten minutes of intense exercise a week is enough to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to new research</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/08/01Aug-Less-than-ten-minutes-of-intense-exercise-a-week-is-enough-to-reduce-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease-and-diabetes-according-to-new-research.aspx</link>
      <description>Three minutes of intense exercise, three times a week, is equivalent to five one-hour sessions according to research at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, offering hope for people too busy to find the time to work out.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Double success for UBSport at the Aviva UK Trials and Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/01aug11DoublesuccessforUBSportattheAvivaUKTrialsandChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>Two University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni sprinted into the records books by retaining their national titles at the Aviva UK Trials and Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium over the weekend of 29-31 July.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>Luke Gunn</category>
      <category>scholarships</category>
      <category>hannah england</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>James Wilkinson</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
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      <title>UBSport announced as second in BUCS championship</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/bucs-second.aspx</link>
      <description>At the last update UBSport lay, for the first time in BUCS history, second in the BUCS championships ranking, with several competitors in hot pursuit.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/bucs-second.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/bucs-second.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fStudents%2fSport%2fhockey-hug-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>bucs</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>competition</category>
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      <title>UBSport announced as second in BUCS championship</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/bucs-second.aspx</link>
      <description>At the last update UBSport lay, for the first time in BUCS history, second in the BUCS championships ranking, with several competitors in hot pursuit.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/bucs-second.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/bucs-second.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fStudents%2fSport%2fhockey-hug-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>bucs</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>competition</category>
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      <title>Manchester United Chief and BBC Director of Sport awarded Honorary degrees</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/15Jul11ManchesterUnitedChiefandBBCDirectorofSportawardedHonorarydegrees.aspx</link>
      <description>Manchester United's Chief Executive and the BBC Director of Sport are amongst our illustrious sporting alumni who have received honorary doctorates from the University of Birmingham, in the summer graduation ceremonies.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/15Jul11ManchesterUnitedChiefandBBCDirectorofSportawardedHonorarydegrees.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/15Jul11ManchesterUnitedChiefandBBCDirectorofSportawardedHonorarydegrees.aspx</guid>
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      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Manchester United</category>
      <category>BBC</category>
      <category>David Gill</category>
      <category>Barbara Slater</category>
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      <title>Wellington rewrites the record book yet again</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/11Jul11Wellingtonrewritestherecordbookyetagain.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham alumna Chrissie Wellington has rewritten (her own) record books once again, with a triumphant performance at the Challenge Roth Ironman in Germany on Sunday 10 July.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/11Jul11Wellingtonrewritestherecordbookyetagain.aspx" />
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      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Chrissie Wellington</category>
      <category>Ironman</category>
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      <title>Jamaican athletes on Campus ahead of their 2012 visit</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/08Jul11JamaicanathletesonCampusaheadoftheir2012visit.aspx</link>
      <description>One of the world's fastest men, Asafa Powell, current 4 x 100 world record holders, Nester Carter and Michael Frater, and Olympic Silver Medalist Shericka Williams warmed up on the University of Birmingham's athletics track ahead of the Diamond League (Aviva Grand Prix) Athletics which took place at the Alexander Stadium on Sunday 10 July.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/08Jul11JamaicanathletesonCampusaheadoftheir2012visit.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/08Jul11JamaicanathletesonCampusaheadoftheir2012visit.aspx</guid>
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      <category>London 2012</category>
      <category>2012 Olympics</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Jamaican Track and Field Team</category>
      <category>Asafa Powell</category>
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      <title>Men's hockey get the England call up</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/06Jul11MenshockeygettheEnglandcallup.aspx</link>
      <description>UBSport men's first team hockey coach, Steve Floyd recently returned from Rotterdam, Holland after managing England men's under 21s in a series of test matches against Holland. The test series was carried out over three days at Rotterdam Hockey club, with the event concluding on Monday, July 4.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/06Jul11MenshockeygettheEnglandcallup.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/06Jul11MenshockeygettheEnglandcallup.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Hockey</category>
      <category>Mens</category>
      <category>England</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Dad and a lad</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/04Jul11Dadandalad.aspx</link>
      <description>After rowing across the Atlantic last year, UBSport staff member Norman Beech, Manager of the Raymond Priestley Centre, Coniston embarked upon another challenge.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/04Jul11Dadandalad.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/04Jul11Dadandalad.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Sport</category>
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      <title>New research highlights effective education for sports coaches as key to healthier UK youngsters</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/22June-New-research-highlights-effective-education-for-sports-coaches-as-key-to-healthier-UK-youngsters.aspx</link>
      <description>Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem predicted to affect two thirds of UK children by 2050. Physical inactivity is a leading contributor to the obesity epidemic, which researchers from the University of Birmingham are seeking to combat through effective coach education.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/22June-New-research-highlights-effective-education-for-sports-coaches-as-key-to-healthier-UK-youngsters.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/22June-New-research-highlights-effective-education-for-sports-coaches-as-key-to-healthier-UK-youngsters.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Community Outreach Grant to work with the Scottish Rugby Union</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/21Jun-Community-Outreach-Grant.aspx</link>
      <description>Staff and student from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences have been successful in their application for a Community Outreach Grant to work with the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) in 2011-2012 to develop a mental skills training programme for coaches.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/21Jun-Community-Outreach-Grant.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/21Jun-Community-Outreach-Grant.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Sport Development Manager appointed new Chair of Birmingham Athletics Network</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/20Jun11SportDevelopmentManagerappointednewChairofBirminghamAthleticsNetwork.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) Sport Development Manager and triple Olympian Christina Boxer, has been appointed as the Chair for the Birmingham McCain Athletics Network.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/20Jun11SportDevelopmentManagerappointednewChairofBirminghamAthleticsNetwork.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/20Jun11SportDevelopmentManagerappointednewChairofBirminghamAthleticsNetwork.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Sport</category>
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      <title>English women's amateur golf champion 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/news/2011/05/amateur-golf-champion.aspx</link>
      <description>Former AGMS student Lucy Williams has won the 2011 English women's amateur championship</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/news/2011/05/amateur-golf-champion.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/news/2011/05/amateur-golf-champion.aspx</guid>
      <category>Golf</category>
      <category>AGMS</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Bham</category>
      <category>Undergraduate</category>
      <category>education</category>
      <category>School of Education</category>
      <category>teaching</category>
      <category>degree</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>university</category>
      <category>student</category>
      <category>news</category>
      <category>sport pedagogy</category>
      <category>sportped-news</category>
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      <title>UBSport trio taking on World's longest triathlon</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Jun11UBSporttriotakingonWorldslongesttriathlon.aspx</link>
      <description>Three University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) swimming club alumni are tackling the World's longest triathlon to raise money for two worthwhile charities, starting on Thursday, June 9.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Jun11UBSporttriotakingonWorldslongesttriathlon.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Jun11UBSporttriotakingonWorldslongesttriathlon.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Arc2Arch</category>
      <category>Triathlon</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
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      <title>Young Life Scientist (YLS) Symposium 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/26May-Young-Life-Scientist-Syposium-2011.aspx</link>
      <description>On 26 May 2011 the Young Life Scientist (YLS) Symposium 2011 themed "Autonomic control in health and disease" was hosted by the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. This yearly event is organized by and for young life scientists, from undergraduate students to postdoctoral researchers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/26May-Young-Life-Scientist-Syposium-2011.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/sport-exercise/news/26May-Young-Life-Scientist-Syposium-2011.aspx</guid>
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      <category>School of Sport and Exercise Sciences</category>
      <category>Young Life Scientist Symposium</category>
      <category>Autonomic control in health and disease</category>
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      <title>AGMS Alumni wins English Championship</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/18May11AGMSAlumniwinsEnglishChampionship.aspx</link>
      <description>Alumna Lucy Williams has won the 2011 English women's amateur championship, held in West Sussex on Saturday, May 14, defeating 15-year old Charley Hull from Woburn on the 19th hole in an outstanding final.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/18May11AGMSAlumniwinsEnglishChampionship.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/18May11AGMSAlumniwinsEnglishChampionship.aspx</guid>
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      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
      <category>Golf</category>
      <category>AGMS</category>
      <category>PGA</category>
      <category>Lucy Williams</category>
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      <title>Birmingham Seven set for summer advice from Dame Kelly</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/11May11BirminghamSevensetforsummeradvicefromDameKelly.aspx</link>
      <description>Seven University of Birmingham students – Alex Cornwell, Lucy Dowsett, Katie Knowles, Alison Leonard, Sam Petty, Cally Read and Chris Smith - are set to ignite their 2011 summer track seasons after receiving advice from Dame Kelly Holmes at the latest 'On Camp with Kelly' and 'Future Stars with Kelly' Aviva-sponsored Get-Together.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/11May11BirminghamSevensetforsummeradvicefromDameKelly.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/11May11BirminghamSevensetforsummeradvicefromDameKelly.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fAlisonLeonardKelly-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Alison Leonard</category>
      <category>Kelly Holmes</category>
      <category>OCWK</category>
      <category>scholarships</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
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      <title>Famous Birmingham graduates give students sound support through one-to-one mentoring</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/04May-Famous-Birmingham-graduates-give-students-sound-support-through-one-to-one-mentoring.aspx</link>
      <description>Twelve lucky final year undergraduate students from the University of Birmingham will get a once in a lifetime opportunity to gain first hand career insight and guidance from famous Birmingham graduates at the top of their field, in a new initiative being launched today [Thursday 05 May].</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/04May-Famous-Birmingham-graduates-give-students-sound-support-through-one-to-one-mentoring.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/05/04May-Famous-Birmingham-graduates-give-students-sound-support-through-one-to-one-mentoring.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Outdoor Championships showcase skills of UBSport</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/05May11OutdoorChampionshipsshowcaseskillsofUBSport.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Athletics &amp; Cross Country put in another great performance at the BUCS Outdoor Championships last weekend winning a total of NINE individual medals plus a bronze for the women's team.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/05May11OutdoorChampionshipsshowcaseskillsofUBSport.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/05May11OutdoorChampionshipsshowcaseskillsofUBSport.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>Cross Country</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
      <category>bucs</category>
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      <title>University of Birmingham to get more students involved with sport</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/31Mar-ActiveUniversitiesPressRelease.aspx</link>
      <description>The University of Birmingham has been awarded £65,275 in National Lottery funding by Sport England to help encourage students to get more active whilst studying at University.'Who will you be?' is amongst 41 projects being backed by Sport England's £10million Active Universities fund to get more students playing sport, as part of the mass participation legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The multi-sport project aims to increase participation by 15% by offering University of Birmingham students more choice</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/31Mar-ActiveUniversitiesPressRelease.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/31Mar-ActiveUniversitiesPressRelease.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Birmingham celebrates sporting success</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/21mar-bucs.aspx</link>
      <description>Birmingham's sports teams put in great performances at the British Universities &amp; Colleges Sport (BUCS) championships.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/21mar-bucs.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/03/21mar-bucs.aspx</guid>
      <category>Sport</category>
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      <title>Apprentice star and top athlete honoured</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/01/Apprenticestarandtopathletehonoured.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/01/Apprenticestarandtopathletehonoured.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/news/items/2011/01/Apprenticestarandtopathletehonoured.aspx</guid>
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      <title>BUCS Squash Team Championships 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/14Mar11BUCSSquashTeamChampionships2011.aspx</link>
      <description>It was a hectic weekend at the Munrow Sports Centre between 25-27 February, as University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) hosted the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Individual Squash Championships.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/14Mar11BUCSSquashTeamChampionships2011.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/14Mar11BUCSSquashTeamChampionships2011.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Squash</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
      <category>bucs</category>
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      <title>Chrissie Wellington breaks another Ironman Record</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/14Mar11ChrissieWellingtonbreaksanotherIronmanRecord.aspx</link>
      <description>Alumna Chrissie Wellington has rewritten the record books once again as she put in another impressive performance to win the Spec-Savers Ironman triathlon held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Sunday, April 10.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/14Mar11ChrissieWellingtonbreaksanotherIronmanRecord.aspx" />
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      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>Triathlon</category>
      <category>Ironman</category>
      <category>Chrissie Wellington</category>
      <category>Rachel Joyce</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
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      <title>Volunteers wanted to improve health and fitness by exercising less</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/24feb-Volunteers-wanted-to-improve-health-and-fitness-by-exercising-less.aspx</link>
      <description>Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are calling for volunteers to take part in a study investigating the use of high intensity interval training (HIT) as a means to improve health and fitness.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/24feb-Volunteers-wanted-to-improve-health-and-fitness-by-exercising-less.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/24feb-Volunteers-wanted-to-improve-health-and-fitness-by-exercising-less.aspx</guid>
      <category>health</category>
      <category>fitness</category>
      <category>obesity</category>
      <category>diabetes</category>
      <category>exersice</category>
      <category>endurance</category>
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      <title>UBSport success at BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/22Feb11UBSportsuccessatBUCSIndoorAthleticsChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>UBSport Athletics and Cross Country Club continued their 2011 success by collecting an array of medals at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Indoor Athletics Championships over the 19-20 February.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/22Feb11UBSportsuccessatBUCSIndoorAthleticsChampionships.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/22Feb11UBSportsuccessatBUCSIndoorAthleticsChampionships.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Indoor Athletics</category>
      <category>bucs</category>
      <category>Hurdles</category>
      <category>High Jump</category>
      <category>Julian Adenrian</category>
      <category>Beth Partridge</category>
      <category>1500m</category>
      <category>Sara Treacy</category>
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      <title>Squash success around the globe</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/18Feb11Squashsuccessaroundtheglobe.aspx</link>
      <description>It was a hectic weekend for UBSport squash club, with past and present members competing in high profile competitions across the globe.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Squash</category>
      <category>Joey Barrington</category>
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    <item>
      <title>Volunteers needed for weight loss study</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/11febvolunteers-needed-for-weight-loss-study.aspx</link>
      <description>Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are looking for volunteers to take part in a study investigating whether successful weight loss can alter perception.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/11febvolunteers-needed-for-weight-loss-study.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/02/11febvolunteers-needed-for-weight-loss-study.aspx</guid>
      <category>weight loss</category>
      <category>perception</category>
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      <title>Ski and Snowboarding club dominate regional competition</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/09Feb11SkiandSnowboardingclubdominateregionalcompetition.aspx</link>
      <description>UBSport)Ski and Snowboarding club, also known as Brumski, triumphed this weekend at the final round of the regional Kings Race Series.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/09Feb11SkiandSnowboardingclubdominateregionalcompetition.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/09Feb11SkiandSnowboardingclubdominateregionalcompetition.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fskijump-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Ski</category>
      <category>Snowboard</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>UBSport Lionheart Award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/070211UBSportLionheartAward.aspx</link>
      <description>We are proud to announce the second winner of the termly Lionheart Award goes to Mike Sweeney, a third year Sports and Materials Science student and decathlete.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/070211UBSportLionheartAward.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/070211UBSportLionheartAward.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fmikesweeney-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>BirminghamUni</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>scholarships</category>
      <category>Luke Gunn</category>
      <category>Mike Sweeney</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>BUCS Cross Country Championships 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Feb11BUCSCrossCountryChampionships2011.aspx</link>
      <description>UBSport hosted the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Cross Country Championships, for the first time in the event's history, and had a huge victory by collecting three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Feb11BUCSCrossCountryChampionships2011.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/07Feb11BUCSCrossCountryChampionships2011.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fNickGoolabBUCSXC-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>Cross Country</category>
      <category>bucs</category>
      <category>Nick Goolab</category>
      <category>James Wilkinson</category>
    </item>
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      <title>Chrissie Wellington breaks own ironman record</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/10/24novwellingtonbreaksownironmanrecord.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/10/24novwellingtonbreaksownironmanrecord.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/10/24novwellingtonbreaksownironmanrecord.aspx</guid>
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      <title>Alice Sharp wins prestigous hockey award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/26jan11AliceSharpwinsprestigoushockeyaward.aspx</link>
      <description>Alice Sharp from the UBSport Hockey club has been bestowed the prestigious Higgins Group UK Youth Hockey Awards for the second time in her short career.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/26jan11AliceSharpwinsprestigoushockeyaward.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/Sport2011/26jan11AliceSharpwinsprestigoushockeyaward.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Hockey</category>
      <category>Alice Sharp</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
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      <title>Duathlon men's team clinch silver</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Duathlonmensteamclinchsilver.aspx</link>
      <description>Twenty members of the University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) Triathlon club braved the miserable weather on Sunday, November 20 to compete in the British University and Colleges Sports (BUCS) aptly named 'Chilly' Duathlon at Castle Coombe, Wiltshire.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Duathlonmensteamclinchsilver.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Duathlonmensteamclinchsilver.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fDuathlon-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Duathlon</category>
    </item>
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      <title>James Fair selected for Hockey All Star team 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Dec10JamesFairselectedforHockeyAllStarteam2010.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni James Fair has been named in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) All Star teams 2010.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Dec10JamesFairselectedforHockeyAllStarteam2010.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Dec10JamesFairselectedforHockeyAllStarteam2010.aspx</guid>
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      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Hockey</category>
      <category>Mens</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>James Fair</category>
      <category>England</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>UBSport athletes honoured at Aviva Athletics Awards 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/21Dec10UBSportathleteshonouredatAvivaAthleticsAwards2010.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni Hannah England, current student Ed Aston and athletics coach Bud Baldaro have been recognised for their achievements in 2010 at the annual Aviva Athletics Awards.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/21Dec10UBSportathleteshonouredatAvivaAthleticsAwards2010.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/21Dec10UBSportathleteshonouredatAvivaAthleticsAwards2010.aspx</guid>
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      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>hannah england</category>
      <category>Bud Baldaro</category>
      <category>Aviva</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Ironman Champion to recieve Honorary degree</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/16Jul11IronmanChampiontorecieveHonorarydegree.aspx</link>
      <description>Triple Ironman World Champion and University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumna Chrissie Wellington is set to receive an honorary degree tomorrow (Wednesday, December 15), as a tribute to her work in both her passions: sport and international development.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/16Jul11IronmanChampiontorecieveHonorarydegree.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/16Jul11IronmanChampiontorecieveHonorarydegree.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Chrissie Wellington</category>
      <category>Ironman</category>
      <category>alumni</category>
      <category>Honorary Degree</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>UBSport at the European Cross Country Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Dec10UBSportattheEuropeanCrossCountryChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>Past and present members of University of Birmingham Sport's (UBSport) Cross Country team competed at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships yesterday (Sunday, November 12) in Albufeira, Portugal.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Dec10UBSportattheEuropeanCrossCountryChampionships.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Dec10UBSportattheEuropeanCrossCountryChampionships.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fsaratreacyeuroxc-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Sara Treacy</category>
      <category>James Wilkinson</category>
      <category>Nick Goolab</category>
      <category>European Cross Country Championships</category>
      <category>Athletics</category>
      <category>Cross Country</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Fitness Suite scoops Gym of the Year</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/11Dec10FitnessSuitescoopsGymoftheYear.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) were named the National Fitness Awards 2010 Gym of the Year for Midlands and Wales at a spectacular gala dinner held at the National Railway Station, York on Thursday, November 25.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/11Dec10FitnessSuitescoopsGymoftheYear.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/11Dec10FitnessSuitescoopsGymoftheYear.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fGymoftheYearaward-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Sport</category>
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      <title>Cuts to School Sport Partnerships: A Case of Ideology over Reason?</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx</link>
      <description>The Coalition Government's proposal to cut £162 million funding for 450 school sports partnerships offers an intriguing case study of this era of new party politics and policy-making. Two points lend weight to the argument that this is a rushed decision made by an ill-informed minister, Education Secretary Michael Gove.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fResearch-and-teaching%2fSocial-Sciences%2fchild-skipping-small-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>sports</category>
      <category>County Sport Partnerships</category>
      <category>SSP</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>public health</category>
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      <title>Cuts to School Sport Partnerships: A Case of Ideology over Reason?</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx</link>
      <description>The Coalition Government's proposal to cut £162 million funding for 450 school sports partnerships offers an intriguing case study of this era of new party politics and policy-making. Two points lend weight to the argument that this is a rushed decision made by an ill-informed minister, Education Secretary Michael Gove.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/impact/thebirminghambrief/items/school-sports-partnerships-03Nov.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fResearch-and-teaching%2fSocial-Sciences%2fchild-skipping-small-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>sports</category>
      <category>County Sport Partnerships</category>
      <category>SSP</category>
      <category>olympics</category>
      <category>public health</category>
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      <title>Lifesaver picks up two medals at National Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/29Nov10LifesaverpicksuptwomedalsatNationalChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>Rebecca Sindell from the University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) Lifesaving Club headed up to Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield on Sunday, November 28 to compete in the 2010 National Lifesaving Championships finals and picked up gold and bronze medals.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/29Nov10LifesaverpicksuptwomedalsatNationalChampionships.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/29Nov10LifesaverpicksuptwomedalsatNationalChampionships.aspx</guid>
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      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>Livesaving</category>
      <category>Rebecca Sindell</category>
      <category>National Lifesaving Championships</category>
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      <title>Chrissie gives it some welly</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Chrissiegivesitsomewelly.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Alumna Chrissie Wellington produced an amazing performance at the 2010 Ford Ironman Arizona, USA in Sunday, November 21 to win the women's title in a superb 8:36:13, placing her in eighth overall.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Chrissiegivesitsomewelly.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/22Nov10Chrissiegivesitsomewelly.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Ironman</category>
      <category>Chrissie Wellington</category>
      <category>Triathlon</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>UBSport Lionheart Award</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/12Nov10UBSportLionheartAward.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) are delighted to introduce the inaugural 'Lionheart Award'.  Presented termly, the award has been created to recognise students-athletes who are not only performing at a significant level for their chosen sport, but also show dedication and leadership surpassing what is expected of UBSport club members.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/12Nov10UBSportLionheartAward.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/12Nov10UBSportLionheartAward.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fxavierdisley-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Lionheart Award</category>
      <category>Xavier Disley</category>
      <category>cycling</category>
      <category>scholarships</category>
      <category>Luke Gunn</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Bronze for Gilbert at the Commonwealth Games</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/14Oct10BronzeforGilbertattheCommonwealthGames.aspx</link>
      <description>Susie Gilbert, third year geography, has secured her third bronze medal of the summer following a 1-0 win over South Africa with England women's hockey at the Commonwealth Games, Delhi on Wednesday, October, 13.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/14Oct10BronzeforGilbertattheCommonwealthGames.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/14Oct10BronzeforGilbertattheCommonwealthGames.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Susie Gilbert</category>
      <category>Women's Hockey</category>
      <category>England Hockey</category>
      <category>EHL</category>
      <category>Commonwealth Games</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>GB Hockey</category>
    </item>
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      <title>Elle Hopkins has success at the National Track Championships</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/27Sep10ElleHopkinshassuccessattheNationalTrackChampionships.aspx</link>
      <description>Elle Hopkins, a third year Sport and Exercise Science student, had a successful trip to Manchester Velodrome last week to compete in the National Track Championships 2010, walking away with a silver medal in the Women's Madison and a positive performance in the team sprint race.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/27Sep10ElleHopkinshassuccessattheNationalTrackChampionships.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/27Sep10ElleHopkinshassuccessattheNationalTrackChampionships.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Elle Hopkins</category>
      <category>cycling</category>
      <category>National Track Championships</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>sport</category>
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      <title>Gilbert wins World Cup bronze</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Sep10GilbertwinsWorldCupbronze.aspx</link>
      <description>University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) had a representative in England's women's hockey squad as they picked up their first ever medal in the BDO FIH World Cup in Rosario, Argentina.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Sep10GilbertwinsWorldCupbronze.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/13Sep10GilbertwinsWorldCupbronze.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Susie Gilbert</category>
      <category>Hockey</category>
      <category>Women's Hockey</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>World Cup</category>
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      <title>City join forces with UBSport</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/03Sep10CityjoinforceswithUBSport.aspx</link>
      <description>Birmingham City Football Club have jumped at the chance to pledge their support to the Corporate Relay Challenge 2010, a fundraising race which has been launched in aid of military patients treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) and to develop budding Olympic and Paralympic athletes.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/03Sep10CityjoinforceswithUBSport.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/03Sep10CityjoinforceswithUBSport.aspx</guid>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk%2fImages%2fSport%2fkevinphillips-Cropped-94x82.jpg" />
      <category>Sport</category>
    </item>
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      <title>UBSport alumni selected for Commonwealth Games</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/23Aug10UBSportalumniselectedforCommonwealthGames.aspx</link>
      <description>Three University of Birmingham Sport (UBSport) alumni have been selected to represent England at the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, India from October 3-14.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/23Aug10UBSportalumniselectedforCommonwealthGames.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/23Aug10UBSportalumniselectedforCommonwealthGames.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Luke Gunn</category>
      <category>hannah england</category>
      <category>Louise Hazel</category>
      <category>Commonwealth Games</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
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      <title>Badminton scholars to represent GB</title>
      <link>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/19Aug10BadmintonscholarstorepresentGB.aspx</link>
      <description>Congratulations to two University of Birmingham Sport badminton players who are set to start off the new season with success after being chosen to represent Great Britain at the 11th World University Badminton Championships 2010.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <media:content url="http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/19Aug10BadmintonscholarstorepresentGB.aspx" />
      <guid>http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2010/Sport2010/19Aug10BadmintonscholarstorepresentGB.aspx</guid>
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      <category>Alyssa Lim</category>
      <category>Catherine Grant</category>
      <category>Badminton</category>
      <category>sport</category>
      <category>Birmingham</category>
      <category>scholarships</category>
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      <description>Susie Gilbert, third year Geography, has been named in the squad of 16 women's hockey players to represent England at the Commonwealth games to be held in Delhi, India from October 3-14.</description>
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      <description>Joel Hinds helped Great Britain reclaim the team titles in the 7th World University Squash Championships held at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, after a tight final against newcomers Hong Kong (Saturday, July 17).</description>
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      <description>World record marathon runner Haile Gebrselassie will receive an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham, having collaborated for years with the institution's sports scientists to optimise his nutrition.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fair play or foul? World Cup sportsmanship under scrutiny at Birmingham</title>
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      <description>Sports psychologists at the University of Birmingham are investigating how factors such as motivation can influence how likely a football player is to adopt antisocial behaviour in their quest for victory in contests such as the World Cup.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Speaker Alert: Dr John Armitt, Chairman, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) 'Engineering the Olympics'</title>
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      <description>Dr John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympics Delivery Authority, will provide an overview of the approach to the constructing of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Birmingham Beech Boys complete Atlantic row</title>
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      <description>University of Birmingham Sport staff member Norman Beech, and his son James, have become the first British father and son team to row across the Atlantic after taking part in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race 2009, in support of their chosen charity, WaterAid.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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