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Stuart Whigham

@stuartwhigham.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching & PE at Oxford Brookes. Interests in sociology & politics of sport, nationalism, Commonwealth Games & Scottish sport.

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“The power of the badge”? @stuartwhigham.bsky.social & @gyozomolnar.bsky.social on how sport can simultaneously operate as a mechanism of inclusion & exclusion www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“The power of the badge”? Interrogating sport as a vehicle for social integration of migrants in England and Hungary
Given the growing impact of right-wing, anti-immigration political actors in various geographic contexts, this research critically examines the structural conditions shaping sport-based integration...
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Oxford Brookes UCU @brookesucu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Reminder to all our Branch members to return your ballots.
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Oxford Brookes UCU @brookesucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
One of our health and safety officers, Jill Millar, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Jill explains that cuts to time for assessment are being driven by a desire for financial savings. As a result, both the student experience and staff wellbeing will suffer.
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Oxford Brookes UCU @brookesucu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Our branch secretary, @stuartwhigham.bsky.social, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Stuart outlines the impact that wider cuts to workload tariffs will have on our Associate Lecturer colleagues.
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Oxford Brookes UCU @brookesucu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Our campaigns officer, Ma​ïa Pal, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Successive cuts to research time undermine the research-led teaching which is the essence of a University education.
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Oxford Brookes UCU @brookesucu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We are balloting for industrial action at Oxford Brookes. 🚨🚨 REMINDER to all members to return your ballots in the post 🚨🚨
Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.
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Oxford Brookes Open Research @brookesscholcomms.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#openaccess FREE to read and share! @stuartwhigham.bsky.social @obu-hst-research.bsky.social & A. Bairner: Scotland. Sectarianism as racism in Scottish football? : the cut and thrust of an ongoing debate doi.org/10.4324/9781... #brookes #oa radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/...
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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
64 awards, including: . The ‘Smell My Bouffing Fridge Montrose’ Award For Outstanding Official Club Post . Image Of The Season . Laziest Unveiling . The 'Sorry Celtic' Award For Best Response It’s the 2024/25 Alternative Scottish Football Awards oldfirmfacts1.medium.com/the-2024-25-...
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Sven Daniel Wolfe @sdwolfe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
My 2nd book came out today! Together with colleagues and friends, we wrote about mega-events like the Olympics and what they do to cities and societies underneath the intoxicating glow of the spectacle. It's free to read and has some really great work: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Stuart Whigham @stuartwhigham.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Iain Lindsey @iainlindsey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17 It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Analysing the content of sport policies: disciplinary approaches and new directions
Over time, there have been various important contributions that have advanced the application of different conceptual and theoretical approaches to analysing policy processes across the field of sp...
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