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Ben Ainslie backs Further and Higher Education to provide a springboard to success
Posted by Stuart Appleby on 3rd February 2012
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Ben Ainslie CBE is one of Great Britain’s most decorated athletes of all time. The sailor, who is in line to compete in London (in what would be his fifth Olympic Games), first rose through the ranks as a promising junior in the early 1990s and studied at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, at the same time.
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Could Social Media take the London 2012 Games by storm?
Posted by Dr Leah Donlan - Lecturer in Sports Marketing at the University of Central Lancashire on 24th January 2012
I am currently conducting research into the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter by London 2012 sponsors.
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St. Mary's University College set for the London 2012 Games
Posted by Professor Dick Fisher - Head of St Mary's 2012 Preparations and Sport Strategy at St. Mary's University College on 17th January 2012
As Jools Holland introduced the Pipers to bring in the New Year and the clock ticked past midnight I wondered if I was the only one who thought - Oh my word 2012 is here and we have to do it.
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Imperial College London's Head of Sport on what the 2012 Games mean to him
Posted by Neil Mosley - Head of Sport and Assistant Director of Commercial Services at Imperial College London on 11th January 2012
As Head of Sport and Assistant Director of Commercial Services here at Imperial College London, it has always been my intention to ensure that Imperial is in the thick of the action in 2012.
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Joint universities project to regulate athletes emotions ahead of the London 2012 Games
Posted by Professor Andy Lane - University of Wolverhampton on 10th January 2012
I am a sport psychology Professor at the University of Wolverhampton and I have worked there since 2000.
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