Information: Contributors are being invited to submit London 2012 focused articles which will encourage student engagement in learning. The London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 bring opportunities to enhance our curricula and the learning we offer to our students. They provide a rich source of contemporary materials for case studies and research; for critical investigation from a range of disciplinary or subject perspectives; and for illustrating or challenging concepts and theories. Perhaps most importantly, the Games can excite and inspire learners and provide a vehicle for encouraging student engagement in learning.
Website: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst/news/detail/2010/call_for_articles_link26
Organisation: The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network
Closing date: 30th June 2010

Information: Get Set are running a monthly competition to win a visit from an top class athlete. Send in examples of ways in which students or the whole college are already learning about the Olympic and Paralympic Values and the London 2012 Games. All the projects/ ideas submitted to Get Set will be entered into a prize draw.
Website: http://getset.london2012.com/en/join-us/register
Organisation: London 2012
Closing date: 9th September 2012

Information: The aim is that London’s Olympic and Paralympic Games will be truly sustainable and, as a sustainability partner of London 2012, EDF Energy is already limbering up to play its part. The ambition of Team Green Britain is even bigger. To bring people together in the true Olympic spirit and prove that Britain can be a winner in the race against climate change.
Website: http://www.teamgreenbritain.org
Organisation: Team Greeen Britain London 2012
Closing date: none

Information: Official Sports London is a unique and exciting new bursary scheme developed by the London Development Agency and Sport England. It aims to increase the number, diversity and skills base of sport’s technical officials across a range of different sports in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Official Sports London has been developed in close association with its 17 participating national governing bodies of sport. This will ensure that our funding will help to meet their strategic needs for more and better skilled sports officials in London in the lead up to 2012.
Website: http://www.officialsports.org/about.php
Organisation: Official Sports London
Closing date: none

Information: The Deloitte Ride Across Britain with charity partner the British Paralympic Association, takes place over nine days. It starts at the crack of dawn on Saturday 12th June in Scotland, and finishes with a party on Sunday 20th June in Cornwall – a chance to pat yourself on the back and celebrate crossing the finish line. You can cycle The Full Monty of about 110 miles a day as a solo rider. Or you can enter in a relay team with a support vehicle, choose a bike buddy, and pick which sections of each daily stage you’d like to pedal. For more information see the website.
Website: http://www.rideacrossbritain.com/
Organisation: Deloitte, British Paralympic Association
Closing date: none

Information: This year's BT Paralympic World Cup was a great success and the organisers are now working hard to plan ahead for the 2010 event. The BT Paralympic World Cup has created a survey which will help it to build on past BT PWC events by learning more about those who have previously attended and those who might potentially attend in the future. The survey should take no more than five minutes to complete and they would be very grateful if you would be able to both complete this survey yourself and also circulate it to any friends, colleagues or contacts.
Website: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jkChm15Mw7C7w_2fLyITROUw_3d_3d
Organisation: The BT Paralympic World Cup
Closing date: none

Information: The Bridging The Gap Security Initiative which was launched on November 9th is looking for more colleges who wish to take part in this 2012 games related security programme. For more information please see the files below.
Organisation: North Hertforshire College
Closing date: none
BtG Brochure
BtG Expression of Interest

Information: Routledge, in conjunction with the 2012 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS), have extended an invitation to the Editorial Boards of a number of journals to consider publishing a special issue on the London Olympic Games. We are absolutely delighted that the invitation has been accepted by 38 journals from a wide range of scientific disciplines. With your help, we would like to produce a series of critical studies on the Olympics to be published in 2012 and 2013. Routledge has a pedigree in promoting Olympic-related texts and its strategic involvement with the 2012 ICSEMIS Pre-Olympic Convention combined with its forward thinking would allow us to make a major contribution to the field of Olympic Studies and a range of other disciplines. For more information see the attached document. The listed journals and more will be looking for contributors and research in the given areas. To learn more and discuss involvement in the project, contact: Vassil Girginov, PhD Tel: +44 1895 266811 email: vassil.girginov@brunel.ac.uk
Organisation: Routledge and ICSEMIS 2012
Closing date: none
Routledge Olympic Special Issue Journals