Dr Mike Hartill Archives - Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport

New research centre on safeguarding in sport generates hope for real change

Edge Hill University’s new research centre on safeguarding in sport has generated hope for real change.

February 11, 2020

Academic expert to lead European funded study into child abuse in sport

Edge Hill University Academic Mike Hartill, an expert in sexual abuse in sport, is leading European funded research into child abuse within sport.

April 25, 2019

Keeping sport safe

Against a background of high profile cases of child abuse in sport in the media, Edge Hill University is playing a major role in a new event to raise awareness and share research about exploitation in sport.

August 22, 2018

Dr Mike Hartill has given sexual abuse victims a voice

Dr Mike Hartill, Reader in the Sociology of Sport, initiated the EU-funded project ‘Voices for Truth and Dignity’ (VOICE) in 2015. The project, led by the German Sport University, Cologne, is a collaboration between seven European universities plus sport agencies and victim-support organisations.

May 23, 2018

Academic works with leading charity to raise the profile of sexual abuse in sport

An academic from Edge Hill University has collaborated with a national charity to develop training to raise awareness of child abuse within sport.

September 18, 2017

Child protection expert calls for survey into gender based violence in sport

One of the country’s leading experts in child protection in sport is calling for a UK survey to reveal the magnitude of gender based violence in sport. Melanie Lang, Senior Lecturer in Child Protection in Sport at Edge Hill University, is calling on sports funding bodies to commission the survey.

June 1, 2017

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