• Milano Cortino Winter Olympics 2026 – let the slipping and sliding commence!

  Simon Rea previews the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy and looks at who in Team GB have the best chances of winning medals.

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• Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?

  The ongoing impact of climate change on one of the biggest sports events in the world...  

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• A head for heights: How athletes keep calm at altitude

  Many athletes at 2026 Winter Olympics will find themselves in the start gate ready to race in an event which can threaten injury as much as promise victory. The question is how do they cope?

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• Why would British athletes choose winter sports?

  What's the attraction of winter sports in a mild climate?

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• Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

  Adventure sports have crossed over into the mainstream and Candice Lingam-Willgoss explores the appeal of these exciting activities.

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• Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

  In this article, Dr Nichola Kentzer considers resilience as a key factor in supporting athletes' disrupted journeys towards Olympic success.

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• Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

  In this free course you will explore two aspects of strength and conditioning in sport and fitness: speed and power. Strength and conditioning is the physical preparation of athletes and in this course you will explore the physiology of speed before looking at training methods to develop speed. You will also look at power which is a concept ...

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• Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

  Sport can place high levels of stress on athletes, coaches and others involved. If unable to cope with these stresses they may be vulnerable to developing burnout. This free course, Learning from sport burnout and overtraining, examines burnout in sport from various perspectives including both the coach’s and athlete’s perspective. Drawing on ...

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• Exploring sport coaching and psychology

  This free course, Exploring sport coaching and psychology, investigates how scientific and management ideas contribute to success while also taking you on a journey through unique sporting case studies and insights that will change how you view and study sport. You will consider how the mind, the body, the environment and training techniques all...

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• Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

  This free course, Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness, explores the personal skills that underpin so much work in sport and gyms. We often hear employers refer to the importance of these interpersonal relationships or ‘soft skills’ in sport and fitness, and in this unique course you’ll build valuable insights into ...

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• Training for endurance in sport and fitness

  In this free course you will explore an important aspect of strength and conditioning which refers to the physical preparation of athletes: endurance. You will look at the physiological factors that underpin endurance and assess how endurance can be developed relative to performance in a range of sports.

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• Developing resilience in sport

  In this free course, Developing resilience in sport, you will explore how the concept of resilience can support athletes on their athletic development journey. You will examine how resilience can act as a buffer to protect against the challenges that might be faced by athletes and coaches. The protective qualities of resilience make it an ...

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Fancy learning Italian?

• Getting started with Italian 1

  Are you fascinated by the Italian culture and lifestyle, cuisine, historic cities, art and beautiful landscapes? Have you always loved the sound and musicality of the Italian language? Perhaps you’ve visited an Italian city and wished you could chat with local people. Or maybe you would like to be able to read a menu, talk about yourself, or ...

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• Getting started with Italian 2

  In the free course, Getting started with Italian 2, you will learn and practise how to ask and say the time in Italian. This will include learning and practising how to ask and say the time using the 24-hour clock, which is commonly used for arrival and departure times and for the opening and closing of shops and services. The course offers ...

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• Getting started with Italian 3

  In this free course, Getting started with Italian 3, you will learn and practise how to make enquiries about travel times using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about the Tuscan Archipelago and about ferry services in Italy. The course also explores the Italian rail network and you'll learn vocabulary for ...

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• Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

  This free course, Beginners' Italian: food and drink, focuses on buying drinks and snacks in an Italian café, as well as on greeting and introducing yourself in Italian. It does not require any previous knowledge of Italian.

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• Intermediate Italian: describing people

  This course requires some basic knowledge of Italian. It focuses on describing both physical appearance and personality, as well as on developing listening skills and work on pronunciation.

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• Italian for travel: Test your skills

  Test your Italian language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Italy.

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