I am the founder and director of the influential campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom and available as a speaker and writer on free speech and academic freedom. I also co-ordinate the Institute of Ideas' Education Forum. In 2006-7, I was the first joint president of the University and College Union (UCU), the largest post-compulsory education union in the world and I am currently the Honorary Secretary of the Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers (SCETT) which represents through its constituent bodies, the trade unions and professional associations, the interests of 750,000 teachers in supporting and developing teacher education.
It is incredibly popular at universities, and women's rugby clubs around the country are always looking for enthusiastic players and the next new pool of talent.įind your local club in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to give it a go.Professor of Education and Chair of the College of Education Research Committee (CERC). Camaraderie and teamwork are vital skills in most team sports, but none to the same extent as in rugby union.įrom boisterous Saturday-league club houses, to schoolyard games of touch, to lining up for your country in the 6 Nations, union is a sport of skill, bravery and strength.Īnd if you're more interested in throwing a ball around there are plenty of options for you, from the aforementioned touch, where tackling is banned, to light-hearted options like beach rugby.Īlthough a certain level of physical stature is required in the professional ranks, rugby union really is an accessible sport, with the wide range of functions between different positions making it a sport for everybody,įorwards are typically stronger, heavier and entrusted with the more physical aspects of the game, whereas backs utilise pace and agility.
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