PhD Thesis Competition!

Our PhD students competed in the Lighting Thesis Competition, presenting their research in 3 short-minute presentations.

Congrats to all the winners & Thanks to Scott Mahadeo for organising.

#HigherEducation #Research

If anyone wants to know more about football finance and the football industry in more depth, there are 100% scholarships available from Sky & Kick It Out for the University of Liverpool Football Industries MBA course for 2024/25

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Our new episode is out. We talked to fan group Fulham Lillies and communuity club NY INTERNATIONAL FC 🦁 about the work they're doing to help women and girls come to the games in London and supporting measures against food pverty in New York. Do have a listen! buzzsprout.com/2253650/147357…

Great contribution by Christina Philippou. If you want to get a bit of background context on finance in the English game, check out this episode we did a few months ago:
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New Independent Regulator for #Football announced by the UK Government today, covering financial sustainability of clubs. I wrote about the pros and cons of the incoming Bill for The The Conversation back in November

#SportsBiz

UoP Business and Law

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The top 6 places in the WSL table = the Premier League’s established ‘Big Six’.

Is that good or bad, exciting or boring?

With insight from managers and Christina Philippou for The Athletic | Football

theathletic.com/5341349/2024/0…

The #WSL is thriving, and the dominance of teams affiliated to men's #football teams is clear. Discussing the pros and cons of this from a commercial perspective with The Athletic | Football

#sportsbiz

UoP Business and Law

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‼️ 80% of women have experienced sexism while coaching, Kick It Out research suggests.

We surveyed women football coaches to investigate the levels of sexism and misogyny they face.

👉 Swipe for the findings and click the link to read more.

♀️⚽️Ready for #IWD2024 tomorrow, take a look at this Barclays Football report feat. myself & Professor Hanya Pielichaty. It focuses on the state of play for girls in football, including benefits, challenges & the impact of the growth of the elite game: home.barclays/content/dam/ho…

Great to see this published. We found physical abuse is less common than non-physical abuse, but both affect intention to quit and the wellbeing of refs. Those refs that aren't thinking of leaving also face reductions in their wellbeing linked to abuse.
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Everton's punishment for Premier League financial regulations breaches in 21/22 reduced to 6 points on appeal. #Everton had appealed the sanction (not breach itself, which had been disputed in the original case) but 22/23 breach outcome still to come...
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Dr Christina Philippou speaks to The New York Times about why the cost of success in English football’s lower leagues keeps going up ⚽️

Read her insights here:
nytimes.com/2024/02/24/wor…

Christina Philippou UoP Business and Law University of Portsmouth

Interesting insight into investment firm thinking in #football . Structural change needs to consider fans, players and governance issues otherwise a long-term decline in interest (and therefore revenues) is likely.

#sportsbiz

⚽️ Female coaches ⚽️

Steph Fairbairn Carrie Dunn Women's Soccer Coaching

University Campus of Football Business George Abbot School Solent Sports Journalism Maggie Murphy Saturday 2nd March: Farnham Literary Festival

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Really enjoyed discussing Charlotte Tilbury's partnership with #F1 Academy and the commercial pros and cons of the deal with Fern Buckley on BBC Radio Solent.

From 34min in

UoP Business and Law

#sportsbusiness #sportsbiz

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Talking to the team at BBC's Wake Up to Money on the proposals for Old Trafford redevelopment into the 'Wembley of the North': benefits, challenges and, of course, who is going to pay for it...

From 49min

#sportsbiz #finance #mufc

UoP Business and Law

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Today we're launching our women's game survey, open to fans of the women's game at all levels, whether season-ticket holder or casual TV watcher thefsa.org.uk/news/womens-ga…

Dr Christina Philippou from UoP Business and Law unpacks the financial constraints many #PremierLeague clubs are facing, and the impact on January transfer spending for The Conversation.

Read the article here: bit.ly/4bmPT0X

Christina Philippou University of Portsmouth #PortsmouthUni #Football

2024 has seen a belt-tightening January transfer window. Sharing my thoughts on why in The The Conversation

#footballbusiness #finance #sportsbiz

UoP Business and Law

theconversation.com/premier-league…