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Stuart Fairclough
@physactivityed.bsky.social
Professor of Physical Activity, Health, & Wellbeing at Edge Hill University. Head & neck cancer thriver who's usually found in the gym, out running, watching sport, eating nice food, or working. https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/stuart-fairclough
New open access paper

Absolute and relative intensity physical activity of children with healthy and low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness
lnkd.in/dm7Y_J-a

Quantifying both the
absolute & relative intensity of accelerometer-assessed PA outcomes can provide greater insights than either alone!
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reposted by Stuart Fairclough
Authors of a new commentary argue that while digital technologies create opportunities for data-driven learning and interventions, they also raise important challenges around equity, privacy, and health data literacy -- especially for children.

doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0142
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New open access publication:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I contributed to two preprints published last week which consider issues around assessing the relative intensity of physical activity in research studies. Links: osf.io/preprints/ps... and doi.org/10.1101/2025...
OSF
osf.io
June 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Stuart Fairclough
IJBNPA, the official journal of @isbnpa.bsky.social, is looking to increase capacity in a few key areas to maintain high quality, timely handling, and decision-making for all manuscripts. Complement our team with appropriate expertise in physical activity, behavioral nutrition, and related areas.
June 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I've posted a Euraxess advert for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project under Horizon Europe, focused on accelerometer methods for assessing children's physical activity.

I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏

Link is below 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
Improving the utility and interpretation of children’s physical activity assessed by accelerometers
Edge Hill University is seeking to host exceptional research fellows funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme to develop accelerometer methods for the assessment of physica...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New paper from our group expertly led by Dr Richard Tyler & Dr Mhairi MacDonald: Validity and reliability of the physical literacy in children questionnaire (PL-C Quest) for primary school children aged 8 to 11 years. Journal pre-proof:
doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
Redirecting
doi.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some highlights of my week ahead...2 meetings about NIHR child #physicalactivity grant applications, giving a webinar on accelerometers in PA research, free-living PA validation of machine learning models project meeting, knowledge exchange staff development session... (1/2)
February 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Stuart Fairclough
This systematic review concluded that 'healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ clusters remained highly stable over time:

Tracking and changes in the clustering of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and sleep across childhood and adolescence: A systematic review
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Stuart Fairclough
Interested in school based research in physical activity? Then this exciting opportunity for a part time research assistant role might be for you! 2 days a week for 7 months, starting in March - come and work with us!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Assistant
We present an exciting opportunity to work as a Research Assistant on a project titled “Whole school approaches for maximising movement and learning: co-development of a teacher toolkit”. This is an i...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'm doing a thing today in memory of my mum and dad (and for myself) but most importantly raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Link if interested in my story and to contribute: www.justgiving.com/page/stuart-...
🙏
#hyrox
January 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by Stuart Fairclough
Hey educators, tidyplots.org is great for teaching students data visualization because it is

🕊️ Free and open-source
🚀 Easy, intuitive and fast
💾 Loaded with demo datasets
🏆 Embracing best practices
🌈 Beautiful

#rstats #phd #dataviz #education
December 6, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Sport England's annual Active Lives Survey for children published today: www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins.... Headlines are that self-reported PA has remained stable overall & across groups. IMO the most interesting stuff is in the linked data tables showing local/regional data.
Children’s activity levels remain stable but significant and sustained action required | Sport England
Sport England release their latest Active Lives Children and Young People survey results for Academic Year 2023-24.
www.sportengland.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:11 AM