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The SHAPE research centre and the Women in Sport theme of the Department of Sport Science at NTU are excited to launch the Female Athlete Development Program (FADP). The FADP aims to support female athletes on their trajectory towards high performance sport, whilst emphasising health and consistency to ensure longevity in their sporting endeavours. Through this initiative selected athletes, along with their coaches and support networks will receive educational workshops from our in house experts. To found out more about the program please see our webpage here:

• The FADP: Female Athlete Development Programme

We are also involved in a number of projects that help to develop more consistent education materials surrounding female health and physiology. Dr Jessica Piasecki leads a successful podcast here of which a number of the SHAPE researchers have been a part of: . Additionally, providing resources that can be utilised within the class room to provide a wider understanding of menstrual cycles at school level:

Understanding, explaining, and critiquing the pathway to professionalisation within women’s elite sport, including issues connected to employment conditions, rights, governance and fandom.

• Dr Paul Felton speaking about fast bowling in women’s cricket:
• Dr Ali Bowes co-authored Conversation article on equal pay in women’s sport:

Investigating the media landscape of women’s sport, encompassing media analyses of contemporary women’s sport events and women working in sport journalism.

• ‘Battle of the sixes’: Investigating print media representations of female professional golfers competing in a men’s tour event:

Research that addresses issues connected to women working in sport, such as athletes, coaches and journalists.

• Dr Ali Bowes wrote an article about the environment of professional women’s football in the Conversation:

Including addressing gender imbalances in sports participation, and work connected to the intersections of gender and race in sport.

• Dr Ali Bowes co-authored the Barclay’s Here for Every Goal report about girls football in England:
• Dr Ali Bowes in the Sky Sports Golf documentary Breaking with Tradition:

Research aimed at uncovering the stories of women's participation in sport that have been ignored or under-researched as a means to normalise their involvement.

• Taylor, K. (2024). "One day ... It won't be a big story": Analyzing the media response to female national football league coaches. Kinesiology Review. Online first:
• Taylor, K & Leslie-Walker, A. (2024). 'We shouldn't have to ask': Exploring the realities of minority ethnic women football spectators. European Sport Management Quarterly. Online first:
• Taylor, K. (Forthcoming) Women on the Gridiron: 1890-1960. In Women on the Edge. To be published by Rutgers University Press

Understanding the differences between biological sexes within neuromuscular ageing, with a particular emphasis on understanding the mechanisms by which the sex hormones influence the health span of females.

Sex Differences in Neuromuscular Aging: The Role of Sex Hormones:

Understanding the implications of the dramatic change in female sex hormones through the menopause on neuromuscular deconditioning and associated lived experiences, detailing the implications of the menstrual cycle on performance, menstrual cycle education within school settings.

• Sex Differences in Neuromuscular Aging: The Role of Sex Hormones:
• Menstrual Cycle Education in the UK: