Nov 18, 2022

To mark the start of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, we spoke to Dr Paul Brannagan, Senior Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management at Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport, about the controversies that have surrounded Qatar 2022 since it won the bid to host the tournament in 2010. 

Dr Brannagan is the...

Nov 17, 2022

To mark the final day of COP27 – the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference – we spoke to Research Associate, Dr Carly Fletcher, about the potential for bioplastics to help reduce the impacts of plastic pollution.

Bioplastics are plastics made from biological substances as opposed to petroleum or are...

Nov 10, 2022

In this episode of MetCast we speak to Esme Morgan, Manchester City Women's Football Club defender, and Manchester Metropolitan University BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science student. 

Esme recently made her England national team debut and will be back with the squad again for their upcoming friendlies. 

We caught up...