NEWS

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Full Premium Access for 7 Day for Just £15!

Get full access to The Edge for a week in the run up to Christmas for just £15! Make the most of all of our facilities including our 25m pool, 250 station gym, dedicated spin studio, climbing wall and squash courts whatever time of day that suits you. This offer is available between the 1st […]

Body Jam goes Pay as You Go

Body Jam is pay as you go!

Thursdays are for Body Jam and for everyone. Here at The Edge, we run a timetable of over 100 live classes per week for our members. In October, we introduced a new Pay as You Go Body Jam session available to our existing members, as well as any new non-members that want to give it […]

Upcoming Courses 2022

Courses are starting up again for the new year

Following on from Christmas 2021, the Fitness Team will be running a series of Fitness Courses, designed to teach our members about different elements of Health & Fitness. Kicking the new year off will be two exciting courses, due to start the week commencing the 31st January: 1. Women’s Strength Training This one is our […]

Balancing Life Results 2021

Balancing Life

Results are in for the 2021 Balancing Life survey! This year, 1055 staff and students took part in Sport and Physical Activity’s annual survey which gains insight into the physical activity and wellbeing levels of our University community – a big thank you to everyone who completed this!  Last year’s results found that the pandemic had a […]

Meet the Team: Charlotte Bourke

personal trainer charlotte bourke

We chatted to one of our personal trainers Charlotte to find out more about her including her favourite way to stay active and who is her biggest fitness inspiration.  Name: Charlotte Bourke Job role: Personal Trainer, Exercise Referral Instructor & Pilates Teacher What does your role entail: Supporting clients towards reaching their health & fitness […]

Indoor Sport & Exercise Classes are Back!

Indoor exercise classes

From Monday, 17 May, both indoor sport and our indoor exercise classes are back! We are so excited to see you pick back up a racquet or back in our studios giving it your all with our instructors. All your favourite classes and instructors are back, including Zumba, Les Mills Bodyjam and GRIT. Here are […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Daffodil Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th March

Daffodil

GOGA Daffodil Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th March 120 staff members from across the university community took part in our Love and Pancakes run relay last month. Staff members committed to the love and pancake themed bonuses and we saw many sweet and savoury pancake stacks and items of red clothing throughout the […]

Get Out, Get Active Virtual Love & Pancakes Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th February

love pancake graphic

GOGA Love & Pancakes Run Relay for staff – w/c 15th February 126 staff members from across the university campus took part in our Resolutions run relay last month. Staff members committed to the resolutions themed bonus and we saw many pledging that they’d like to read more, increase their physical activity, learn new recipes […]

Balancing Life Results 2020: How has Covid-19 impacted physical activity and wellbeing?

Balancing Life

Each year Sport and Physical Activity survey our University community to find out about physical activity and wellbeing levels on campus and we are finally able to share with you our Balancing Life 2020 results, which specifically focus on the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown measures. The insight from Balancing Life plays a key role […]