Wednesday 21 October is set to be a celebration of Cardiff Met Sport, as Maroon Wednesday brings students, staff and supporters together for a day of sport, campus pride and prizes. With Archers competing across a range of sports, we're inviting the Cardiff Met community to wear maroon, get behind our teams and discover everything that university sport has to offer. Whether you're a regular on the sidelines or have never watched a Cardiff Met fixture before, Maroon Wednesday

Cardiff Met FC have made Welsh football history, becoming the first club from Wales to reach the second round of the UEFA Youth League following a 4–1 aggregate victory over Luxembourg side FC UNA Strassen. Photo from Sam Jones The Young Archers secured their place in the next stage of Europe's prestigious youth club competition on Wednesday 14 October, progressing despite a 1–0 defeat in the second leg in Luxembourg. Jack Lyons' side travelled to the Stade An de Millewisen w

For Cardiff Met student Evie Kreeger, studying performance analysis has opened the door to seeing sport from an entirely different perspective, and taken her from the classroom into the heart of an international high-performance environment. A Sport Performance Analysis student at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Evie is currently undertaking a placement with the Welsh Feathers, combining her academic studies with hands-on experience supporting Wales’ international netball pr

New evaluation data from Cardiff Met Sport’s Active Tots programme has highlighted a significant increase in practitioner knowledge and confidence following its largest training delivery to date. The findings follow July’s Active Tots training, which brought together 108 members of staff from approximately 18 early years settings across Cardiff. While around a quarter of those attending already rated their knowledge and confidence as good or excellent before the session, end-

Jazmine Airey, a swimmer within the Cardiff Met Aquatics Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Learn to Swim Programme, successfully attended the Summer Swimming Camp in a mainstream group setting. This was a significant achievement for both Jazmine and Cardiff Met Aquatics, as it marked the first time Cardiff Met Aquatics has been able to support a swimmer from the ALN programme to participate in this way. With the dedication, planning and support of swimming teacher Jeremy King,

On 7 July, the Active Young People team at Cardiff Met Community hosted a landmark Active Tots training event in partnership with Flying Start, bringing together over 100 nursery practitioners from Darling Buds and Little Angels for a dedicated workforce development day. The event marked the first time Active Tots has been delivered as a whole-staff INSET Day, reflecting the growing demand and popularity of the programme. Active Tots is a physical literacy programme designed