The University and Southampton Football Club have signed a new collaborative agreement to bring the two organisations closer together and explore possible activities of mutual benefit.
The football club and the University will look to identify opportunities for co-operation and joint research and development across a range of disciplines. They also plan to organise and participate in other academic and scientific activities such as seminars and conferences.
The organisations are already engaged in a number of specific projects including research by the University into preventing injuries and protecting players from arthritis in later life. This collaboration, which dates back five years, has been successful in developing enhanced treatment methods and improved techniques to prevent osteoarthritis as a result of sports injury.
“Both the University and Southampton Football Club are at the top of our respective professions so we’re very excited by the prospect of bringing our two organisations together,” said Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Christopher Snowden. “There is a great deal of synergy between the aspirations of the University and the Football Club and I look forward to many more successful collaborations over the years to come.”
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