On today’s episode Stew and Cam are joined by Scottish Student Sport’s Head of Competitions Chris Purdie. Chris is a well known face within the Student Sport Network and has passionately delivered for students, from his time as University of Stirling Sports president to his current role at SSS. Chris is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to Comp…

On today’s show Stew and Cam are putting the focus on Men’s health, highlighting some of the incredible fundraising and advocacy carried out by those across the Student Sector. Oddballs Ambassdor James Falls joins us to talk about the phenomenal charity work he’s championed throughout his university career. We’ve also got a wee insight into the gre…

This month Cam and Stew welcome on Judith McCleary, Judo Scotland CEO and former World Mixed-Double championship Curler to talk about her illustrious career, inspiring different sporting communities and the importance of female leadership within sport. It’s a cracker of an episode so make sure to grab your headphones and listen in!…

Join Stew and Cam on this months episode of the Scottish Student Sport Podcast as they welcome Wheelchair Racer Melanie Woods. Melanie talks at length about her early life, her incredible sporting career that saw her selected for the Paralympic team just two and a half years after recovering from the accident that left her paralysed, and the merits…

On Episode 30 of the Scottish Student Sport Podcast Stew and Cam welcome University of Strathclyde Deputy Head of Sport Anne-Marie Hughes. The boys chat to Anne-Marie about her illustrious career, her time competing internationally and her coaching ethos. Anne-Mare has helped shape the lives of Strathclyde students for decades and has plenty of adv…

In this episode Stew and Cam are joined by Forbes Dunlop, Chief Executive Officer at sportscotland. They’ll chat about Forbes sporting background, his championing of disability sport, the new College active campus network and Forbes goals for the next few years. You don’t want to miss this one!Oleh Scottish Student Sport

This episode Stew and Cam are joined by the incredible Heather Lowden, Education & Development Manager at Scottish Disability Sport, to discuss her amazing work with athletes with a disability, her advocacy work and some practical guidance for clubs and institutions to make sport a more inclusive place. Ronan Welch, VP for sport at the University o…

Stew and Cam are joined by a trio of fantastic guests on this week’s podcast. Chris Geddes, Men's High Performance Football Coach at the University of Stirling, joins them to discuss Stirling Uni FC’s historic Scottish Cup run, their BUCS Prem North Victory, and how he as a coach manages to get the best out of his players whilst they navigate stude…

Join quiz master Keith Easton as he hosts a very special festive episode of the Scottish Student Sport podcast. Cam and Stew lead two teams chock full of big hitters from the student sport sector with the aim to discover who knows more about Scottish Sport!Oleh Scottish Student Sport

This month Stew and Cam are joined by Carolina Sousa e Sá, Senior Project Officer at LEAP Sport and Dan Potter, Sports President at Heriot-Watt University. They cover the latest going’s on at Heriot-Watt, some of the barriers that LGBTQ+ Students may face whilst participating within student sport and how we can work together to make sport a more in…

On this episode Stew and Cam bring you three great student guests! Gemma Lumsdaine, wheelchair rugby player, Dundee Dragons coach, UWS masters student and disability sport advocate joins us to chat about Women’s sport, sport as a vessel for societal change, her studies, career and coaching as well as her own experiences in sport. We’ve also got a s…

On this show we’re bringing you two very special guests! Jonny Pearson, Vice Principal at Edinburgh College, joins us to discuss how Edinburgh College are developing student sport and how his students are getting involved with sport around the capital! We’re also joined by Louise Ford, President of Student Activities at Queen Margaret University an…

On this week's show we’re kicking off the 22/23 student sport season with a phenomenal line-up! Stew and Cam catch up with Radha Balani, co-managing director at Think Beyond, joins us to discuss her fantastic career, her work in the sport for development space, and how she’s working to improve the lives of women and girls through sport. They’re als…

Stew and Cam are joined by Marketing Graduate and Outgoing Vice President of Sport at Strathclyde Students' Union Kirsty Bannatyne, as well as hearing from a whole host of others on this special episode of the #SSS Pod. We discuss sport at the University of Strathclyde, Kirsty’s plans for the future, our Conference highlights and we hear from some …

Joining Stew and Cam on the podcast today are two fantastic guests from the world of sport. Robert Nesbitt, the physical activity and sport lead at Scottish Association for Mental Health and Adam Lambert, Vice President for Activities at the Aberdeen University Students Association jump on to chat about mental health, developing university sports c…

On this episode of the #SSSPOD Stew and Cameron welcome Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, decorated Paralympian, house of Lords Crossbench Peer, and broadcaster amongst a whole host of other accolades, and Adam Brady, Biomedical Sciences Graduate and Sports Union President at the University of Dundee. Join us as we discuss Adam’s time at Dundee and how…

In the first #SSSPOD of 2022 Cameron and Stew bring you two fantastic guests from the world of Student Sport. On the agenda is health and wellbeing and how it should be implemented into wider student life, the importance of Student Sport to the Scottish Sport Governing Bodies and much more in this whopper of an episode! We’re joined by Kim Atkinson…

A short but sweet final episode of the year as Stew and Gav take a look back at some of the best bits of 2021. We preview our SSS Festive Gathering, take a trip down memory lane and we asked you for your 2021 highlights. Featuring festive cheer, plenty of laughs and a few tears as Stew says farewell to Gav……

What advice would you give your 11-year-old self? Tackling that question and more we welcome the inspirational Scotland Women’s Cricketer Abtaha Maqsood, who is smashing boundaries wherever she goes. We cover everything from cricket, dentistry and university life to taekwondo and tackling challenges head-on. Alongside Abtaha, we are joined by Kirst…

To kick-start our 10 Years of SSS celebrations we are inviting everyone to join in with our #TimeForTen active challenge! As part of the challenge, we are encouraging everyone to move their body to the theme of 10 whilst listening along to the SSSPOD. On this special episode, we will be joined by a whole range of guests from across the student spor…

As part of the virtual SSS Conference 2021, we are delivering two special sessions via podcast! Join Stew Fowlie and Gavin Rittoo as they preview Day 1 of the conference and catch our exclusive interview with our new teamwear provider – New Balance. We encourage all our attendees and listeners to get outside and move your body whilst listening alon…

What a line up we have in store for you! Joining Stew and Gav, we have not one, not two but EIGHT guests from across the sporting landscape as we ask them what the phrase 'Power of Sport' really means to them and how sport can shape the nation's recovery out of the pandemic. Prepare to be inspired…Oleh Scottish Student Sport

We are feeling fit this February on the #SSSPOD! On the agenda we’re chatting challenges, charities and keeping creative during a pandemic. We are delighted to be joined by Chris Sellar who shares his inspirational story of how he ran 10k a day for 28 days to raise funds for two charities very close to his heart. If that wasn’t good enough we are b…

On your marks… Get set...Podcast! After an energising winter break – we are starting 2021 with a bang. Or should we say Bake...? We are delighted to be joined by the class of 2020 Great British Bake Off Winner – Peter Sawkins. The Edinburgh University Student talks baking, badminton and everything in-between. Joining Peter in the SSS POD tent, we c…

In line with World Mental Health Day, we are chatting all things mental health and the importance of looking after each other on episode 10 of the #SSSPOD. Joining Stew and Gav on the virtual sofa we welcome swimming sensation and two-time Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Cameron Brodie. Cameron talks career highs and lows and the psychological…

Hollie Davidson and Andy White join Stew and Gav Rittoo in the starting line-up for this month’s rugby themed edition of the #SSSPOD. Hollie talks us through her rugby journey so far, from her student days at Edinburgh University, to hanging up her playing boots and whistling around the world as Scottish Rugby’s first full-time professional women’s…

On this month’s episode we meet the women who decided to run the length of Britain - Lands’ End to John O Groats - smashing the world record in the process. Carla Molinaro joins us on the #SSSPOD to talk all things ultra-running, motivation, getting out your comfort zone and the small matter of how to run 874 miles in 12 days. Alongside Carla we we…

Joining us in July we welcome another two high calibre guests onto the SSS Pod. We caught up with Britain’s no.1 Rifle Shooter and World Champion Seonaid McIntosh. We discuss everything from whacky hairstyles and travelling the world to how she manages to balance multiple degrees as a world champion! Joining Seonaid in the firing line is Edinburgh …

In a St. Andrews University special Stew and Gav are joined by current Sports President Leah Allcock and Malcolm Cannon. Malcolm held the role as Sports Union officer at St Andrews back in the 1980s, before going to too establish a career as an inspirational leader – holding chief executive positions in four different business including Cricket Sco…

Joining Stew and Gav on this virtual edition of the #SSSPOD is none-other than Dame Katherine Grainger - five-time Olympic medallist and Chair of UK sport. Alongside Katherine, Glasgow University Sports President, Paddy Everingham joins us in the hot-seat for a welcome catch-up. In this slightly longer edition we cover a whole range of topics from …

Stew and Gav are getting into the spirit of adventure this month – with two inspirational guests. Joining them on their quest is none other than Mark Beaumont, the man who cycled Around the World in 80 Days – breaking the World Record TWICE. Alongside Mark, we welcome Maddy Watson, Strathclyde Sports Union President to discuss her own journey throu…

Stew and Gav kick off 2020 in style with two unique guests. We chat all things Women in Sport, Women’s Football and inspiring a generation with Scotland Women’s National Team Manager Shelley Kerr. Ben Graham from Heriot Watt also joins us to preview the year ahead, share best practice and discuss his beloved Dundee United. Seasoned with the usual c…

Getting into the festive spirit, Stew and Gav are joined by two new guests; Gill Thayne – Stirling University Sports President and Jim Metcalfe from the College Development Network. In this special festive edition we cover everything from Christmas and Colleges to Cricket and Carrots in an episode that is not to be missed. We also have LIVE reactio…

Welcome to the Scottish Student Sport Podcast! In its debut episode hosts Gavin Rittoo and Stew Fowlie are joined by Georgia Moran from Napier University to chat all things, music, sport and future plans. We also preview the World’s Big Sleep Out on Saturday 7th December and bring you all the latest news and goings on from the student sporting worl…