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Women's Soccer CoachingStephanie Zambra: Player to coachFollowing a successful playing career with the likes of Peamount United, Houston Dash, Sunderland, Florentia, Shamrock Rovers, and the Republic of Ireland international team, Stephanie Zambra has moved into coaching. She tells Carrie Dunn all about the transitionVisit us at womenssoccercoaching.com for more content
2026-01-2122 minWomen's Soccer CoachingEmma Byrne: Finding her home at Lewes FCIn July 2025, Emma Byrne was named manager of FA Women’s National League South team Lewes FC. The former Arsenal goalkeeper, and Ireland’s most capped player, tells Carrie Dunn why the club is the place for her.For more from us, visit: womensoccercoaching.com
2025-12-1826 minWomen's Soccer CoachingPauline Hamill: Leading the Afghan women's refugee teamAs part of FIFA’s strategy for action, Pauline Hamill is coaching the Afghan women’s refugee team - Afghan Women United - sanctioned in May 2025. She tells Carrie Dunn about the approach she’s taking to the job, and the importance of FIFA’s backingFor more from us, visit: womensoccercoaching.com
2025-12-0321 minWomen's Soccer CoachingFreya Coombe: Blazing a trailIn January 2024, Freya Coombe joined the Kansas City Current as assistant coach. She tells Carrie done what working under former USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovki looks like, and how she’s adapted to her first assistant roleFor more from us, visit: womensoccercoaching.com
2025-11-1222 minWomen's Soccer CoachingMelanie Reay: Achieving the UEFA Pro LicenceIn June 2025, Sunderland Women head coach Melanie Reay was awarded the UEFA Pro Licence, eight years after achieving the A Licence. She tells Carrie Dunn about her experience of taking the qualificationHead to womenssoccercoaching.com for more of our content.
2025-09-2423 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLeanne Duffy: ‘We sell the 'person before player' value'Liverpool Feds manager Leanne Duffy speaks to Carrie Dunn about club culture, recruiting players, what she asks from her team, and who she is as a coach.Head to womenssoccercoaching.com for more of our content.
2025-08-1528 minWomen's Soccer CoachingEuro 2025 special: Norway's Gemma Grainger and Wales's Nia DaviesJoin Carrie Dunn as she speaks to two coaches heading to Euro 2025.Norway manager Gemma Grainger is leading the two-time European champions at Euro 2025. First up, she tells Carrie about her approach and her journey to the top.Wales Women’s under-19s coach is at Euro 25 as part of the technical team for the senior side. She then speaks to Carrie about her role in Switzerland and the impact of tournament qualification on the pathway in Wales.Make sure to visit our Euro 2025 hub to find more content on the tournament, designed to...
2025-07-0251 minWomen's Soccer CoachingEmma Thomson: 'We have to talk'North Carolina Courage assistant coach Emma Thomson has an important second job, as a mother. She tells Carrie Dunn more conversations must take place to improve support to women in the game trying to do both roles.
2025-06-1032 minWomen's Soccer CoachingAlexandra Szarvas: 'Jump on this train'That’s the call from ambitious Hungary head coach Alexandra Szarvas to clubs as she aims to improve her country’s fortunes. Carrie Dunn finds out how she got the national team job – and what she wants to do with it...
2025-05-1438 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLydia Bedford: 'Enjoy the chaos'After roles with the England youth teams, Arsenal, Leicester and Brentford men’s U18s, Lydia Bedford’s next challenge is starting from scratch with Calgary Wild. She tells Carrie Dunn it’s a big job – but one she relishes...
2025-04-0935 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLekeisha Gumbs: My kind of town!It’s more than 6,000km from Lekeisha Gumbs’ home city of Leicester to her current role with Chicago City. She tells Carrie Dunn about her transatlantic life, the value of mentorship and why every player matters...
2025-03-1224 minWomen's Soccer CoachingBev Yanez: A mother's prideJuggling her dual role as head coach of Racing Louisville and parent to two young girls, Bev Yanez is busy. But, she tells Carrie Dunn, support from her players and staff has been vital – particularly after a personal tragedy.CONTENT WARNING: This article, and the accompanying podcast, includes references to pregnancy loss
2025-02-1235 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLaura Harvey: The Reign makerWith silverware at Arsenal and Seattle, Laura Harvey has proved herself a champion on both sides of the Atlantic. She talks to Carrie Dunn about the advice that kickstarted it all and what she tells other women in coaching.
2025-01-0927 minWomen's Soccer CoachingAnson Dorrance - A legend reflectsAfter 45 years shaping the early careers of some future global female stars, Anson Dorrance has retired. The former University of North Carolina and World Cup-winning USA head coach looks back with Carrie Dunn.
2024-12-1136 minWomen's Soccer CoachingKat Mertz: Her cancer storyIn April, MSU Denver head coach Kat Mertz was diagnosed with breast cancer, and, in June, opted to undergo a double mastectomy, aged 48. She speaks to Carrie Dunn and stresses the importance of early detection.
2024-11-1328 minWomen's Soccer CoachingJackline Juma - Desire to inspireAs the first woman to lead an elite male team in Kenya, FC Talanta’s head coach Jackline Duma now wants to use her profile and experiences to motivate a new generation of female coaches. Carrie Dunn spoke to her.
2024-10-0919 minWomen's Soccer CoachingKaren Hills - Project CharltonAfter guiding Tottenham into the WSL and leading their transition to full-time soccer, Karen Hills now has the same task at Charlton Athletic, where she enjoyed success as a player. She explains all to Carrie Dunn.
2024-09-1125 minWomen's Soccer CoachingSamantha Griffiths - Learning on the jobLeadership may have come naturally to Derby County Women head coach SAMANTHA GRIFFITHS, who has been in charge for six years. But, as she tells CARRIE DUNN, some parts of management took some getting used to.
2024-08-1421 minWomen's Soccer CoachingEmily Husband - Poker-faced winner‘Emotionless’ on the sidelines, but with a competitive streak that has taken her from youth soccer to the elite level, Central Coast Mariners head coach Emily Husband takes Carrie Dunn on a journey through her career...
2024-07-1025 minWomen's Soccer CoachingErica Suter Mulholland - Mitigating changeExperiencing menopause and perimenopause symptoms is not ‘just a part of life’ – there are ways you can manage them. Performance specialist and S&C coach ERICA SUTER MULHOLLAND explains how to CARRIE DUNN.
2024-06-1223 minWomen's Soccer CoachingCamilla Orlando - Chance for changeFor Palmeiras head coach CAMILLA ORLANDO, soccer has always been about more than just results. She tells CARRIE DUNN about her passion for inspiring youngsters, developing the game and her own high ambitions.
2024-05-0830 minWomen's Soccer CoachingBecky Burleigh - The Burleigh yearsOne of US college soccer’s most successful coaches, BECKY BURLEIGH led the University of Florida program for 25 years and coached a star-studded Orlando Pride. She talks principles, people and Marta with CARRIE DUNN.
2024-04-1025 minWomen's Soccer CoachingAliceann Wilber - The history makerIn 1980, self-confessed soccer novice ALICEANN WILBER became William Smith College’s first head coach – 44 years, 640 wins and two national titles later, she is a Hall of Famer who tells CARRIE DUNN she still loves her job.
2024-03-1328 minWomen's Soccer CoachingJuan Carlos Amoros - Live the journeyGotham City head coach Juan Carlos Amoros, 2023’s NWSL coach of the year, opens up to CARRIE DUNN about adapting to different cultures, delegating wisely, an emotional Spurs reunion and not being a ‘superhero’.
2024-02-1424 minWomen's Soccer CoachingSally Needham - The brain gameWhen it comes to understanding player behaviour, human development specialist Sally Needham says neuroscience holds the key. She explains to Carrie Dunn how to harness it and transform coaching relationships.
2024-01-1032 min
The Curve Mindset Podcast with McGinley CoachingSeries 4 - Episode 10 - Steph FairbairnIn Today's episode I Spoke with Steph Fairbairn.
We discussed a number of topics including coaching in the women's game, being an editor for women's football magazine and how we can improve the game.
2023-12-2231 minWomen's Soccer CoachingPaige Palazzolo - Turning the Paige. Plus: 2023 ReflectionsA goalkeeper grounded in futsal, Paige Palazzolo is now head coach of the US Women’s Amputee National Team. She tells Carrie Dunn how she came to be in the role and the challenges and triumphs it can bring. Plus Women's Soccer Coaching Editor Hannah Duncan, and Editor-in-chief, Steph Fairbairn, discuss three years of WSC!Read the article: Women's Soccer Coaching - Coaching Advice - Paige Palazzolo: Coaching amputee players (womenssoccercoaching.com)Get more from Women's Soccer Coaching: Women's Soccer Coaching - Home (womenssoccercoaching.com)
2023-12-1351 minWomen's Soccer CoachingChelsea Noonan - Chelsea's ChallengeEarlier this year, Chelsea Noonan took a leap of faith - leaving behind what she describes as her “dream job” to move halfway across the world for a new challenge.Previously, Noonan worked for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) as a development officer and as assistant coach for the U17s women’s national team. Now, she is in Melbourne, working with Women’s A-League team Western United in a dual assistant-coach and analysis role. So what was it that made her move to Australia?Read the article: Women's Soccer Coaching...
2023-11-0835 min
Who's Got The Balls?Reflecting On ReflectingThe final episode of Season 1 of Who’s Got The Balls? is here, and it's a chance to reflect!Ali and Steph discuss the act of reflecting on your coaching, look back at the first season of the podcast and reflect on what they think of it, and answer some listener questions.Plus, Steph licks the mic, Ali finally gets to reveal her catchphrase, and they talk about the best coaches they've worked with.Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww.whosgottheballs.comInstagram: @whosgottheballspodcastWho's Got The Ba...
2023-10-1758 minWomen's Soccer CoachingCarolina Morace - The London PrideCarolina Morace is the new leader of the pack at London City Lionesses. But what lured the Italy icon to England’s second tier? She discusses the reasons and how she gets her playing style across with Steph Fairbairn.Read the article: Women's Soccer Coaching - Coaching Advice - Carolina Morace: Leading London City Lionesses (womenssoccercoaching.com)Get more from Women's Soccer Coaching: Women's Soccer Coaching - Home (womenssoccercoaching.com)
2023-10-1126 minWho's Got The Balls?Ally, Ally, AllyThis episode of Who’s Got The Balls? is all about male allyship.Ali and Steph discuss the challenges women who coach face due to their gender, the ways male coaches can show their support, and offer some examples of both good - and not so good - male allyship.Plus, Steph makes some very niche cultural references, Ali struggles to wink successfully, and they debate whether recording a second season in Ali's shed would be viable.Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww.whosgottheballs.comInstagram: @whosgottheballspodcast
2023-10-0355 minWho's Got The Balls?Being VulnerableThis episode of Who’s Got The Balls? is all about mental health.Both Ali and Steph talk about their mental health difficulties, their experiences of supporting players with their mental health, and what more they think needs to be done to equip coaches to do so effectively, while also taking care of themselves.Plus, Ali shares why she's taking a break from coaching and Steph talks about her experience of Pure O.Please note: This episode makes numerous references to mental health difficulties and abuses of power in the game.
2023-09-191h 03Women's Soccer CoachingLeah Stringer - Stringer’s start-upIn a year’s time, history will be made for Lincoln University of Missouri when its women’s soccer team begins its first-ever season.The team will compete in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, an NCAA Division II level league. It will be led by Leah Stringer, a former interim head coach at Missouri Western and assistant coach at Northeast Texas Community College.On the honour of being Lincoln University’s first women’s soccer coach, Stringer told WSC: “When the announcement came out, my family and friends were all congratulating me and asking how it fee...
2023-09-1326 minWho's Got The Balls?A Force To Be Reckoned WithAli and Steph discuss parents in this episode of Who’s Got The Balls? They talk about good parent behaviour, not so good parent behaviour, and the importance of coaches communicating with parents.Plus, Ali still hasn't found a place to put her hands, Steph reveals Ali's trade secrets, and they address the most important topic to grace the podcast this far: how to clean your boots.Read Steph's article on where parents should be on matchday.Read Gemma Bell's article on coaching your own child.Get in touch: al...
2023-09-0551 minWho's Got The Balls?Orange Sock EuphoriaIn this episode of Who’s Got The Balls? Ali and Steph talk about matchday. They discuss how big an occasion match day can be for players, what winning really means, and the coach's role in managing matchday.Plus, Steph shares one of her most stressful coaching memories, Ali takes a while to get comfy, and they introduce a new segment which Ali is very excited about.Read Steph's article on how to decide how many players take on a matchday.Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww...
2023-08-291h 00
Who's Got The Balls?WWC 23 | Bonus EpIn this bonus episode of Who’s Got The Balls? Ali and Steph reflect on the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. They discuss the performance of their home nation (England) in the final, identify lessons coaches can take from the tournament, and get into some of the off-pitch issues surrounding Spain's win.Plus, both share what their initial (shameful) predictions for the Lionesses were, Ali fan girls over Mary Earps, and Steph tells the story of her trusty bucket hat.Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww.whosgottheballs.com...
2023-08-2145 minWho's Got The Balls?Pet PeevesThis episode of Who’s Got The Balls? is all about coaching behaviours.Ali and Steph discuss their non-negotiables, behaviours they can't stand, and how our behaviours can help to create safe spaces for our players.Plus, Steph shares one of the original (awful) name options for the pod, Ali talks about her use of the Q&A technique, and both reflect honestly on how coaching behaviours can differ between male and female coaches.Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww.whosgottheballs.comInstagram: @whosgottheballspodcastWho's Go...
2023-08-1553 minWomen's Soccer CoachingCasey Brown - More than results“Success, for me, is a process,” says Boston University women’s soccer head coach Casey Brown.“It is the process of trying to become great,” she adds. “It is the process of trying to become better every day. It’s the journey.“That’s how we view it in our program. That’s how I try to view it in the way I lead and coach.“It is not a destination but a journey and a process that we get to go on every day with our amazing student athletes.”
2023-08-0925 minWho's Got The Balls?Unwashed BibsIn this episode of Who’s Got The Balls? Ali and Steph discuss the all-important topic of planning. They talk about how vital planning is, how they go about it, stuff we don’t always plan but we should, and potential planning pitfalls.Plus, Steph discusses some issues with her fridge, Ali’s memory fails her, and they both share a game-changing high five technique.Let us know your thoughts: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.com Get in touch: aliandsteph@whosgottheballs.comwww.whosgottheballs.comInstagram: @whosgottheballspodcast
2023-08-0851 min
Women's Soccer CoachingThe Women's World Cup coach diaries | Ep 4 | Ending on a highIn the final episode of our special series, Steph Fairbairn and Matt Ross, Republic of Korea Assistant coach, catch up after Korea held Germany to a 1-1 draw.Matt reflects on a brilliant performance and result, ponders why it took so long for Korea to show what they can do, explains what life will look like for him over the next few weeks, and offers coaches of all levels some solid advice...
2023-08-0418 min
Women's Soccer CoachingThe Women's World Cup coach diaries | Ep 3 | One more group game to goIn episode three of our special series, Steph Fairbairn and Matt Ross, Republic of Korea Assistant coach, chat once more.It's the day after Korea's 1-0 loss to Morocco, which leaves them at the bottom of their World Cup group.Matt reflects honestly on his team's performance throughout the tournament so far, shares more about his support system, and looks ahead to Korea's final group fixture against Germany...
2023-07-3117 min
Women's Soccer CoachingThe Women's World Cup coach diaries | Ep 2 | All eyes on game twoIn the second episode of our special series, Steph Fairbairn and Matt Ross, Republic of Korea Assistant coach, chat again.This time, it's the day after Korea's 2-0 defeat to Colombia. Matt shares his thoughts on the game, how the team's attention has quickly turned to the next fixture against Morocco, and what his schedule is like as a coach at the World Cup...
2023-07-2613 min
Women's Soccer CoachingThe Women's World Cup coach diaries | Ep 1 | The night before kick offIn the first episode in a special series, Steph Fairbairn sits down with Matt Ross, Republic of Korea Assistant coach, to get an insight into what goes into being a soccer coach on the biggest stage of them all.It's the night before Korea's first match - a Group H fixture against Colombia.Matt shares how the team have prepared, how they want to play, and, importantly, if he thinks he'll get any sleep ahead of the big event...
2023-07-2409 minWho's Got The Balls?Flappy AnklesIn this pilot episode, Ali and Steph discuss why Who's Got The Balls? came to be, what they hope it will provide to the coaching community, and the painstaking process of coming up with a name. They delve into why they got into coaching and whether or not those reasons have changed over the course of their time in coaching, before inviting you to consider the same about your own coaching journey. Plus, both state their case for the best way to wear coaching trousers. How do you wear yours?Let us know wh...
2023-07-2453 min
Soccer Coach WeeklyMoritz Kossman - PressingFor Moritz Kossmann, pressing is the primary defensive action in soccer.It is, in his words, “an attempt at putting pressure on an opponent who has the ball so that they can't progress the ball up the field easily".Moritz - who has now moved on from his role at Ubuntu Football Academy to become DStv Diski Challenge coach and head of youth at Cape Town City - sat down with Steph Fairbairn to discuss collective pressing strategies, individual pressing principles and how to coach it all...
2023-07-2138 minWomen's Soccer CoachingMolly Bartrip - Molly's journeyIn July 2021, Molly Bartrip rejoined Tottenham Hotspur, the club where she had started her career as a nine-year-old.Bartrip was 25 at the time of her homecoming, which she called a “full circle” moment. She had been away from the club for 16 years, most recently at Arsenal and Reading, and hit 100 WSL appearances in April this year. However, “full circle” also referred to the journey she’d been on as a person in that time.In February 2022, half a season into her second stint with her club, Bartrip detailed that journey in depth in a...
2023-07-1230 minSoccer Coach WeeklyMoritz Kossman - PassingPassing is more than just transferring the ball from one player to the other. At the elite levels, in particular, it is like a secret language, full of non-verbal signals and triggers, underpinned by players' ability to see the bigger picture in their heads.Moritz - who has now moved on from his role at Ubuntu Football Academy to become DStv Diski Challenge coach and head of youth at Cape Town City - sat down with Steph Fairbairn to discuss how passing can be used as a form of communication, the decision-making that goes into it and...
2023-07-0740 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLars Søndergaard - The wait is overFor the first time since 2007, Denmark are going to the Women’s World Cup.An outstanding qualifying campaign – winning all eight games, scoring 40 goals and conceding only two - was built on the lessons from last year’s Euros.On that occasion, Denmark didn’t get out of a group which also contained Germany, Spain and Finland.Heading into this tournament, though, they are equipped with more experience and, many would say, an easier group. Alongside European champions England, Denmark’s other early opposition are China and Haiti.Whi...
2023-06-1432 minWomen's Soccer CoachingNicole Lukic - Nicole's stars alignIn the first season of the USL W League - a pre-professional women’s soccer league in the USA - Minnesota Aurora lived up to its name and shone.Nicole Lukic’s team topped the Heartland Division, winning 11 of 12 games and drawing the other, scoring 35 goals and boasting the second highest goal difference across all the league’s seven divisions.Sadly, they saved their first loss for the championship game, when Tormenta FC beat them 2-1 after extra time. So near, and yet it will have felt so far.The USLW awarde...
2023-05-1024 minWomen's Soccer CoachingMeg Nemzer - Maryland missionIn December 2021, Meg Ryan Nemzer took on her dream job – head women’s soccer coach at the University of Maryland. For the Maryland native, getting offered the role was a ‘full circle’ moment. Nemzer attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, where she was co-captain for three consecutive seasons and a key pillar of what many called the best defense in the country.In 2006, the team conceded just six goals and achieved 16 clean sheets – the most in Rutgers’ history.Nemzer went on to coach at Rutgers, spending 14 years there and working her w...
2023-04-1239 minWomen's Soccer CoachingSarah Lowdon - Cutting a dashFor Sarah Lowdon, the past year has been somewhat of a whirlwind.She went from being unemployed - a volunteer coach at college level - to acting head coach on the US’s biggest stage.Having left Penn State University in 2021 and joined NWSL team Houston Dash in March 2022 as an assistant coach, Lowdon was elevated to acting head coach just weeks later. She kept that role for half a season.“It was a crazy year,” Lowdon reflects to WSC, on a period when she went from no job to hav...
2023-03-0829 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLisa Cole - Keeping the faithIn 1992, the backpass rule was brought in by soccer lawmakers IFAB - and inadvertantly changed one player’s career.Introduced to discourage time-wasting, the rule dictates that a goalkeeper cannot handle the ball following an intentional pass from a teammate, made using the foot. It had a significant effect on the role of the goalkeeper and how they are coached, both technically and tactically.More specifically, it made a direct impact on Lisa Cole. Now director of goalkeeping at United Soccer Coaches, Cole began her playing career as an outfielder.“I’m actua...
2023-02-0843 minWomen's Soccer CoachingAnja Heiner-Møller - Anja’s ambitionAnja’s journey - from being a lone girl in boys’ teams to among the most qualified and well-respected female coaches in Denmark - has been one in which she has “said yes to every opportunity”,As a player, she worked her way through the youth national teams, before gaining seven caps for the senior team. A midfielder, she was part of the Danish squad at the 2001 European Championships, where they were knocked out by Sweden in the semi-finals.She also played in the Uefa Women’s Cup - now the Women’s Champions League - for Brøndb...
2023-01-1125 minSoccer Coach WeeklySteph Fairbairn - Turning the tablesSteph Fairbairn joined her first soccer team as an eight-year-old, back in 2001.Then, the women's game in England trailed behind in participation and attendances - so much so that, in 2006, Steph was part of a double-figure crowd for a top-flight game, chatting in the bar with England players Jill Scott, Fara Williams and Rachel Unitt.The current landscape is very different. WSL crowds are In the thousands and thecurrent Lionesses get mobbed wherever they go, thanks to their victory in the Women's Euros last July. Steph was there to see it - along...
2023-01-0639 min
ICE Tech TalksExplainer: the four-minute carbon literacy overviewTo avert the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a habitable planet, we must stop temperature rise. Civil engineers have a key role to play in doing this. This ICE audio explainer explores the relevant targets, the global commitments to tackling climate change, and how the way in which the construction industry designs, builds and manages infrastructure needs to change.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-12-1904 min
ICE Tech TalksExplainer: the four-minute carbon literacy overviewTo avert the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a habitable planet, we must stop temperature rise. Civil engineers have a key role to play in doing this. This ICE audio explainer explores the relevant targets, the global commitments to tackling climate change, and how the way in which the construction industry designs, builds and manages infrastructure needs to change.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-12-1904 minWomen's Soccer CoachingMirelle van Rijbroek - Eyes on the prizeMirelle van Rijbroek is the person currently in charge of unearthing the next rough diamonds to be shaped into sparkling gems.Since 2017, van Rijbroek has been the US Soccer Federation’s (USSF) Director of Talent Identification for the girls’ pathway, a job she says is more a “way of life”.Born in the Netherlands, van Rijbroek moved to Australia at the age of 22 to pursue her dream of playing soccer at the highest level. While playing, and working, she completed her Uefa C, B and A licences.She went on to be...
2022-12-1438 minICE Tech TalksDecarbonising the water industry: the journey to net zeroIn 2019, following the UK government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050, every water company in England agreed a Public Interest Commitment, setting five demanding goals, including a pledge to reach net zero on operational emissions by 2030. In 2020, this commitment was reaffirmed, and Water UK published the Net Zero 2030 Routemap, detailing how it would be achieved.
One of the three senior industry figures leading on this commitment is Heidi Mottram CBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Northumbrian Water Group Limited and Northumbrian Water Limited since 2010. In this ICE podcast, Heidi joins ICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Han...
2022-12-0725 minICE Tech TalksDecarbonising the water industry: the journey to net zeroIn 2019, following the UK government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050, every water company in England agreed a Public Interest Commitment, setting five demanding goals, including a pledge to reach net zero on operational emissions by 2030. In 2020, this commitment was reaffirmed, and Water UK published the Net Zero 2030 Routemap, detailing how it would be achieved.
One of the three senior industry figures leading on this commitment is Heidi Mottram CBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Northumbrian Water Group Limited and Northumbrian Water Limited since 2010. In this ICE podcast, Heidi joins ICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Han...
2022-12-0725 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The four-minute decarbonising the water sector overviewWater is an essential resource, and water infrastructure is a fundamental component of prosperous, healthy economies. However, like all infrastructure sectors, the water industry has a responsibility to reduce its impact on climate change.
This ICE audio explainer explores strategies to decarbonise the water sector, and how engineers can play their part.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-12-0703 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The four-minute decarbonising the water sector overviewWater is an essential resource, and water infrastructure is a fundamental component of prosperous, healthy economies. However, like all infrastructure sectors, the water industry has a responsibility to reduce its impact on climate change.
This ICE audio explainer explores strategies to decarbonise the water sector, and how engineers can play their part.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-12-0703 minICE Tech TalksThe transport sector’s journey to net zeroTransport is the UK's largest emitting sector. By adopting new technologies and overhauling old systems, the transport industry can drastically cut its carbon emissions. Civil engineers working to decarbonise transport must play a careful balancing act, generating value and increasing efficiency while also reducing risk. Where are there big opportunities for decarbonising the transport sector? And what obstacles are we still trying to overcome?
In this ICE podcast, ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne is joined by Stephen Elderkin, director of environmental sustainability for National Highways, and Conor McCone, carbon manager at Skanska UK, to explore what...
2022-12-0538 minICE Tech TalksThe transport sector’s journey to net zeroTransport is the UK's largest emitting sector. By adopting new technologies and overhauling old systems, the transport industry can drastically cut its carbon emissions. Civil engineers working to decarbonise transport must play a careful balancing act, generating value and increasing efficiency while also reducing risk. Where are there big opportunities for decarbonising the transport sector? And what obstacles are we still trying to overcome?
In this ICE podcast, ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne is joined by Stephen Elderkin, director of environmental sustainability for National Highways, and Conor McCone, carbon manager at Skanska UK, to explore what...
2022-12-0538 minICE Tech TalksICE in conversation with Grenfell Next of KinThe Grenfell Tower tragedy, its causes and its consequences cut to the heart of the practice of civil engineers. In 2021, the ICE received a request for support from Grenfell Next of Kin, a grassroots support initiative representing immediate family members of the disaster’s victims. The ICE called on John Carpenter, an ICE member at the forefront of driving competence around safety in construction, to assist.
In the support he provided the group, John embodied the ICE’s Code of Professional Conduct, demonstrating how members can enact their ‘overriding responsibility to the public good’.
In this ICE...
2022-12-0529 minICE Tech TalksICE in conversation with Grenfell Next of KinThe Grenfell Tower tragedy, its causes and its consequences cut to the heart of the practice of civil engineers. In 2021, the ICE received a request for support from Grenfell Next of Kin, a grassroots support initiative representing immediate family members of the disaster’s victims. The ICE called on John Carpenter, an ICE member at the forefront of driving competence around safety in construction, to assist.
In the support he provided the group, John embodied the ICE’s Code of Professional Conduct, demonstrating how members can enact their ‘overriding responsibility to the public good’.
In this ICE...
2022-12-0529 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The seven-minute ICE Code of Professional Conduct overviewMembers of the Institution of Civil Engineers should always be aware of their overriding responsibility to the public good. This includes care and respect for humanity's cultural, historical and archaeological heritage and a duty to protect the health and wellbeing of present and future generations, and show due regard for the environment and the sustainable management of natural resources.
These obligations form the basis of ICE's Code of Professional Conduct, which is explored in this explainer, including thoughts from Gordon Masterton, chair of future infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh School of Engineering and ICE past-president and M...
2022-12-0507 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The seven-minute ICE Code of Professional Conduct overviewMembers of the Institution of Civil Engineers should always be aware of their overriding responsibility to the public good. This includes care and respect for humanity's cultural, historical and archaeological heritage and a duty to protect the health and wellbeing of present and future generations, and show due regard for the environment and the sustainable management of natural resources.
These obligations form the basis of ICE's Code of Professional Conduct, which is explored in this explainer, including thoughts from Gordon Masterton, chair of future infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh School of Engineering and ICE past-president and M...
2022-12-0507 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The four-minute structural resilience overviewWhether it be a change of use, increase in load, or hazards caused by climate change, modern buildings and infrastructure are subject to a number of hazards to which they must be resilient. This audio explainer explores what resilience really means, and the civil engineer's role in ensuring structural resilience, and resilience in a more holistic sense.
Produced by Steph Fairbairn and Dr Joe Jackson.
2022-12-0203 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The four-minute structural resilience overviewWhether it be a change of use, increase in load, or hazards caused by climate change, modern buildings and infrastructure are subject to a number of hazards to which they must be resilient. This audio explainer explores what resilience really means, and the civil engineer's role in ensuring structural resilience, and resilience in a more holistic sense.
Produced by Steph Fairbairn and Dr Joe Jackson.
2022-12-0203 minWomen's Soccer CoachingNatalie Lawrence - Wellington rootsOn November 20, under the lights at Sky Stadium, and in front of up to 34,500 fans, Wellington Phoenix will make history.When the team kicks off their 2022-23 A-League Women campaign, it will be thefirst time a professional women’s soccer team from New Zealand have played on the country’s soil.Phoenix joined the league last season as an expansion team, but - like their male counterparts - played their home games in Australia, to avoid the travel complications associated with Covid restrictions.Now, though, they are able to return home - an...
2022-11-0935 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The five-minute health and wellbeing overviewThe mental health and wellbeing of those working in the construction industry should be a key priority for organisations, leaders, and individuals alike.
This audio explainer looks at the elements impacting mental health and wellbeing in the industry, how these are exacerbated for those working in remote locations, and what can be done to improve the status quo.
Content warning - please note, this audio explainer makes reference to mental ill-health, and briefly mentions suicide.
Speaker: Steph Fairbairn
Producer: Dr Joe Jackson
This audio explainer re...
2022-11-0204 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The five-minute health and wellbeing overviewThe mental health and wellbeing of those working in the construction industry should be a key priority for organisations, leaders, and individuals alike.
This audio explainer looks at the elements impacting mental health and wellbeing in the industry, how these are exacerbated for those working in remote locations, and what can be done to improve the status quo.
Content warning - please note, this audio explainer makes reference to mental ill-health, and briefly mentions suicide.
Speaker: Steph Fairbairn
Producer: Dr Joe Jackson
This audio explainer re...
2022-11-0204 minICE Tech TalksManchester’s Mayfield Depot project – retrofit in actionICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Hansford and ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne are joined by Stephen O'Malley, chief executive and co-founder of Civic Engineers, for a discussion about the approach taken to retrofit Mayfield Depot. This former railway station in Manchester is undergoing regeneration as an arts, music, culture and community space - and retrofitting plays an integral role.
Episode produced by James Crumly and Steph Fairbairn.
This podcast relates to the ICE CPD framework sector Core.
2022-11-0229 minICE Tech TalksManchester’s Mayfield Depot project – retrofit in actionICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Hansford and ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne are joined by Stephen O'Malley, chief executive and co-founder of Civic Engineers, for a discussion about the approach taken to retrofit Mayfield Depot. This former railway station in Manchester is undergoing regeneration as an arts, music, culture and community space - and retrofitting plays an integral role.
Episode produced by James Crumly and Steph Fairbairn.
This podcast relates to the ICE CPD framework sector Core.
2022-11-0229 minWomen's Soccer CoachingFreya Coombe - Expansion packIn their first year as an NWSL expansion team, and despite finishing eighth in the standings, Angel City FC had one of the best defensive records in the division, bettered only by the top three.It is something the new Los Angeles team prides themselves on, says head coach Freya Coombe. And it is no coincidence that they have achieved it with Coombe in charge.Indeed, in the 2021 season, when she was at the helm of NJ/NY Gotham FC (formerly Sky Blue FC), they boasted the second-best defensive performance in the league. I...
2022-10-1221 min
ICE Tech TalksExplainer: The four-minute design risk management overviewDesign risk management (DRM) should be part of a holistic approach to design on all projects, and those involved in any construction project should understand their duties relating to DRM under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015.
This audio explainer explores what design risk management is and how it can be adequately and appropriately considered across all project stages.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-09-2604 minWomen's Soccer CoachingRachel Lever - Living with ‘Endo’Rachel Lever is women’s youth academy manager at Manchester City, overseeing the under-16s and under-21s. She also lives, and coaches, with endometriosis.It is a debilitating condition, where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes.Some of the key symptoms include severe pain that stops or restricts normal activity, feeling sick, heavy periods and, sometimes, fertility problems. In the UK, it takes, on average, eight years - yes, years - for someone to be diagnosed with end...
2022-09-1429 min
OWN YOUR VYBEEp.19 - Homophobia in Healthcare: How to Speak Up ft. Steph FairbairnOWN YOUR VYBE with Beverley Akufo-Addo - Host, Founder, Coach and Consultant at Vybe365.
Today, I'm joined by special guest Steph Fairbairn (@slfairbairn) who is a writer, editor, all-round creative and football coach. We discuss Steph's experience of homophobia in healthcare - particularly with reproductive health treatment - and share tips on self-advocacy, speaking up and challenging practitioners when feeling vulnerable.
To connect with Steph and her work, please visit:
https://www.instagram.com/slfairbairn
https://www.medium.com/@stephfairbairn
Use the hashtag #OwnYourVybe to share your views and...
2022-09-0830 minWomen's Soccer CoachingCarla Ward - The Magic WardIn November 2017, Carla Ward joined Sheffield United - then in the fourth tier of the English women’s pyramid - as player assistant manager.She had just left United’s cross-city neighbours Sheffield FC, who were in the second-tier WSL 2. It was the classic case of an experienced head dropping down a couple of divisions to offer the benefit of their experience, both on and off the pitch. But just three months later came Ward’s Sliding Doors moment.United manager Dan O’Hearne stepped down, forcing the 34-year-old Ward into a difficult decision...
2022-08-1019 minWomen's Soccer CoachingAmy Rodriguez and Lou Roberts - A-Rod's New Era and Stoking the FirePart 1 - Amy Rodriguez - A-Rod's New EraAll-time US great AMY RODRIGUEZ is taking her first steps into coaching after accepting an offer to return to the college where her storied playing career began. She reveals to STEPH FAIRBAIRN how it all came about...Part 2 - Lou Roberts - Stoking the FireShe lived a dream by captaining her hometown club. Now LOU ROBERTS is on the coaching staff and tells STEPH FAIRBAIRN about her journey...
2022-07-1341 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLowri Roberts & Kat Lovett - The Welsh WayElite girls’ soccer in Wales has just come to the end of a transformative season – the first in which the Football Association of Wales (FAW) Trust Girls’ Academy u14s and u16s squads competed against boys.When this plan was announced in April 2021, Lowri Roberts - head of women’s and girls’ football at the FAW, and the spearhead behind this new approach - said: “Our aim is simple; to provide more best-v-best opportunities in training and games for our most talented girls.”She was just as committed to that goal last month, when I caught up wi...
2022-06-0844 minWomen's Soccer CoachingTracey Kevins - Shaping FuturesReflecting on how the female game has changed over the course of her coaching career is no mean feat for Tracey Kevins. During her near 20-year career in soccer, it has, she says, developed immeasurably into something that would have seemed “too far a reach for the female game” when she started out.Kevins was at the FA between 2005 and 2012, operating as a coach across the U15s, U17s, U19s and U23s age groups. She began working in the US in 2013, first as head coach with LA Strikers FC, then as tec...
2022-05-1236 minWomen's Soccer CoachingStephanie Savino - American DreamStephanie Savino is counting down the days until May 17, when the first ball is kicked in the new USL W League.A revived and slightly tweaked version of the 1995-2015 iteration of the W-League, the competition is described on its website as “the nation’s pre-professional league, developing the next generation of women’s talent both on and off the field, enhancing the women’s soccer pipeline between college and professional soccer”.It seems a perfect fit for Savino, who has spent her life’s work advocating for females to have more space in soccer.She off...
2022-04-1322 minWomen's Soccer CoachingKeri Sanchez - Hire and HigherKeri Sanchez comes with a glowing resume – a standout playing career intertwinedwith, then followed by, a number of high profile, successful coaching roles.Sanchez’s first step into coaching came in 1996 with a call from the former goalkeepercoach of her college team, the North Carolina Tar Heels: Bill Steffen.Steffen was going to restart the University of Oregon’s women’s soccer program, ashead coach, and he invited Sanchez to be his assistant.Having just graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in health and...
2022-03-1026 minSoccer Coach WeeklyGeorge Roberts - 'There's no need to reinvent the wheel'George Roberts began his coaching journey as a community sports coach, delivering PE sessions, after-school clubs and soccer camps, writes Steph Fairbairn.He worked at development centres and shadowed some coaches at Centres of Excellence, and is now with Plymouth Argyle. He is the under-nines' assistant coach at the English club's academy.UEFA B qualified, George also works as a marketing and communications officer with Cornwall FA.Soccer Coach Weekly caught up with George to talk all things session design, including how to go about planning your...
2022-03-0527 minICE Tech TalksA change in mindset: rivers for recreational use in the UKMartin Christmas and Ian Dunhill of the Environment Agency discuss the new impetus on ensuring and maintaining bathing water for rivers in the UK. They share how clean the UK's rivers currently are, explain the legislation governing the designation and grading of rivers, and set some personal and professional challenges for engineers.
Episode hosted and produced by Steph Fairbairn.
These case studies relate to the CPD framework sector Water, sewage and inland water bodies, and topic 'Bathing water for rivers'. If you are an ICE member, you may also enjoy more content on this topic...
2022-02-2544 minICE Tech TalksA change in mindset: rivers for recreational use in the UKMartin Christmas and Ian Dunhill of the Environment Agency discuss the new impetus on ensuring and maintaining bathing water for rivers in the UK. They share how clean the UK's rivers currently are, explain the legislation governing the designation and grading of rivers, and set some personal and professional challenges for engineers.
Episode hosted and produced by Steph Fairbairn.
These case studies relate to the CPD framework sector Water, sewage and inland water bodies, and topic 'Bathing water for rivers'. If you are an ICE member, you may also enjoy more content on this topic...
2022-02-2544 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The five-minute bathing water overviewThe what, why and how of bathing waters for rivers are summarised in this explainer, including some of the history, and the challenges and opportunities facing engineers.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-02-2505 minICE Tech TalksExplainer: The five-minute bathing water overviewThe what, why and how of bathing waters for rivers are summarised in this explainer, including some of the history, and the challenges and opportunities facing engineers.
Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.
2022-02-2505 minWomen's Soccer CoachingMichele Nagamine - Fight and FlightEach coaching role offers its challenges. Some, however, are more challenging than others.Coach Michele Nagamine currently holds one of those more challenging roles. Since December 2010, she has been head coach of the women’s soccer program at the University of Hawaii.They are one of 11 teams in the Big West Conference – the other 10 are all based in California, six hours’ flight away. That means the season is littered with the complexity of air travel, hotels and tailored preparation, on top of the road trips everyone else makes.“We fly over 20,000 miles a season,”...
2022-02-1736 minWomen's Soccer CoachingKat Khosrowyar - Tehran turnaroundKatayoun “Kat” Khosrowyar is studying for a Masters degree in global affairs at Rice University in Houston, Texas.The purpose, she tells Women’s Soccer Coaching, is to “put all my skills, abilities and experience under one umbrella”. It would need to be a sizeable umbrella.Growing up in Oklahoma, with Iranian heritage, Kat became an avid soccer player, describing the first time she touched the ball as “love at first sight”.On a family holiday to Iran in 2005, Kat was spotted playing futsal by Shahrzad Mozafar, coach of the country’s national futsa...
2022-02-1644 minWomen's Soccer CoachingLisa Fallon - First Among EqualsGrowing up in Dublin in the 1980s, Lisa Fallon had one female soccer role model – Gabriella Benson.A woman working in a male-dominated environment, Benson oversaw a professional men’s team – unprecedented at that time.There was one problem. Benson was fictional – the lead character in UK television series The Manageress.It still had an impact on the teenage Fallon, watching back home in Ireland.“It was the first time I ever saw a woman in football,” Fallon told Women’s Soccer Coaching. “It was incredible.”“I don’t know, if I had never s...
2022-02-1433 minWomen's Soccer CoachingJonatan Giraldez - How to improve Europe’s best?2021 saw FC Barcelona Feminí become the first Spanish club to complete a continental treble – winning the Primera Division, Copa de la Reina and, for the first time, the Uefa Champions League.Women's Soccer Coaching sat down for an exclusive interview with manager, Jonatan Giraldez.
2022-02-1427 min
Women's Soccer CoachingHeather Dyche - UNM Heather Dyche says the question she gets asked most is: ‘What advice would you give coaches looking to carve their own career path in soccer?’. You need only look at Dyche’s packed Twitter bio to work out why. She is head coach of the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) women’s team, on the technical staff of New Mexico United, a FIFA technical expert, the only female coach on Concacaf’s education board, and founder and head coach of the LEAD Soccer Academy. And In January this year, she was elected to United Soccer Coaches’ board of directo...
2021-10-2125 min
Women's Soccer CoachingYolanda Thomas - Tulsa SC Yolanda Thomas - head coach of Tulsa Soccer Club and director of coaching for its girls program - has spotted a trend that needs addressing. “We all know we need more women coaching,” she notes. “But if we’re going to have more women coaching, inevitably we’re going to end up with more mothers. “If we want these women to keep coaching, how can we support them?” Part of the solution is the Moms Who Coach initiative, a United Soccer Coaches (USC) group set up earlier this year that Thomas co-chairs.
2021-09-0934 min
Women's Soccer CoachingDenise Schilte-Brown - University of South Florida As a player, Denise Schilte-Brown set college scoring records on her way to playing professionally in Germany and representing her native Canada. And in almost 25 years as a coach, she has mentored some top strikers, including current Canada breakthrough star Evelyne Viens. It is fair to say Schilte-Brown knows where the net is - and knows how to bring that out in others
2021-08-2631 min
Women's Soccer CoachingCarmelina Moscato - FC Nordsjælland Ex-Canada star CARMELINA MOSCATO is back in coaching again after a nomadic post-retirement life. STEPH FAIRBAIRN caught up with her to discuss her philosophy and how coaches can seize control of their career
2021-07-1430 min
Women's Soccer CoachingAmy Griffin - US Deaf Soccer WNTAs a World-Cup winning goalkeeper, successful youth coach and head coach of the US Deaf Women’s Team, AMY GRIFFIN knows how to get her message across. She explains her methods to STEPH FAIRBAIRN
2021-06-1430 min
Women's Soccer CoachingGemma Donnelly - Blackburn Rovers ManagerGemma Donnelly has been on one hell of a journey. And she knows precisely when it first turned in her favour.It wasn’t in 2019, when the Blackburn Rovers team she leads were finally granted promotion to the FA Women’s Championship – the second tier of English football – after three successive seasons dominating the division below.It wasn’t even in 2014, when her side narrowly avoided relegation to tier four on the final day of the season, and she vowed to staff “we are never going through that again”.Her Blackburn Rovers side were twic...
2021-05-1234 min
Women's Soccer CoachingCharlotte Healy - Manchester United Academy ManagerOn February 2nd, 2020, Rebecca May’s brief substitute appearance in a Women’s Super League game at Reading made Manchester United history.The 18-year-old’s five-minute cameo saw her become the first player to graduate through United’s entire youth system, from under-10s, to the fledgling first team.It was a proud moment for all who knew the teenager - not least Charlotte Healy, the coach in charge of the club’s academy.Created ‘upside down’, Manchester United had a girls section before there was a women’s first team to graduate into. Academy bo...
2021-04-1625 min