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Ryan Brown joins OSS as first Research Officer

Research think-tank the Observatory for Sport in Scotland is building capacity to produce important sport research by appointing a first Research Officer. An Honours graduate…

David Ferguson22 February 2021

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R&A investigates how golf improves your health

By THOMAS ROWE (OSS Research Assistant) GOLF has been in a league of its own through the coronavirus pandemic as a sport that even the…

David Ferguson6 February 2021

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New faces bring experience and expertise to the OSS

RECENT Scotland women's football manager Shelley Kerr, political and finance expert Geoff Aberdein and leading European researcher Geoff Nichols have joined the Observatory for Sport…

David Ferguson15 January 2021

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Creating more active neighbourhoods for older people

The Observatory for Sport in Scotland is helping a housing organisation to investigate and trial interventions that could create more healthy and active neighbourhoods. The…

David Ferguson4 December 2020

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OSS increases research expertise

THE VALUE of sport is most obvious not in sport itself but in wider society, across health and wellbeing, education and the economy. And no-one knows…

David Ferguson16 November 2020

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IAIN MORE: An Appreciation

THE OSS board and staff were saddened by the death of key adviser, inspiration and guiding light, Iain More, after a long and courageous battle…

David Ferguson15 November 2020

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Funding brought forward for Scottish sport

SPORTS across Scotland have welcomed extra funding announced by sportscotland to help sport recover from the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, and urged all to help…

David Ferguson4 September 2020

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Golf leading way in re-thinking future for Scottish sport

COVID-19 will ravage the sport, leisure and recreation in Scottish communities, with a raft of facilities expected to either never re-open or close in 2020-21.…

David Ferguson9 August 2020

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Scotland’s sport and leisure landscape facing widespread closures

By DAVID FERGUSON THE COVID-19 lockdown was expected to create long-term health and wellbeing issues, but the extent of that impact is beginning to emerge…

David Ferguson23 July 2020

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Scottish sport begins to re-awaken: new guidance

By Ryan Brown Following a lot of behind-the-scenes work involving the Scottish Government’s Active Scotland division, sportscotland and a range of partners across Scottish sport…

David Ferguson30 June 2020