MORE than 80% of girls surveyed in recent UK research stated that they will make a greater effort to find opportunities to be active when…
David Ferguson1 October 2021
THE PARALYMPICS take to the Tokyo stage tomorrow (Tuesday 24 August) with 33 Scots representing Paralympics GB across a wide range of sports. With over…
David Ferguson23 August 2021
THE OBSERVATORY for Sport in Scotland (OSS) and University of West of Scotland (UWS) is delighted to announce that disability athlete and coach Gemma Lumsdaine…
David Ferguson29 July 2021
Worldwide progress to improve physical activity has stalled; overall deaths associated with inactivity remain at more than 5 million people per year (1m more than…
David Ferguson23 July 2021
By Sam Winton (OSS Research Assistant) During my time as an Undergraduate at the University of St Andrews, I was often reminded that many…
Ryan Brown20 July 2021
EXCITING research into how communities can use sport activity to engage children and families living in poverty, and change destructive behaviours, is being launched in…
Ryan Brown30 June 2021
THE NEED to understand and widen the mental health benefits of sport activity has prompted Scottish law firm Burke Legal to support the Observatory for…
David Ferguson25 June 2021
New research investigating the prevalence of performance enhancing drugs in community sport across Europe is looking for Scottish input to a 10-minute survey. While anti-doping…
David Ferguson22 June 2021
The Observatory for Sport in Scotland (OSS) has partnered with 'Project Echo' in our new nationwide research project seeking to understand how we can break…
David Ferguson2 June 2021
