By DAVID FERGUSON Sport activity in Scotland is continuing to become the preserve of more affluent people and more distant from those living in deprived…
David Ferguson18 September 2020
Former defenders make up the highest percentage of coaches in professional football, and goalkeepers provide the lowest, according to the latest CIES Football Observatory Report. The CIES…
David Ferguson22 June 2020
What is the emotional culture at your club - fun-loving or apathy? Are there too many paid 'professionals' in Scottish sport? How do sports cope…
David Ferguson10 June 2020
On Global Running Day, appropriately, OSS has discovered research that suggests that more people have spent lockdown running and more youngsters across the UK are…
David Ferguson3 June 2020
Nearly 1,000 people from across Scotland and further afield joined the latest OSS webinar, on 'School Sport and PE', and many took confidence from hearing…
David Ferguson27 May 2020
The Scottish Government has brought clarity to the return of schools across Scotland with an August 11, 2020 return date, and in the next OSS…
David Ferguson20 May 2020
Scotland is facing a boom in the ageing population over the next 30 years and new sport strategies targeting older people could hold the key…
David Ferguson12 May 2020
OSS WEBINAR COVID-19 and Sport for Older People: Challenges & Opportunities Wednesday 13 May (1pm-2pm) SCOTLAND tennis champion and coach Judy Murray is showing…
David Ferguson5 May 2020
The Observatory for Sport in Scotland (OSS) has launched the first in a series of monthly surveys investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Scottish community…
David Ferguson16 April 2020
