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
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
SPIKES in sport and exercise during Covid-19 lockdowns have been the exception rather than the rule in Scotland with a new survey suggesting that most…
David Ferguson31 May 2021
Children who take part in school sport and PE may be better able to self-regulate and improve educational attainment according to new research in England.…
David Ferguson28 May 2021
Carroll & AllenPublished: 17th September 2020This research investigated antecedents of youth sports' coaches autonomy-supportive and controlling behaviours using a multi-method approach. Recreational youth swimming and…
Ryan Brown12 April 2021
