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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…