RESEARCH conducted among girls in Australia has shown that many will not take part in sport or PE, or quit sport, because of uncomfortable and…
David Ferguson26 February 2021
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
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
Scotland's first Sport, Exercise and Health Innovation Conference will take place next month as a free online event for people involved in developing and delivering sport,…
David Ferguson21 January 2021
How has the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown changed the nation's enthusiasm for and attitude to jogging? That is the question being asked by University of…
David Ferguson11 January 2021
The OSS will launch a first major research project into sport and disability in Scotland in 20 years when it partners up with Scottish Disability…
David Ferguson18 December 2020
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
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
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
