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SURVEY: Why do we use performance enhancing drugs in community sport?

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

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Help us ‘Capture the Barrier’ to sport for people with disabilities

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

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Scots’ activity falls through pandemic, reports study

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

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‘School sport and PE helps children self-regulate and close attainment gap’

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

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Identifying the methods of coaching used by youth sport coaches’: a multimethod study

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…

David Ferguson12 April 2021

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How Covid-19 and lockdown have affected people with disabilities in Scotland and Canada

Kamyuka et al.Published: 23rd December 2020This qualitative research investigated how Covid-19 has affected people with disabilities, and how the inequalities they normally face when looking…

David Ferguson30 March 2021

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Esports researcher joins OSS team

The Observatory for Sport in Scotland continues to grow with the recruitment of esports researcher Mark McCready to the Research Assistants cohort. The Scottish rep…

David Ferguson24 March 2021

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Peter Harrison Foundation sponsors disability research

The Peter Harrison Foundation is the latest organisation to partner with the Observatory for Sport in Scotland, to enable the first major research project into…

David Ferguson8 March 2021

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Sport’s impact on changing behaviour to be analysed

The OSS is working with Street Soccer Scotland (SSS) and Edinburgh Napier University on a three-year research project that will monitor and analyse the work…

David Ferguson27 February 2021