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Annual deaths due to physical inactivity still outstrip Covid

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…

David Ferguson23 July 2021

Events OSS News Posts

Follow our Scots at the Tokyo Olympics

IT HAS been a long time coming, with lots of 'on/off' speculation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics has officially…

David Ferguson22 July 2021

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Lions Test XV surprises Telfer, McGeechan and Irvine

OSS SUPPORTERS were treated to an entertaining night with three of Scotland's greatest British and Irish Lions in the latest 'In Conversation' event, the leaking…

David Ferguson21 July 2021

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Could the decisions for sport during the pandemic have been better?

By Sam Winton (OSS Research Assistant) During my time as an Undergraduate at the University of St Andrews, I was often reminded that many…

David Ferguson20 July 2021

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Physical activity and its effects on children’s education

Vasilopoulos & EllefsonPublished: 19 May 2021This research explores the association between physical activity and self-regulation and the relationship that this may have on academic achievements.…

David Ferguson8 July 2021

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OSS Ambassador Makes Her Second Olympic Games

The OSS is delighted to announce that recent Ambassador Kirsty Gilmour, has been selected for her second Olympic team for the women's singles event out…

David Ferguson5 July 2021

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Business and sport aligning for social impact

The OSS encourages articles from a wide range of comentators and thought leaders on how and where community sport can have an impact across health,…

David Ferguson2 July 2021

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Royal Colleges and OSS bring health and sport together

THE ROYAL Colleges of Physicians in Edinburgh and the Observatory for Sport in Scotland (OSS) will host a joint event on 3 September where health…

David Ferguson30 June 2021

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Transforming lives of people in poverty and trauma is focus of new research

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…

David Ferguson30 June 2021

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Olympic veteran Dick Pound reflects on sport’s ethics

The OSS was delighted to welcome one of the world's foremost authorities on corruption and anti-doping in sport, Dick Pound, to our latest 'In Conversation…

David Ferguson28 June 2021