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A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...et al., 2015). Accordingly, Roberts, Trewartha, England, and Stokes (2015) investigated collapsed scrums and collision tackles, and found that injury prevention in the tackle should focus on technique, with strict enforcement of existing rules for illegal collision tackles. Furthermore, World Rugby is taking a proactive stance on concussion identification and management,...
Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...et al., 2006) prior to the colonisation to between 180,000 and 350,000 people today (Pinheiro, 2004). Causes include the spreading of European and African diseases - to which native people had no immunity - alcohol consumption, proxy wars, slavery, displacements and removal (Burnett, 2002; Hemming, 1978; Whitehead, 1990). In 19th century British Guyana, Schomburgk...
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...et al., 1983) to parental involvement in children’s sporting experience understand how gender and parental gender stereotypes may affect parents’ support of children’s participation in sport...Physical activity: a family affair: 1 What is the modern-day family unit? - There have been many changes in the way that families function in recent years, in particular to...
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...et al., 2017) found that while engaging with children and young people might be difficult those difficulties should not be overstated. A crucial step for anyone working with children and young people is to go beyond standardised frameworks and recognise that each child has individual needs and comes from their own specific context with particular challenges. By taking...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...et al., 2013) compiled from different observations with labels of important locations. The proposed new mechanism is called Marine Ice Cliff Instability (MICI), not to be confused with the established Marine Ice Sheet Instability (MISI) which are both positive feedback loops (science slang for a self-sustained process: if the result is undesired, as in this case, you can...
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...et al., 2010). Definitions by therapists working on increasing psychological flexibility define it as, ‘the ability to fully contact the present moment and the thoughts and feelings it contains without needless defence ... persisting or changing behaviour in the pursuit of goals and values (Hayes et al., 2006, p. 9). We can think of psychological flexibility using the...
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...et al. 2023), and the UK Government has now embedded awareness and care for nature into our school curriculum. Due to modern lifestyles, we have a lack of exercise in our daily routine and are therefore becoming increasingly sedentary. This leads to various health issues that are becoming more frequent, including obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, some types of cancer and social...
Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...et cetera, which are encapsulated in the notion of geography - in a geographical imagination - which are then important to understanding environmental issues as geographically constituted. Michael: Okay. That’s great. And the idea then is that the development of that understanding progresses through the module via a number of key blocks. Could you just run through what...