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What the puck was that?! An analysis of Browning v. Odyssey, examining the liability of sports arena owners in negligence for spectator safety
No full textThis paper will look at the reasoning and legal principles applied by the judge in the recent ice hockey spectator case of Browning v Odyssey [2014] NIQB 39. This paper will analyse and compare English cases with those from other jurisdictions to show how this area of law has developed. Academic opinion and judicial reasoning will be brought in to support the discussion on whether the current position allows for fair and consistent decisions, and alternatives will be suggested where this does not appear to be so.
In particular, the paper will analyse a number of specific areas including: the standard of care owed to sports spectators by sports arena owners, whether a higher standard of care should be owed to children and the extent to which a risk can be so small that it is justifiable for the reasonable man to ignore it. Finally, different sports will be compared to see what is classed as an inherent risk, whether it is fair to claim that these risks are similar throughout all sports and whether there should be the same expectations in the warm up as in the main event
Seeing READ: An evaluation of the impact of colour coding on student engagement with feedback
Get PDFAn evaluation of the impact of colour coding on student engagement with feedback
Injury breaks in fencing: where does the liability lie?
Get PDFSports at any level, but particularly the higher levels with professional athletes, often have problems with injuries interrupting gameplay. In team sports, the player can usually either be substituted for a replacement or the teams can carry on with fewer players. Individual sports such as fencing however present a different problem. Do you let players continue on toward glory and simply push past the potential injury at the potential risk to their health, or should players be forced to retire from the field and lose their place in the competition? Whose fault would it be if a player became badly injured after being allowed to carry on?
Fencing is a highly competitive and unique sport that remains an individualistic competition even when performed as a team sport. While it has all the injury problems that plague sporting competition, the available solutions are often not as clear-cut as they could (or should) be. This paper investigates the potential liability arising from this lack of clarity
The angels took my racehorse away: Can spectators bring a claim for psychiatric injury following an equestrian death on the track?
Get PDFWhile horse racing is one of the oldest of all sports, death and injury is an inherent risk for both the jockeys and the horses that take part. In Britain alone, there have been 816 on-course horse fatalities caused predominantly through collision with fences and/or the over-exhaustion of the horses. Not only do these incidents have distressing consequences for the horse, its owner and any trainers, but seeing this happen whilst watching the event could cause torment and sadness to the spectators. This paper will explore whether a claim can be made for psychiatric injuries following a horse and/or jockey becoming injured during the race, and what implications this might have
Can the ambush of Greenpeace be seen as a method of Ambush marketing, and if so, what (if any) effect did it have?
Get PDFOn the 25th August 2013, Greenpeace protesters ambushed the podium celebrations of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix. While protests at sporting events are not uncommon, what is unusual about this event is that it managed to catch the organisers off guard at a crucial part of the ceremony, in front of the world media.
This article will explore how the protest occurred and analyse what the implications are for both Shell and sporting events more generally
Lecturers\u27 experiences of using wikis to support student group work
No full textThere is a growing expectation for providers of higher education to include digital technology within teaching and learning.
E-learning and virtual learning environments have a number of benefits for students:
improved student-student and student-teacher interaction
improved sharing and generation of tutor and student made materials
and enhanced teaching materials including media, sound, videos, and graphics.
In recent decades there has been a move away from traditional teacher-centred approaches which encourage learners to take a passive role in their education. One example is the increased use of small group teaching approaches requiring tutors to act as enablers and encourage independence and responsibility for learning and enhance personal growth in their students.
Group work enhances independent learning but can be challenging for students to co-ordinate. Elearning environments are a contemporary solution which can help students achieve group tasks by providing tools which can be accessed both on and off campus in a flexible way.
One e-learning tool which has been used to enhance small group tasks is the Wiki (a website developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content)
Harrison, A. and Hutton, L. (2014) Design for the Changing Educational Landscape
Get PDFHarrison, A. and Hutton, L. (2014) Design for the Changing Educational Landscap
IntelPrep, BARD and LinkImplication: processes for improving student learning and decision making
Get PDFThis paper summarises an Integrated Learning and Pedagogical Research Process (labelled IntelPrep), within which a combined Business Analysis and Academic Research approach (labelled BARD) plays a prominent role, itself incorporating the concept of linking analysis to recommendation (labelled LinkImplication). IntelPrep combines a learning process which is made explicit to students and evaluated with a piece of pedagogical research into student perceptions of that process, particularly into the use of BARD. Evidence suggests that the BARD approach has benefits for students in terms of deeper learning, easier structuring of answers and better results but also imposes a heavier workload.
While the context for the following explication of this approach is in business and management, BARD has applications in any subject where students are using most of the elements of inquiry-based learning, as characterised by Hepworth and Walton (2009, p.82-3) and, subsequently, in career and life decisions. Equally, IntelPrep involves a series of stages which can be applied to the delivery - and assessment - of most curricula
A reflection upon the value of embracing the principles of learning communities as part of a response to pressure to reduce staff student ratios in post-1992 Higher Education Institutions whilst maintaining the quality of student work-based learning
Get PDFThis work reflects upon the value of embracing learning communities as part of a response to pressure to reduce staff student ratios in post-1992 Higher Education Institutions whilst maintaining the quality of the student learning experience during final year projects and MSc dissertations. It concludes that well engineered, implemented and managed communities can indeed enhance the student learning experience with reduced academic resource and also brings major additional benefits for the students and the institution
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No full textA preliminary investigation into academic screening and selection in clinical psycholog