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No full textSharpe’s Wood explores the transformational potential of northern woodlands at night. The artist used ambient light sources and extended exposures to capture the landscape in an “in-between” state: blurring the lines between day and night, urban and rural, light and dark. Even in the early hours of the morning, the trees are not entirely plunged into darkness; the glow of streetlights, transient traffic and moonlight still adds luminescence to the scene. Dracup’s images reveal a spectrum of “hidden” colours not always available to the human eye, including deep indigoes, luminous greens, rich yellows and reds.The series captures the seasons changing from autumn to winter – a time period which proved to be particularly visually interesting. Dracup says: “These months, when more of our waking hours are spent in darkness, were the most productive for my research. The colour palette shifted and the flora in the woodland changed. Winter snow lightened areas of the night wood, and the dominant yellow sodium streetlight contrasted with the photographically visualised aquamarine sky, invisible to the naked eye.
The longitudinal relationship between authentic and positive self-presentation on Instagram and sexual identity development amongst LGBTQ+ adolescents:a cross-cultural study
No full textCharacteristics and engagement among English-language online forums for addiction recovery available in the US
Get PDFIn developing public resources for the Networks Enhancing Addiction Recovery – Forum Activity Roadmap (NEAR-FAR), we completed a comprehensive observational study of English-language online forums related to recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction. Among 207 identified forums, the majority were classified as “general addiction” or alcohol-focused, though classifications related to other substances were common on websites hosting multiple forums. Commonly used social media platforms such as Reddit, Facebook, or Quora offered easily accessible venues for individuals seeking online support related to a variety of addictive substances. They included forums related to established mutual help programs such as 12-step and SMART recovery, other nonprofit and for-profit recovery programs, and community forums without formal programs. Among 148 forums with any observed user activity, the median time between unique user engagements was 27 days (inter-quartile range: 2-74). Among 98 forums with past-month posting activity, we found a median of <10 posts per week (inter-quartile range: 1-78). This study compares three metrics of observed forum user activity (posts per week, responses per post, time between unique user engagements) and considers forum characteristics that may potentiate greater engagement and support in addiction recovery
Is it time to reform the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991?
No full textThis article evaluates in some detail the adequacy of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and in particular s.10 and the meaning of dangerously
Enhancing graduates' intercultural competences and awareness through cocreation in higher education
No full textIn recent decades the world has found itself in an era of rapid globalisation and migration. In many contexts and cultures, citizens are still coming to terms with the implications of globalisation. The vital role that higher education (HE) institutions can play must not only be emphasised, but strategies, new approaches and initiatives also need to be embraced and adopted to ensure diversity is an advantage and not a source of conflict. It is further noted that notions of ‘interculturalism’ are still not understood in many contexts and are still confused with ‘multiculturalism’. This chapter demonstrates that interculturalism goes beyond multiculturalism, and further locates its place and usefulness within Higher Education, particularly through co-creation efforts. The chapter posits a need for higher educational institutions to embed intercultural competencies, advance understanding of one’s own culture and promote intercultural dialogue in multicultural contexts, especially in Higher education as part of bridging the skills gap and enhancing employability
"I can be myself here”:making good, mattering and generativity among criminalised individuals
No full text‘Supporting the support staff’:a narrative review of nutritional opportunities to enhance recovery and wellbeing in multi-disciplinary soccer performance staff
No full textAbstract: Background: With ever-increasing training, match-play and travel demands in professional soccer, recovery is vital for athletic performance, a statement amplified in tournament and in-season scenarios. However, alongside supporting the tasks associated with these increased demands, the recovery and wellbeing strategies recommended for playing staff are often unavailable to their support staff counterparts, who routinely experience extended working hours over and above scheduled player attendance. Methods: Focusing on the contributions of nutrition to this undoubtedly multifactorial issue, this narrative review aimed to (1) identify potential strategies to enhance recovery and wellbeing in multi-disciplinary soccer support staff and (2) highlight future research opportunities exploring the benefits of nutrition for those staff in soccer performance-related support roles. Results: The potential health and wellbeing consequences of chronic sub-optimal practices suggest that chrononutrition strategies may be an area of future interest. Notably, nutritional strategies that enhance sleep hygiene and immune function warrant consideration. Individualizing such strategies to maximize recovery and wellbeing in multi-disciplinary soccer support staff should offer an adjunct and complementary strategy to the holistic performance-focused support provided to professional soccer players. Conclusions: Policymakers responsible for organizational and club structures aligned with soccer performance could consider ‘Supporting the Support Staff’ when seeking to improve overall performance.<br/
Teacher educators’ experiences of research:‘my time goes on chalk face survival’
No full textIn 2021 we began a research project*, looking at the experiences of academics working in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in England, and the survey and follow-up interviews continue annually, with our latest survey closing at the end of September 2024. The survey covers many aspects of work in ITE, including workload, experiences of Ofsted and accreditation, the future of ITE and career intentions (Wood & Quickfall, 2024). At the 2023 Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) conference in Leeds, Professor Linda La Velle set us the challenge of finding out how academics in ITE were experiencing research, and particularly their own research activity. We love a challenge, so this year we included this statement; ‘I have enough time to undertake research, knowledge exchange and/or scholarship in 2023/24’, and asked participants to respond using a Likert scale in addition to the opportunity to leave a comment
Promoting values-informed development in an elite dual-career endurance athlete
Get PDFThis case study reports a values-based intervention with an elite dual-career athlete over an intermittent 2-year time period. The longitudinal psychological support process (i.e., intake, needs analysis, case formulation, intervention, and evaluation) is reported, and practitioner reflections are provided at the end of the case study. The intervention focused on the client-led production of personal core values and the exploration of how these could inform the athlete’s behavior change and goal attainment in sport and other life areas. Monitoring and evaluation findings suggested effective integration of values within training and competition settings, based on the observation of client behaviors and qualitative feedback from the client and their coach. The case study seeks to emphasize the importance of practitioner adaptability in developing client-led, values-based interventions that aim to facilitate holistic athlete development
To Trust or Ignore? How are Gen Zs finding their political information and what might they do with it?
No full textWith Generation Z navigating the online election coverage via social media, if at all, Dr Carolyn Jackson-Brown, an ex-BBCTV news package editor herself, discusses the types of content they might find, drawing on recent academic analysis, and feedback from the next generation of adult voters, her university students at Leeds Trinity’s Centre for Journalism. What do they make of it all