The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system has had a major impact on decision-making in professional association football. However, offside decisions remain a major area of dispute and debate, with over 34 goals ruled out in the first season of VAR in the Premier League. Evidence in vision science points toward two problems with the application…Continue Reading A Step to VAR: The Vision Science of Offside Calls by Video Assistant Referees
Day: July 14, 2021
COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, universities closed their doors with uncertainty over when they would reopen. In the early stages of lockdown, many doctoral and Early Career Researchers (collectively, ECRs) felt their institutions had forgotten them. Vitae and the UKRI-funded Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN) surveyed 5,900 ECRs across…Continue Reading COVID 19: Suggestions to Universities, Supervisors and Line Managers from Doctoral and Early Career Researchers.
Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study
When children suffer pain through medical illness or traumatic injury, they are often assessed, treated, and transported to hospital by ambulance. Prehospital pain management in children is considered poor. Within the United Kingdom (UK), a recent study showed that only 39% of children suffering acute pain achieved effective pain management (abolition or reduction of pain ≥2 out…Continue Reading Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study
COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered the daily lives of many people across the globe, both through the direct interpersonal cost of the disease, and the governmental restrictions imposed to mitigate its spread and impact. The UK has been particularly affected and has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe. In this paper, we…Continue Reading COVID-19: Psychological flexibility, coping, mental health, and wellbeing in the UK during the pandemic
Parliamentary committees and witness diversity
Issues of diversity in elected bodies have been highlighted in recent years, primarily around the characteristics of elected representatives, but more recently in respect of the treatment of those working in such institutions, particularly women. However, it is also important to consider who parliaments hear from, with one important element of that being the work…Continue Reading Parliamentary committees and witness diversity
Building partnerships and undertaking impactful research in collaboration with vulnerable groups and the services that support them
We are a team of four academics from the Schools of Health and Social Care, and Psychology, with experience in frontline services and conducting research into homelessness, addiction, criminal justice and mental health. In the past 2 years, we have worked on multiple mixed-methods projects with people who are vulnerable due to complex needs. Projects…Continue Reading Building partnerships and undertaking impactful research in collaboration with vulnerable groups and the services that support them
Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions
In this presentation, Jamie, a PhD Student studying the pathways into teaching: exploring the preparation and retention of maths and science teachers, converses with his supervisor Rachael about their combined experiences of the virtual isolation over the past year. They discuss the challenges and benefits put upon them by the situation over the last year,…Continue Reading Combining Our Virtual Isolation Discussions
Prisons in a Pandemic – Examining the Impact on Prisoner Well-Being and Mental Health
Rachael Dagnall joined the University of Lincoln in 2018 following a 17-year career as a Chartered and Registered Forensic Psychologist within Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Rachael will deliver a talk on how her previous experiences of working within the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway (OPDP) services have enabled her to become part of…Continue Reading Prisons in a Pandemic – Examining the Impact on Prisoner Well-Being and Mental Health
Reflecting on PhD supervision during the pandemic.
Postgraduate Research students have faced a difficult time during the Covid-19 pandemic, when carefully planned research has been disrupted due to recurrent lockdowns, mental health problems have come to the fore, and the challenges of doing a doctorate have been made greater due to pressures on work and family. In this short talk, doctoral supervisors…Continue Reading Reflecting on PhD supervision during the pandemic.