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It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! In this episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn about the power of the brain! Dan kicks off with the latest in science news, beginning with an ancient Roman scroll which has been digitally unwrapped by scientists. Next, we explore an asteroid which could potentially collide with Earth in the not so distant future. Finally, Andrew Shepherd joins Dan to track the collision path of the world's largest iceberg. We then answer your questions, Elodie wants to know why we laugh and Dr. Colin Bull from Stirling University answer's Ashton's question: How do fish breathe underwater? Dangerous Dan continues, where we learn all about the endangered Blue-Spotted Tree Monitor. In Battle of the Sciences, Dr. Christelle Langley explains the power of the brain and why cognitive neuroscience is the best kind of science. What do we learn about? · An asteroid hurtling towards Earth · Tracking the collision path of the world's largest iceberg. · How do fish breathe underwater? · The dangers of the Blue-Spotted Tree Monitor · And in Battle of the Sciences, the power of brain! All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we talk to Dr James Nicholls about how drinking came to be such a significant part of many modern cultures. We discuss how alcohol use and problems have evolved over recent centuries, and how this reflects various political and social pressures. This includes how drinking escalated with the development of alcohol production, and how laws, consumers and attitudes have shaped drinking practices to the current day. Dr James Nicholls is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Stirling University and author of The Politics of Alcohol. He has worked in alcohol and drug research and policy for over 20 years, including former roles as CEO of Transform and Director of Policy at Alcohol Change UK. He is on X and Bluesky. Support the showFor more episodes visit https://alcoholpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Follow us at @alcoholpodcast on X and Instagram

Ciaran is a client of mine and we connected through instagram a while back, Ciaran has just came off the back of a season where he found himself in several Team of the year selects for Stirling University and has played football almost all of his life. But he's now decided to step away from it all together. He talks about where he has reached his absolute lowest in terms of his mental health with complete transparency, and the feelings he has at that point.We also talk about the "anti-productivity movement" which is something we are both extremely interested in. Books such as Four Thousand Weeks & Slow Productivity have been game changers. These books will hit hard especially for business owners and those who struggle to take a step back every now and again from work.Ciaran will be releasing a blog in the not so distant future so keep and eye out for that. 

Martech is fundamental to producing great B2B marketing in 2024, but outlandish vendor claims, integration problems and functional redundancy have led to a high level of cynicism amongst many B2B marketers. But Clevertouch's latest ‘State of Martech 2024' report has revealed cynicism on the wane and positivity on the rise – so why are we falling in love with martech again, and what do we need to work on to keep our relationship on track? Joel Harrison met with Clevertouch CEO Adam Sharp and Rob Angell, incoming professor of marketing at Stirling University to discuss the findings. Check out the full report here: https://clever-touch.com/the-state-of-martech-2024?utm_source=SOM24+Report&utm_medium=LinkedIn_Post_1&utm_campaign=SOM24

Do text messages with or without financial incentives increase weight loss in men with obesity? Pat Hoddinott, MB, BS, PhD, of Stirling University talks with JAMA Deputy Editor Mary McGrae McDermott, MD, about the results of a randomized clinical trial that tested whether financial incentives combined with text messaging could help men with obesity lose weight. Related Content: Text Messages With Financial Incentives for Men With Obesity

So far this series we've looked at two of Scotland's most famous monarchs: Robert the Bruce and Mary, Queen of Scots. Today, we step back further in time to meet the rulers whose names have become more forgotten to time. Helping Jackie to acquaint herself with the earliest kings and queens of Scotland is Richard Oram, a professor of medieval and environmental history at Stirling University. Together, they piece together a picture of the most significant crown-wearers leading up to Robert the Bruce. How did Scotland come to be ruled by a king in the first place? Who made the biggest mark on the kingdom? And just how accurate is Shakespeare's take on early monarchs Macbeth and Duncan? Find out more about the Trust's castles and royal places here. Don't forget to follow so that future episodes are delivered to you.

Scotland.  It's the traditional heart and home of fly fishing for salmon.  The Spey, Dee, Tay and Tweed are rivers synonymous the world over when it comes to salmon fishing. But, long gone are the days when salmon catches were guaranteed and getting onto certain beats were next to impossible.  In the midst of the Atlantic salmon crisis, Daire and Jim speak to Robert Mitchell and Colin Bull, two Scotsmen immersed in salmon throughout their lives. Robert Mitchell, has been a salmon fishing ghillie on the River Spey for over thirty years.  He remembers the heyday and he also talks in stark terms about the fear that every ghillie has of there being no salmon left. Colin Bull is Principal Investigator with the Missing Salmon Alliance and a specialist in salmon ecology at Stirling University and he says that with targeted conservation measures the salmon can be saved and we can and should be hopeful. #thelastsalmon #FighttosavetheWildSalmon For regular updates follow the show on Instagram at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon The Last Salmon is a new podcast hosted by renowned actor, Jim Murray, and award-winning producer, Daire Whelan, which offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild Atlantic salmon. Mayfly Tactics MasterclassMayfly time is the pinnacle for most brown trout anglers and we're pleased to announce our next Ireland on the Fly Masterclass is focusing on mayfly tactics with international angler, guide and renowned fly tyer, Jackie Mahon.On Thursday 25th of April at 8pm, Jackie will be discussing how to make the most of the conditions, the best flies and methods to use, as well as giving his tips and insights from a lifetime of experience.To join us for this Masterclass on Thursday 25th of April just go to:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3138230924312556894Tickets cost €10 and all attendees will get a copy of Jackie's notes as well as access to the recording of the webinar afterwards.And stay tuned for our masterclasses throughout 2024, covering salmon, rivers, loughs, streamers, lures, dries – everything to make you a better salmon or trout fly angler, helping you to catch more this year and learn from the best.For more information email us on info@irelandonthefly.com 

Shelley Kerr (MBE) UEFA Pro Licence Holder.https://www.shelleykerr.co.ukAs a player, Shelley Kerr was a powerful centre back, who captained the Scotland women's national football team as well as clubs including Spartans and Hibernian. She won 59 caps for Scotland between 1989 and 2008, scoring three goals.During her playing career Kerr won every domestic honour in Scotland and played in the UEFA Women's Cup. She also played for Doncaster Rovers Belles in England.As a coach, Kerr gained experience at Kilmarnock, Hibernian and Spartans while progressing through the Scottish Football Association's (SFA) Long-term Player Development pathway, eventually taking charge of the Scotland women's under–19 national team in 2009. She gained the UEFA Pro Licence in January 2013.She managed English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies from February 2013 until June 2014 and won the FA Cup with Arsenal twice.In August 2014, Shelley became the first female manager in British men's senior football when she was appointed manager of Stirling University, competing in the Lowland League.In April 2017, Shelley was appointed Scotland Women's head coach and in September 2018, Shelley led the Scottish Women's team to qualification for the World Cup for the first time which took place in France in 2019.In May 2021, Kerr joined the Football Association's technical department to support the delivery of the ‘How We Play' philosophy and approach across all women's teams.Listen in as Shelley walks us through everything from lessons in better leadership to effectively making decisions under pressure. Her segment on match day focuses is gold dust for any aspiring coach in the game. Shelly exudes class and poise, leading from the front with her heart and an authenticity only reserved for those who have been there and done it. Look out for her advice on her match day framework, the value of exposure to different environments, in and out of football and the power of effective listening. Shelly also shares her personal philosophy with her own acronym T.I.M.E and you won't want to miss that either.A Mentor at heart, someone who has left everything she has touched better than she found it and another amazing guest who wants to share her insight in the hope it helps you in your football journey.Key Links:University of Sterling Mens Football, Scotlandhttps://stirlingunifc.stir.ac.ukUniveristy of South Wales, Wales - Football Coaching and Performance Degreehttps://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/bsc-hons-football-coaching-and-performance

In this episode we chat to Professor Greg Mannion from Stirling University and Dr Claire Ramjan, Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education at University of Glasgow, about the importance of outdoor learning.Recently revealed in a report commissioned by NatureScot and other partners - provision of outdoor learning in Scotland's schools and nurseries has increased for some, yet decreased for others – but why is this?We discuss the potential reasons why, the recommendations made in the report to improve provision, as well as ways we can all encourage children in Scotland to learn more outdoors.More InformationNatureScot Research Report 1313 - Teaching, learning and play in the outdoors: a survey of provision in Scotland in 2022 Report highlights need for school children to be more connected to natureYoung People - Learning Outdoors and Developing Skills - facts, activities and inspiration to help you bring Scotland's nature and landscapes to life for learners.​Outdoor Learning Directory - a portal to services provided by Scottish organisations supporting outdoor learning.

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Becky Storrie's rise from the Brother UK-OnForm development team to the professional ranks with Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL provides positive proof for the health of British women's road racing and the continuing value of Brother UK's sponsorships.  Five years ago, Becky was a psychology student at Stirling University and an amateur triathlete with no knowledge of professional cycling. Her meteoric rise, begun in the colours of Brother UK-OnForm and continued with sister squad CAMS-Basso (now DAS-Hutchinson-Brother UK), provides a fascinating context to our latest episode.  We caught up with Becky at Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL's January training camp in Calpe to discuss a range of issues, from her formative seasons with Brother UK-OnForm to the life-changing opportunity presented by the Dutch WorldTour team.  In a wide-ranging conversation, Becky describes the “pinch me” moments of her first season as a professional, as well as its challenges: notably competing at the highest level of a sport with a team steeped in its heritage, despite having no history in cycling beyond the handful of years she had spent as a competitor. From advanced training methods to the threat posed to the Women's Tour - the platform for her breakthrough in 2022 - Becky and co-host Timothy John leave no stone unturned in this detailed discussion of a career set to fast-forward.

In 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic began, many people looked back to the influenza epidemic of 1918 for historical context. However, going further back in time reveals centuries of viral diseases – and a bizarre list of supposed medical concoctions that would protect you from them. Scotland's “plague man” Richard Oram, a professor of history at Stirling University, knows a lot about these dark chapters of Scottish history. He guides Jackie through how the plague was viewed by a religious society, what comparisons can be drawn between responses to the historic outbreaks and the modern Covid-19 pandemic, and how the medical community reacted to the horrific viruses. Plus, Jackie goes to Gladstone's Land to learn more about the herbal remedies produced in desperation centuries ago. To find out more about Gladstone's Land, www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/gladstones-land

‘Goodbye Callum, it's been nice, hope you find your Paradise'. Not our words friends, one of our words and the rest the words of 70s hit parade ticklers Supertramp. You know what else is nice, coming and having a rare time with your old pals Sam and Dan for Episode 80 of The Dogger Saints Podcast! Alas, matters got a bit too much, and the club and Callum Davidson had a parting of ways, and we delve into all matters around where it went wrong and the job facing Steven McLean and the boys for the rest of the season. We also catch up with our old pal, the man behind the mic and West Lothian's premier nickname crafter Liam Innes to chat through all matters relating to the last embers of the Davidson Era. There was a Saints team who did enjoy success over the weekend, as we have all the skinny from Saints Women's Team's stunning comeback victory over Stirling University down by the Riverside. You know what will cheers us all up? Features, baby! We take a trip to Germany for the Club Shop of Shame and enjoy a tasty trip to everyone's favourite fast food emporium for this weeks Theme Team. Cycling with Sam Miller! Pornography with Danny Williams! Big Mick Energy! We have it all, and much more, so get yourself comfy and have a damn good time with your old pals. Get there!

In deze podcast aflevering ga ik in gesprek met Len de Nys. Len is fysio/kinesitherapeut en werkzaam geweest in de (top)sportwereld. Op dit moment doet hij onderzoek naar stress, slaap, healthy ageing & beweging aan Stirling University in Schotland. In deze aflevering gaan we in gesprek over slaap. Een goede nachtrust is namelijk ontzettend belangrijk voor een gezond, gelukkig leven. We bespreken het effect van slaap(tekort) op je hormonen, eetlust en gewicht. En we delen praktische tips hoe je ervoor kan zorgen dat je beter slaapt. Len zijn boekentips: Satchin Panda - Carcadian Code (klik hier) Russel Foster - Life Time (klik hier) Michael Breus - The Power of When (klik hier)

In deze podcast aflevering ga ik in gesprek met Len de Nys. Len is fysio/kinesitherapeut en werkzaam geweest in de (top)sportwereld. Op dit moment doet hij onderzoek naar stress, slaap, healthy ageing & beweging aan Stirling University in Schotland. Door verschillende inzichten vanuit de manuele therapie, osteopathie, fasciatherapie en lymfedrainage is hij patiënten meer holistisch gaan benaderen. Zo is hij onderzoek gaan uitvoeren naar hoe we de groeiende golf van chronisch ziekten, stress- en pijnpatiënten effectiever kunnen aanpakken. In deze aflevering verteld Len over zijn worstelingen met z'n eigen gezondheid: hij had last van chronische rugpijn en darmproblemen. Len gooide het roer om en creërde op een holistische manier zijn optimale gezondheid.

飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2023.03.09 週四教育單元 新加坡留學顧問 Mark、SIM新加坡管理學院學生家長 黃媽媽 《出國留學潮！新加坡留學經驗談》 ◎節目介紹： SIM新加坡管理學院與英國、美國、澳洲知名大學合作，在新加坡開設多種全英語授課的學位課程，讓學生在亞洲最國際化的新加坡學習，取得英美澳大學正式文憑，提升在全球化世界的職場競爭力。目前在本校學生約有16,000位，有40%國際學生，校園生活豐富多元，畢業生皆擁有高就業率及薪資水準。 目前與SIM新加坡管理學院合作大學： 英國 倫敦大學 (University of London) 伯明罕大學(University of Birmingham) 斯特靈大學(University of Stirling) 美國 紐約州立大學水牛城分校(University at Buffalo, SUNY) 澳洲 皇家墨爾本理工大學 (RMIT) 拉籌伯大學 (Latrobe University) 臥龍岡大學 (University of Wollongong) 說明會資訊： 3/11(六) 台中 3/18(六) 台南 3/19(日) 高雄 3/25(六) 宜蘭 3/26(日) 台北 時間：下午2-4點 報名請加Line：@simtw ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

It's been another fascinating month in the SWPL as regular trio John, Vinny and Dave look back at the last few weeks in the top two divisions in the Women's game. January definitely belonged to Glasgow City in the title race as their main rivals Celtic and Rangers drooped two points apiece in their respective goalless draws with Motherwell and Hearts. Two wins and a credible draw away to the champions helped interim-Head Coach Leanne Ross stake a claim for the job on a permanent basis. With four points separating the three sides, and with Celtic hosting both City and Rangers before the split, it's sure to be an intriguing title race. Hearts impressive season under Eva Olid continues and she has added Gavin Beith to her backroom team. Gavin kindly took time to talk to Dave about joining the club after stints at Aberdeen and Dundee United, and what he's expecting from the role as second first team coach. Their Edinburgh rivals Hibs had another erratic month but still have done enough to all but assure top six football, whilst two points separate Partick Thistle, Motherwell and Spartans for the remaining spot. Meanwhile Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hamilton are in a tight battle to avoid the playoff spot against the SWPL2 runners-up, and Glasgow Women's wait for their first point in the top flight goes on. At the top of SWPL2, Montorose took control of the title race with impressive wins over St Johnstone, Queens Park and Stirling University, whilst Gartcairn have suffered from a curse of this podcast as a draw and two defeats saw them surrender top spot since Robert McCallum's appearance. Kilmarnock could still make this a three horse race if they come out of games against the top two at home victorious this month. We round off with predictions for this weekends matches in SWPL1. We will return later in the month with a look ahead to three derbies taking place on the weekend of 24 February, so tune in for that. Thanks to our Fantasy Football Scotland league sponsors Supernova Terracewear supernovaterracewear.com and Surprise Shirts Surprise Shirts are currently offering 10% off their products at surprise shirts.co.uk with the code SFF. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

It's been another fascinating month in the SWPL as regular trio John, Vinny and Dave look back at the last few weeks in the top two divisions in the Women's game. January definitely belonged to Glasgow City in the title race as their main rivals Celtic and Rangers drooped two points apiece in their respective goalless draws with Motherwell and Hearts. Two wins and a credible draw away to the champions helped interim-Head Coach Leanne Ross stake a claim for the job on a permanent basis. With four points separating the three sides, and with Celtic hosting both City and Rangers before the split, it's sure to be an intriguing title race. Hearts impressive season under Eva Olid continues and she has added Gavin Beith to her backroom team. Gavin kindly took time to talk to Dave about joining the club after stints at Aberdeen and Dundee United, and what he's expecting from the role as second first team coach. Their Edinburgh rivals Hibs had another erratic month but still have done enough to all but assure top six football, whilst two points separate Partick Thistle, Motherwell and Spartans for the remaining spot. Meanwhile Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hamilton are in a tight battle to avoid the playoff spot against the SWPL2 runners-up, and Glasgow Women's wait for their first point in the top flight goes on. At the top of SWPL2, Montorose took control of the title race with impressive wins over St Johnstone, Queens Park and Stirling University, whilst Gartcairn have suffered from a curse of this podcast as a draw and two defeats saw them surrender top spot since Robert McCallum's appearance. Kilmarnock could still make this a three horse race if they come out of games against the top two at home victorious this month. We round off with predictions for this weekends matches in SWPL1. We will return later in the month with a look ahead to three derbies taking place on the weekend of 24 February, so tune in for that. Thanks to our Fantasy Football Scotland league sponsors Supernova Terracewear supernovaterracewear.com and Surprise Shirts Surprise Shirts are currently offering 10% off their products at surprise shirts.co.uk with the code SFF. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

In this episode, we speak to Dr Steve Rolfe about the experiences of veterans when accessing housing and veterans' homelessness and the work Steve has done to create the Veteran's Homelessness Prevention Pathway. The conversation explores the current debates in veterans' housing in the UK, and explores some of the challenges that research has highlighted and we talk more about the need for continued research in this space, with a particular focus on the diversity of veterans – a space that for lots of reasons, has been problematic in the context of the military. Steve is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Stirling whose research focus is around housing, particularly exploring access to housing for disadvantaged groups, how people make a home and the way in which policy and practitioners can help people to sustain their tenancies. Podcast notes Steve's Stirling University profile: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/257354 Veteran's Homelessness Prevention Pathway: https://homelessnetwork.scot/2022/01/25/major-report-on-veterans-homelessness/

爆片、爆卦不間斷，全新的壹蘋新聞網。App免費下載：https://app.nextapple.com/GMQ7 -- 【企劃、製作、主持！Podcast入門心法全攻略！】線上課 1.5HR 報名連結：https://bit.ly/3YJqqIU －－－－以上訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2022.12.29 週四教育單元 新加坡管理學院國際招生主管 Jean、台灣招生主任 Jessy 《學測最後衝刺！除了留在台灣，還有什麼升學選擇？》 ◎節目介紹： 112年度大學升學考試即將開跑，有的學校降低名額，有的減少考科、拉低門檻，甚至連公立大學都加入放寬行列，教育團體擔憂，如此不僅恐降低大學教育競爭力，甚至可能進一步影響高中學生學習意願。加上近期台大工學院多個系112學年大學個人申請不參採學測國文掀熱議，若細究數據，明年較今年有破百個校系決定不採計學測英文，其中不乏參與教育部大專雙語化學習計畫的老牌私校，甚至是國際貿易、國際企業相關科系，也有大票老牌私校工科。教育界人士分析，少子化下私校只能「放大絕、開大門」求生存，尤其教育部不斷開放資通訊外加名額，也讓老牌工科只好「自宮」棄守英文，久而久之恐加劇英語雙峰化。也有教育界人士認為，社會科級距普遍較高，私立大學將英文科刪除，僅保留國文、社會，是想拉高科系分數，避免社會觀感不佳，讓學生覺得自己讀到分數很低的系。 SIM新加坡管理學院與英國、美國、澳洲知名大學合作，在新加坡開設多種全英語授課的學位課程，讓學生在亞洲最國際化的新加坡學習，取得英美澳大學正式文憑，提升在全球化世界的職場競爭力。目前在本校學生約有16,000位，有40%國際學生，校園生活豐富多元，畢業生皆擁有高就業率及薪資水準。 目前與SIM新加坡管理學院合作大學： 英國 倫敦大學 (University of London) 伯明罕大學(University of Birmingham) 斯特靈大學(University of Stirling) 美國 紐約州立大學水牛城分校(University at Buffalo, SUNY) 澳洲 皇家墨爾本理工大學 (RMIT) 拉籌伯大學 (Latrobe University) 臥龍岡大學 (University of Wollongong) ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

We have partnered with Speedo to bring unrivaled coverage and insight for Winter Nationals with a new Podcast Series! We will be interviewing three coaches leading their respective clubs and swimmers into each competition; English, Scottish, and Welsh Winter Nationals. In the second episode of this Speedo Winter Nationals Series, we are speaking to the Head Coach of Stirling University, Steve Tigg. Stirling is the home of Speedo star Athlete Duncan Scott and produced 5 of the 24 Olympians that represented Britsh Swimming at the Tokyo Olympics. We talk with Steve about the setup of the performance center as a whole, recruiting swimmers for an elite performance squad, and how he mentally tests some of the best swimmers in the country. Swim United Petition - https://www.change.org/p/1-in-4-children-leave-school-unable-to-swim-help-us-save-lives

Stirling University in Scotland have voted to ban meat and dairy from their campus, however campaigners argue that it's an ‘attack on freedom of choice'. Would you like similar introduced on campuses here? Andrea was joined by Aisling Cullen, the founder and CEO of Thanks Plants, Amanda Norris, auditor of the NUIG Agricultural society, John Downey from UCC Macra na Feirme, Kaley Nolan, from the vegan society in UCC and other listeners to discuss...

飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2022.10.06 週四教育單元 SIM新加坡管理學院招生主任 Jessy 《提升全球職場競爭力！交給SIM新加坡管理學院》 ◎節目介紹： SIM新加坡管理學院與英國、美國、澳洲知名大學合作，在新加坡開設多種全英語授課的學位課程，讓學生在亞洲最國際化的新加坡學習，取得英美澳大學正式文憑，提升在全球化世界的職場競爭力。目前在本校學生約有16,000位，有40%國際學生，校園生活豐富多元，畢業生皆擁有高就業率及薪資水準。 目前與SIM新加坡管理學院合作大學： 英國 倫敦大學 (University of London) 伯明罕大學(University of Birmingham) 斯特靈大學(University of Stirling) 美國 紐約州立大學水牛城分校(University at Buffalo, SUNY) 澳洲 皇家墨爾本理工大學 (RMIT) 拉籌伯大學 (Latrobe University) 臥龍岡大學 (University of Wollongong) 高中升大學專場說明會資訊： 10/22 台中、10/23 台南、10/29 宜蘭、10/30 台北、11/20 嘉義、11/26 彰化 碩士專場說明會資訊： 11/13 台北喜來登、11/19 線上 ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

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From the kit for athletes to interviews which tell us the impact of race times changing – Islam Issa hears about an oral history project in Scotland which aims to capture experiences of past Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Another project explores the commercial and business links between commonwealth countries and what attempts to build connections tell us about and sharing units of measurement, currencies and the impact of EEC membership. New Generation Thinker Islam Issa talks to two researchers: Christopher Cassidy is a researcher based at Stirling University working on the Commonwealth Games Archive in Scotland https://www.sportingheritage.org.uk/content/collection/university-stirling Dr Andrew Dilley at the University of Aberdeen is researching the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/people/profiles/a.dilley#research https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=refd%20CLC/B/082 Dr Islam Issa teaches in the School of English at Birmingham City University and is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. This conversation is part of the New Thinking series of Arts and Ideas podcasts made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. You can find other discussions about archives across the UK and new research into archaeology, history, literature and language in a collection called New Research on the website for the Free Thinking programme on BBC Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn

Dr. Jennifer Jenkins is the Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education and the Interim Academic Director of the Frazer Mustard Institute of Human Development at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on things that influence the development of mental health and early learning problems in children. For example, she examines biological, genetic, prenatal risks, and perinatal risks and focuses on how these influence the family relationships that children develop. These relationships in turn can influence mental health issues that children may develop. Jenny likes to spend her time with her family and a close group of friends she has known for over 30 years. She also enjoys going on daily walks with a friend and fellow faculty member at the University of Toronto. She received her Bachelor's degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of Sussex, her Master's degree in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Nottingham, and her PhD in Psychology from the University of London. Afterwards, she worked as a Senior Clinical Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and then as a Lecturer at Stirling University before joining the faculty at the University of Toronto. In this interview, Jenny shares more about her life and science.

This is a great interview about making the most of a bad situation and eventually going down another path. Becky Storrie from the Isle of Man was offered a scholarship at Stirling University, a high performance centre for triathlon in Scotland. She grabbed the opportunity and was aiming to race at the highest level. But in her second year, she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue and some days, couldn't even get out of bed. She turned to cycling to regain her fitness and strength and her new passion led to a change in direction. You'll hear 08:30 Becky on juggling her studies and 20-25 hours a week of triathlon training. 12:00 Becky explains how she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue after running her body in to the ground. "In June 2019, I just came back from a run and collapsed and started fitting. things rapidly deteriorated from doing 25 hours a week to sometimes being unable to get out of bed. It was the worst time of my life. Some days you think you feel good as new again but then you take 10 steps back again. I felt like I was isolated from my life. 16:30 In the beginning I was really angry and felt guilty that I had put myself in that position. But as time went on I thought 'what do I want to do on the other side of this?' Even when I was not the nicest person to be around, my boyfriend and my family were so supportive. 18:30 Becky talks about her recovery and how she regained her strength and fitness. 'For the first time in my life, i didn't set an alarm.' My coach was so supportive and we had a rough plan. I think only you know what you can do and you need to have a rough plan, but you need to be flexible with it too. 21:30 Becky explains how she ended up switching from triathlon to cycling. I entered a couple of bike races and I was learning all about the sport and I was hooked and I thought 'why not give this a go?' 25:30 Becky on improving her cycling skills 'I went to some of the kids club's sessions to learn how to ride a bike. 28:50 Becky talks about how she got onto the Movistar E-Team and what it means and the racing she does on Zwift. 'It's super competitive, we take it very seriously. There are some people who race on Zwift who never even race on the roads.' 35:30 Becky on her road racing and being on the CAMS-Basso team, a British and UCI registered women's continental cycling team 39:00 We talk about prize money and if you can make a money from being a professional women's cyclist. 'You can make money, but I currently don't. We need equal pay because as with equal pay, we can progress' If I was a man on a UCI continental team, I would probably get paid. But I currently don't get paid." 34:00 Becky will be representing the Isle of Man in the TT and on the road at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. "To represent the Isle of Man makes me so so proud, we have so many phenomenal cyclists from the Isle of Man and to be on that team with them is just amazing' 49:50 Becky explains what she most misses and what she least misses from triathlon...'The early alarms!' 54:00 How and why stem notes are used in cycling and if she uses motivational quotes on her bike. Find out more about this week's guests Becky Storrie https://www.instagram.com/beckystorrie/?hl=en (Instagram) Like what you heard? Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons below https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (GET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!) Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by https://www.patreon.com/insidetrishow (becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show). Sponsors of the show Resilient Nutrition provide formulated products to improve your cognitive and physical performance. From phenomenally tasty Long Range Fuel nut butters, to delicious dark chocolate...

“Alone here in the kitchen, I feel there's something missing, I'd beg for some forgiveness, but begging's not my business.” Do you feel there's something missing in your kitchen, in a similar fashion to 70s and 80s Hit Parade botherers Squeeze? Well, Sam and Dan might be able to help you out with just that, but we don't want to give too much away, you'll just have to find out by listening to Episode 54 of The Dogger Saints Podcast! It's what a former Saints centre-forward who didn't do much else once described as squeaky bum time, so we have all the build-up to Saints' crouch tie away at Dens Park, as #PostSplitMadness begins with the archetypal six-pointer against Dundee. Whilst the gents had a week off because of that fucking Kelty game, there was of course a Saints game on over the weekend, and we go over all the action from Sunday's 2-0 victory for Saints Women over Stirling University in the final home game of the season at the Riverside. Features, is it? Features you want? Well you're in pure luck, because we have a couple of belters for you, as this weeks Kits and Pieces sees us review a lesser spotted Saints third kit from the Taylor Wimpey era, and we head over to The Kingdom for a Club Shop of Shame that started as a culinary expedition and swiftly descended into soccer musicality. For this weeks headline act, we are absolutely delighted to be joined by bona fide St. Johnstone legend, Hall of Fame member, and all-round top man Jim Morton, as he joins us for one of our favourite ever interviews to discuss his time at Saints, his views on the game, Australia, Henry Hall and much more. We loved this one, and really hope you do too. Mathematics with Sam Miller! Sexy Danny Williams! Shakira vs Rachel Stevens! It's all going off, so pull up a chair, stick your feet up, and join us for a damn good time. Get there!

Snap up one of the few remaining balcony seats still available for our first ever official Irreverend conference!In this episode Church of England vicars Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin get together to offer a spiritual perspective on current events, this week taking our Scriptural reflection from John 12:42-43: leaders who cannot speak for fear of being cancelled by the Pharisees. We attempt not to repeat their error by covering the major stories of the week: the government pushes through quickie divorce laws, church leaders including Rowan Williams describe being transgender as "a sacred journey" and push for draconian government legislation to ban the ill-defined practice of "conversion therapy", the extension of the dangerous and barbaric practice of DIY abortion provision, the cancellation of Jane Austen at the Literature department of Stirling University and Viktor Orban's historic fourth successive victory in the Hungarian election.Links:Christian Institute, Quickie divorce law comes into force in England and Wales Daily Mail, Former Archbishop of Canterbury urges ministers to include trans people in conversion therapy ban BBC, What is conversion therapy and when will it be banned? Daily Mail, Rebel MPs vote down plan to scrap scheme allowing women to take full course of abortion pills at homeNotices:We are no longer uploading our videos to YouTube. Please subscribe to us on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@irreverend:5Thanks to our Patreon sponsors! Support us from £1.50 plus VAT per month: https://patreon.com/irreverendJamie's Good Things Substack blog/newsletter: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Weekly Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/IrreverendPodTelegram: https://t.me/irreverendpodEmail: irreverendpod@gmail.comAudio Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend)

Carolyn Wilson-Nash together with Julie Tinson, both from Stirling University, published a research paper entitled ‘I am the master of my fate': digital technology paradoxes and the coping strategies of older consumers. Carolyn joins us to talk more about her research and the impact technology has on older people's lives. We discuss what we mean... The post #282 Older adults and tech with Carolyn Wilson-Nash appeared first on UX Podcast.

Anyone's Game returns with our first podcast of 2022, an as-live coverage of two of Sunday's big games from both divisions. Gordon McColm was joined by Robbie Hanratty and Kenny Boag at Glasgow Girls & Women 8-1 thumping win over Stirling University as they continue to battle for promotion, and they made the trip to watch Motherwell and Partick Thistle draw two-each. Craig Joyce, Kaitlyn Canavan and Anyone's Game sponsored Lucy Ronald give their reaction to Glasgow Women's big win with Kaitlyn celebrating her first senior hat-trick. And Thistle's Brian Graham, and Motherwell manager Paul Brownlie and goalscorer Amy Anderson also gave their thoughts post-match.

As I get asked to do the solo sessions quite a bit I hope you don't mind me indulging you today to talk about the book written by Gary Nicol and myself. The Lost Art of the Short game. It has recently been released and already has been up to Number 1 in the Amazon golf rankings. It is a piece of work we are particularly proud of. As I describe today the book opens up by going back in time to two of the greatest shots ever played in the history of golf. Seve Ballesteros on the 18th at Royal Birdale in 1976 and Tiger Woods on the 16th at the Masters in 2005. We start the book with these shots because they give a strong indication of what the book is about. To develop your short you need to engage your IMAGINATION and creativity. These two shots are pure imagination at work. We also talk about the need to tie in with imagination a really strong understanding of how to use the TOOL in your hand How do you actually get the best out of the wedges you use? The answer to that question is revealed With the help of guest contributors such as Bob Vokey, the godfather of modern wedges, Sky Sports Andrew Coltart Dean Robertson from Stirling University who is a short game genius Mike Clayton one of the game's great course designers The book is packed full of great training you can use at this time of year Ideas about HOW to change your approach to scoring To get your copy of THE LOST ART OF THE SHORT GAME go to www.thelostartofgolf.com or pick up a copy from Amazon search Lost Art of the Short Game or - Click Here Or go to https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09HQSP2JS?pf_rd_r=WN379Z2C48WDJ3X90GTT&pf_rd_p=6f2bfee9-92a9-4ec5-94b5-ed7bbe78d734&pd_rd_r=6291cb1a-1ff8-4b61-ae1c-66eada6e67b0&pd_rd_w=JDmuy&pd_rd_wg=i1BJ9&ref_=pd_gw_unk      

Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests: Tim Jones, director of The Developer Tribe, Stirling Ladies University Football Club, PhD student at Stirling University and Chris Jones, private tutor with Core Learning Tutoring in Jersey, former primary school teacher and mental health first aider.  The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and discuss how it can be applied to coaching. This week's content:Call for Coaches: Coaching Social and Emotional Skills in Youth Sports – Aspen InstituteSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED The Developer Tribe – Tim JonesRoundup Rodeo with Ed Hall - Rugby Coach WeeklyDr Alan Dunton. Skill Acquisition. Utilising Constraints To Enhance Coaching. Agility Or Change Of Direction. Occlusion Goggles – The FallowersDr Ed Cope & Prof Chris Cushion - Redefining Direct Instruction in Coaching Part 2 – The Sports Psych Show, Dan Abrahams

William @rfcyouthupdates is joined by Alan to chat about the wins over Stirling University, Edinburgh University & Vale of Leithen in the Lowland League. The lads also look back at Rangers Academy goalkeeper Robby McCrorie having to start against Alashkert & Celtic due to Allan McGregor & Jon McLaughin having covid issues. Twitter - @rfcyouthupdates Instagram - rfcyouthupdates Buymeacoffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rfcyouthupdates See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that Nizwa was the former capital of Oman, well before Muscat? An ancient city in the interior, Nizwa sits on a plain characterised by seasonal rivers and palm plantations. The city's Falaj Daris, Oman's largest water source and a UNESCO site, is situated at the crossroads of age-old trade routes. Known as The Pearl of Islam, Nizwa served as the capital of Oman under the Julanda dynasty in the sixth and seventh centuries. Around a millennium later, in 1668, the Nizwa fort became the administrative seat of authority for presiding Imams. The adjoining marketplace, Nizwa Souq, is never shy of handicrafts and silversmiths. Come join us in a discovery of Nizwa, with fascinating insights by Oman's Ministry of Tourism. Speaker: Ms Asma Salim Hamoud Al Hajry, Oman's Ministry of Tourism Ms Asma Salim Hamoud Al Hajry is the Deputy Director-General of Tourism, Marketing and Promotion at Oman's Ministry of Tourism. Besides supervising the sultanate's relations with international markets ranging from European offices to those in Australia and New Zealand, Ms Al Hajry is tasked with reviewing budgetary and media plans in line with Oman's Vision 2040. She received her MSc in marketing for places and tourism from the University of Leicester and her BA in business studies from Stirling University.

Nabina Das is an iconoclast and one of the finest poets of our times. She has just released an incredible collection of poems - Witness: the Red River Book of Poetry of Dissent, with poems from 250 of the finest poets of our times. In this episode of Red River Sessions presented by Uncut Poetry, Nabina talks about the genesis of this magnum opus, the struggles of putting together something so huge, as also the sheer ecstasy of discovering poets whose poems completely cut her heart up. She also talks about her childhood in Guwahati, the heady mix of politics and spirituality swirling in her household, and how dissent was infused early into her blood by the strong women in her life. Nabina says - "I write because I feel that living on words and the experiences they generate is an extra nourishment one can have other than just eating, sleeping, and living on. I'm feral that way. I scavenge and brood into the darkness of the heart and the world, looking for words." Nabina is a Sahapedia-UNESCO fellow, a Charles Wallace Creative Writing alumna (Stirling University), and a 2016 Commonwealth Writers Organisation featured Correspondent. Born and brought up in Guwahati, Nabina's poetry collections include Into the Migrant City, Blue Vessel and Sanskarnama, which was mentioned as one of the best poetry books of 2018 by Open Magazine. Her first novel was Footprints in the Bajra (2010) , and her short fiction volume was titled The House of Twining Roses (2014). Nabina writes and translates in English, Assamese and Bengali, while her poetry has been translated into Croatian, French, Bengali, Malayalam, and Urdu. This is a peerless episode from Red Rivers Sessions presented to you by Uncut Poetry. In Red River Sessions, we talk to published poets, about their poetry, their craft and what haunts them. It is brought to you by Red River, which is the premier independent publisher of poetry books and Uncut Poetry, a much-loved poetry podcast. Witness: the Red River Book of Poetry of Dissent is available with the following links - Purchase link for INDIA: https://www.amazon.in/dp/8194816475 Purchase link for ELSEWHERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/8194816475 You can get the book at further discount at the following link: https://papyrus.catalog.to/s/papyrus---the-book-store/red-river-poetry/brf Following are the details of the music used in this episode: Sentimental Travel by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6968-sentimental-travel License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Virtutes Instrumenti by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4590-virtutes-instrumenti License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Parting of the Ways - Part 2 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4196-parting-of-the-ways---part-2 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4980-anamalie License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Rustic Ballad by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4720-rustic-ballad License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Round Drums by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4308-round-drums License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Chris and Campbell burn the 1045pm oil to provide a review of the midweek SWPL2 action as Aberdeen stay on course for the title and the three way race for second takes another turn. There is also an impressive win for Stirling University and the usual discussions around things we can't quite believe we saw. Twitter: @LeadingtheLine website: www.leadingtheline.com

Tad Piper acts as a catalyst to growth for emerging businesses. He has spent over a decade working with early stage companies and was a nationally recognized Wall Street research leader in the software and technology marketplace. Tad has served in roles ranging from CEO, President, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer and Product Development, helping drive innovation and sales to achieve rapid growth across multiple industries. His broad background in financial and business analysis, market strategy, and operational leadership has allowed him to quickly assimilate with diverse leadership teams to focus on early market traction, raising capital and success. Tad has a BA from Williams College, a graduate diploma in Financial Analysis from Stirling University, Scotland and is a Charter Financial Analyst charter holder. Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation's financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

THIS IS A PODCAST VERSION OF A LIVE FACEBOOK INTERVIEW WHICH WAS RECORDED ON 6TH MAY. CATCH UP ON THIS NO HOLDS BARRED CHAT FROM THE INSPIRATIONAL GILL BAIRD IN THE VIDEO BELOW. Almost everyday in the GGC I approve posts which focus upon health, skincare and surgical and non surgical procedures. Sometimes the questions are medical related but more often than not, they are being asked for the simple, yet important, reason of building inner and outer confidence. So I thought it was about time we team up with the experts, with the aim of giving you lovely lot the chance to ask questions and gather info. For knowledge is power and this year in the GGC Community we are all about bringing you as much information on a variety of topics as we can, with female health and empowered choices being at the forefront. I am delighted to announce that the GGC are teaming up with Gill Baird, Managing Director and founder of Cosmedicare UK and Medicare Group to bring you a series of monthly educational lives focusing on various aspects of female health and the very often life-changing surgical procedures that are available today. From faces, to fannies, tummy tucks to breasts (lifts, reductions, implants and more) - we will leave no surgical stone unturned and will give you the opportunity to ask both Gill and her team of leading surgeons and consultants absolutely anything. Here are some fab facts about Gill Baird, an inspirational Glasgow gal: Gill founded Scotland’s only female-owned and operated Cosmetic Surgery business Cosmedicare UK in 2016. Graduating with first class distinction from The Hunter Centre of Entrepreneurs at Strathclyde University, Gill majored in Entrepreneurship with business and marketing, before being awarded the only ever granted full scholarship for an MBA in the UK at Stirling University. Gill lived up to her Leader of the Future scholarship award by securing her second first class distinction degree, focussing her research on strategy by working with Scotland’s top entrepreneurs such as Sir Jim McColl and Charan Gill, MBE. In the five years since its formation, Cosmedicare has cemented its position as Scotland’s fastest growing independent private cosmetic surgery and healthcare provider (which is little wonder with their commitment to delivering best practise focused on delivering procedures in a safe, ethical and patient-centred way). Gill has expanded the business with clinics in Glasgow, Edinburgh Park and construction is underway on St Ellen’s Hospital, a ground-breaking new state-of-the-art self funded multi-million private healthcare facility that’s set to open summer 2021 in Livingston. Yes you read it right, this wonder woman is building a hospital with not one but two theatres and a complete suite of services in multiple medical disciplines! In 2020 Gill launched Scotland’s first fully accredited and insured gold standard training academy and mentorship programme for medics and non-medical professionals looking to practise in aesthetics and cosmetic surgery. Gill also founded the Cosmedicare Trust to deliver financial support for private care for gender affirming and elective reconstructive surgery. Catch up on this live to find out more about this wow woman and stay tuned for the calendar of further lives being announced soon! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CosmedicareUK Insta @cosmedicare_uk

Gordon McGhie is a book blogger, whose popular blog, Grab This Book, has been going now for eight years, and it is a vehicle for his lifelong passion for reading. A graduate of Stirling University, Gordon works as an independent contractor in financial services, in between reading books and blogging about them.You can check out Gordon's blog, Grab This Book, at www.grabthisbook.net See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blair Cartmell is a Scottish triathlon coach working as a Junior National Coach with British Triathlon in addition to running his own coaching business. Blair's coaching resume is of a very high level, including currently being the coach of George Goodwin (3rd at the PTO Championships in Daytona in 2020), holding the lead coach position of the Triathlon Scotland performance Centre at Stirling University, as well as being a national coach for Scotland's home Commonwealth games in 2014.        IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Blair's coaching philosophy -How to achieve consistency in training -Intensity management -Group training environments -Learning how to race by putting yourself on the startline -Top tips for age-group athletes   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts285/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Blair's website and Twitter and Instagram profiles   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Today, we have Francesca Brine with us for our Author Answers episode. Francesca is a 27 year old Scottish author of Adult Fantasy novels. In today’s episode she shares about her experience with querying and encourages all of us to stick with it, even when faced with rejections. Francesca says: “I have always loved writing, I think it came along very soon after my love of reading. Creating stories and letting folks find an escape or a laugh is my main goal, it's why I write! I was first inspired to write by the late and great Sir Terry Pratchett, and his Discworld fantasy series of books. His satirical tone and his wonderfully original world just grabbed my imagination and never let go. I attended Stirling University and have my bachelors degree in English Literature with honours. So far I've completed 15 novels, and there's plenty more still to come!”You can learn more about Fran on her Instagram account (@fran.writes), where she shares about her comics and about her writing journey.Keep writing and keep putting your work out in the world!Into the Woods,Fable & The Verbivore

In this episode Alex and Ross are joined by Dr. Simon Hope of Stirling University to discuss the role and scope of political philosophy; what do we do when we do political philosophy and whose viewpoint gets to count?

Every football career is unique – Celtic manager Fran Alonso and Stirling University player Mariluz Sanchez both found their way from Spain to Scotland. In this feature for Anyone’s Game they tell their story and discuss the places that shaped their career. They reflect on arriving in Scotland and the experiences they collected so far and explain how football here is different to football in Spain. Alonso and Sanchez also share their views on how the women’s game is progressing in general and how they and their teams are currently dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.   anyonesgame.substack.com 

For this episode of Running the World, Anyone’s Game caught up with Stirling University player Mariluz Sanches and Celtic manager Fran Alonso to find out more about the differences between Spanish and Scottish football. Rounding the episode off, our panellists put the spotlight on star players in the national leagues of Spain, Italy and Germany. anyonesgame.substack.com

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition:Pubs pray for Easter resurrection – government roadmap out of lockdown urges hospitality to wait a little longer for salvationSeveral studies uncover more evidence of the impact of home drinking during the COVID-19 pandemicThe European Union promises to beat cancer by tackling alcohol labellingDr Elena Dimova presents a review exploring men’s drinking habits in the context of becoming a father 🎵 Podcast feature 🎵Alcohol policy experts and public policy think tank urge the chancellor to raise duty for the good of the nation‘s health ahead of Budget 2021Child calls about parental alcohol misuse soar during pandemic, say NSPCCRoad safety group urge the government to follow other nations’ drink-driving policiesWe hope you enjoy our roundup of stories below: please feel free to share. Thank you.Lockdown: Easter resurrection for pubs?This month saw rumours about pubs reopening post-lockdown reach a crescendo among the British press. The Sun and The Telegraph reported that as part of ministers’ determination ‘to open properly this time’, they planned to phase in the sale of alcohol, first by ‘allowing pubs to serve takeaway alcohol in April’, before a full reopening in May (05 Feb).However, headlines such as ‘Pubs and restaurants could reopen in April – with no alcohol’ drew ire from several sources. According to The Mirror (06 Feb), ‘a senior Government source was dismissive about the idea, telling PA: “We are not going to open pubs that can't sell booze. What would be the point of that?”’Many industry figures echoed this sentiment, such as Emma Clarkin of the British Beer & Pub Association, who wrote: ‘Opening pubs without selling alcohol is not “reopening” pubs at all’ (Morning Advertiser, 08 Feb). The trade body also claimed that the proposal wouldn’t help almost 30,000 of the country’s pubs – 60% – which would remain shut ‘because their beer gardens are too small for social distancing‘ (Mail Online, 16 Feb).A study from Stirling University suggests that the government may have had good cause to treat the prospect of reopening pubs with caution (Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 16 Feb). Observing a varied range of venues operating under detailed guidance from government intended to reduce COVID-19 transmission risks over the summer of 2020, researchers found that practices were variable and a number of incidents of greater concern were observed, including close physical interaction between customers and with staff, which frequently involved alcohol intoxication and were rarely effectively stopped by staff.Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, Director of the University of Stirling’s Institute for Social Marketing and Health, who led the research, wrote that ‘despite the efforts of bar operators and guidance from government, potentially significant risks of COVID-19 transmission persisted in at least a substantial minority of observed bars, especially when customers were intoxicated.’This didn’t stop UKHospitality promising to ‘swiftly, safely and sustainably reopen pubs in April’, issuing their own roadmap to recovery ahead of the prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on 22 February (Morning Advertiser, 18 Feb).In the end, Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown opted for a four-step approach, in which hospitality venues would open for outdoor service only from no earlier than 12 April (Step 2: including an end to both curfews and serving ‘substantial meal’ requirements), and indoor service would resume alongside it from no earlier than 17 May (Step 3). The prime minister’s plans mean pubs and other licensed venues will have to wait a little longer for salvation.Research shows impact of pandemic home drinkingSeveral studies published this month show how the COVID-19 pandemic has both led to soaring levels of home drinking and increases in deaths from alcohol.One Public Health Scotland (PHS) study (16 Feb), conducted with Glasgow University, showed that despite the fact that the pandemic and related restrictions were associated with a 6% reduction in the total volume of pure alcohol sold per adult in Scotland and in England and Wales, weekly consumption remained above the UK chief medical officers’ guideline of 14 units per week in the first months of the pandemic. Adults drank an average of 17·5 units in Scotland and 16·7 units in England and Wales. However, increases in per adult off-trade sales (28% in Scotland and 29% in England & Wales), did not fully replace the loss of on-trade sales.A second PHS study (16 Feb), conducted by the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, found that all measures of self-reported weekly off-trade consumption increased during the first three months of the COVID-19 restrictions in both Scotland (+2·4 units per adult) and England (+1·7 units per adult). However, the researchers wrote, ‘these only compensated for some of the losses in on-trade consumption’, as overall self-reported units of alcohol per week fell 0·8 units and 1·5 units respectively. The analysis of population sub-groups also uncovered some worrying signs of drinking behaviours: in Scotland, there was an increase in solitary drinking for single adult households, households with three or more adults, and those in full time education. Overall, PHS concluded that the studies ‘suggest that at a population level people in Scotland were drinking less in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic than in previous years.’Another study focusing on the UK as a whole found that more than one in six (17%) UK adults increased their alcohol consumption during lockdown, with a higher proportion of drinkers aged between 18 and 34 years of age (Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 01 Feb). Increased alcohol consumption was independently associated with poor overall mental health, increased depressive symptoms and lower mental wellbeing. Pandemic takes its toll on alcohol death ratesThere are early indications of impact of COVID-19 on alcohol deaths in England and Wales during the first two lockdowns. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released a provisional dataset showing that there were 5,460 deaths related to alcohol-specific causes registered in the first three quarters of 2020 (Jan to Sept), a 16·4% increase compared with the same nine-month period in 2019. At one point, the death rate reached its highest peak since the data time series began in 2001, of 12·8 deaths per 100,000 people (02 Feb).Commenting on the findings, Ben Humberstone, deputy director of Health Analysis and Life Events at the ONS said: ‘Today’s data shows that in the first three quarters of 2020, alcohol-specific deaths in England and Wales reached the highest level since the beginning of our data series, with April to September, during and after the first lockdown, seeing higher rates compared to the same period in previous years.‘The reasons for this are complex and it will take time before the impact the pandemic has had on alcohol-specific deaths is fully understood.’In the long run, Scotland shows most improvement on alcohol deathsLong term trends highlight contrasting fortunes between Scotland and the other UK nations in recent years.The ONS published ‘Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2019’, which found that there were 7,565 deaths (11.8 per 100,000 population) registered in the UK that related to alcohol-specific causes in 2019. This is the second highest number of deaths since the data time series began in 2001.Between the UK nations, Northern Ireland became the constituent country with the highest alcohol-specific death rate in 2019 (18.8 deaths per 100,000), partly because of its worsening rates (2019 saw the mortality rate reach a record high of 18·8 per 100,000 people) and partly because of Scotland drastically lowering its rate over the same period – Scotland is only UK nation to show statistically significant improvement in its alcohol-specific death rates since records began in 2001.Alcohol deaths, an ageing problemTrend data also indicate that the mortality rate crept upwards over the period, exposing the emerging phenomenon of middle-age / older drinkers’ ill health: there were significant increases since 2001 in the rate of alcohol-specific deaths of people aged 55 to 79 years.The report noted that: ‘Given that the definition of alcohol-specific deaths includes mostly chronic conditions, such as alcoholic liver disease, the increased rates in the older age groups may be a consequence of misuse of alcohol that began years, or even decades, earlier’.EU promises to beat cancer by tackling alcohol labellingEU commissioners agreed to propose placing mandatory health warnings on alcoholic beverages by 2023, as part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (POLITICO, 03 Feb).Brussels will also propose labelling alcoholic beverages with ‘mandatory indications’ of their ingredients and nutritional contents by the end of 2022. The measures will be part of a Commission review of its promotional policy for alcoholic beverages.An earlier draft of the plan had: proposed including calorie content information on labels; committed the Commission to ‘stop stimulating consumption of alcohol via the EU promotion programme for agricultural products’ and to review EU legislation relating to the taxation of alcohol and on cross border purchases of alcohol by private individuals; and called for the Commission to ‘closely work with member states to reduce online marketing and advertising’ as a way of reducing young people’s exposure to alcohol promotion. However, these proposals were dropped from the final version.Both industry and public health figures welcomed the plan, albeit for different reasons. Ulrich Adam, the director general of industry group spiritsEUROPE, said they were ‘heartened to see that the Commission plans to encourage self- and co-regulatory initiatives related to marketing, an area in which our sector has long delivered on ambitious standards and targets’.Mariann Skar, secretary general of European Alcohol Policy Alliance, said in a press statement: ‘It is high time that the forgotten link between alcohol and cancer is brought to the attention of the public. As consumers we have the right to know about the effect’s alcohol consumption has on our health. There needs to be better public information, more awareness among health professionals and effective public health measures to highlight this link and to further promote action to reduce avoidable illnesses and deaths.’Alcohol and fatherhood study finds ‘teachable moment’🎵 Podcast feature 🎵New fathers’ voices are almost absent in relation to their experiences of alcohol use and of research on the effectiveness of interventions to support them to reduce alcohol consumption, according to a new report published under the IAS Small Grants Scheme (25 Feb).Dr Elena Dimova, research fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University, conducted a scoping review of the literature on the subject of alcohol and fatherhood. Qualitative studies suggested that men may reduce their drinking to support their pregnant partner. However, men’s alcohol consumption beyond this narrow focus is rarely explored. Another study explored in depth men’s views of problematic drinking during fatherhood and found that men believed that fathers should be a role model for their children. The review also identified two interventions, of which one showed significant reduction in alcohol use among fathers, suggesting that couple-based interventions may be effective in addressing health behaviours. However, it was a smoking intervention which did not address alcohol directly.Men (especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds) are more likely than women to drink at hazardous/harmful levels and to suffer from alcohol-related harm. This is compounded by a gender inequality in relation to men’s involvement in family planning and antenatal care. However, the transition to fatherhood may present a ‘teachable moment’ when men evaluate their health, modify existing health behaviours and adopt new ones.The findings have implications for researchers and health practitioners, as insufficient understanding of new fathers’ experiences of alcohol use may result in missed opportunities to address hazardous and harmful drinking among men during an important period of transition into fatherhood.Dr Dimova presented her review, ‘Exploring men’s alcohol consumption in the context of becoming a father’ at the regular Alcohol Occasionals seminars.You can hear highlights of the event in the February 2021 Alcohol Alert podcast.In other researchNew findings show that alcohol-related violence affects the poorest in society to the greatest degree, with the most deprived groups experiencing up to 14 times as many incidents of alcohol-related domestic violence every year, compared with the least deprived (PLoS ONE, 18 Feb). Drawing data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales for the years 2013/14 to 2017/18, IAS research and policy officer Lucy Bryant and Dr Carly Lightowlers from the University of Liverpool also found that lower socioeconomic groups experience higher prevalence rates of alcohol-related violence overall, and that the likelihood of experiencing these types of violence is affected by a person’s socioeconomic status even when other risk factors known to be associated with violence are held constant. The researchers conclude: ‘along with action to address environmental and economic drivers of socioeconomic inequality, provision of publicly funded domestic violence services should be improved, and alcohol pricing and availability interventions should be investigated for their potential to disproportionately benefit lower socioeconomic groups.’Midwife advice about the low risk alcohol guidelines for pregnant women beyond the initial booking appointment can ‘lead to improved outcomes for women and infants’, according to research published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.An online survey of UK midwives found that of 842 respondents, nearly three fifths (58%, 484) were aware of the 2016 Alcohol Guidelines, from which 91% (438) cited abstinence as a recommendation. The study also found that the vast majority of midwives would always (90%) or usually (7%) advise women to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy at the booking appointment. Just over a third (38%) did so at subsequent antenatal appointments.Regarding midwives’ opinions about the usefulness of the low risk guidelines, the research team found that the biggest barriers to advising women using those guidelines were: a lack of belief that the guidelines are accurate and represent the best available evidence on alcohol and pregnancy; a belief that the guidelines do not support building a rapport with women; that women do not like being advised about abstinence and a belief that advising women to abstain has no impact on their behaviour.Midwives were most likely to advise women to abstain from alcohol if the desire and intention was there and if they saw it as integral to their job.Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are significantly more likely to have mental health conditions and report alcohol and drug misuse than heterosexual people, according to a new study led by University College London researchers in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and City University (UCL, 17 Feb).Published in Psychological Medicine, the research analysed data from the 2007 and 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys comprising a total of 10,433 people in England aged 16-64, finding no improvement over the period: LGB people remained at higher risk of poorer mental health when compared to heterosexuals.The prevalence of alcohol misuse was highest in lesbian and gay people, at 37%, compared with bisexual people at 31%, and heterosexuals at 24%.Given this continued disparity, the report’s authors call for government action to ensure equity in health and social care services.In Australia, minimum unit pricing (MUP) has seen consumption of high alcohol content such as cheap cask wine slashed in the Northern Territory region. An examination of the policy – which required retailers to charge a floor price of $1.30(AU) per standard drink (10g pure alcohol) from October 2018 – saw a corresponding halving (50·6%) of per capita alcohol consumption in the 12-month period following its implementation compared with the year before (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 09 Feb).Alcohol industry actors use ‘confrontational tactics’ to undermine public health messaging such as the UK’s low risk guidelines, according to research published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (15 Feb). Interviews with civil servants, parliamentarians, and public health and civil society actors revealed a major public relations campaign in which major alcohol producers strongly criticised the guidance of the UK Chief Medical Officers, rejecting the well-established association between alcohol and cancer ‘without recourse to evidence’. Furthermore, the Portman Group, which was prominent in the industry’s response, failed to instruct their members to carry the revised content on product labels. The authors of the study write that their analysis ‘further calls into question the rationale for co-regulatory and partnership-based approaches with the alcohol industry.’Budget 2021: Raise duty for the good of the nation‘s healthPublic health experts and think tanks are calling on the government to raise alcohol duty to help combat the ill health effects of alcohol ahead of this year’s Budget. Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) both wrote letters to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in support of Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) UK’s campaign to increase alcohol duty by 2%.Lindsay Paterson (interim director) and Dr Alastair MacGilchrist (chair) of SHAAP also wrote in favour of a ‘simpler, fairer system which is proportionate, consistent, scaled and regularly uprated’ (15 Feb). Dr Katherine Severi (IAS chief executive) suggested that raising duties would provide the ‘double dividend’ of both reducing the alcohol harms and generating vital public revenues at this crucial time for HM Treasury, when alcohol duty cuts and freezes since 2012 have cost £1·3 billion annually in lost revenue – the equivalent of the salary of 41,000 nurses (10 Feb).In a blog post for the AHA, Colin Shevills, director of Balance the North East Alcohol Office, noted that a further cut in alcohol duties risks increasing the price differential between the off and on trade, ‘thus making things worse for pubs’ at a time when their trade has been decimated by the pandemic (12 Feb).Recognising this differential, think tank the Social Market Foundation produced analysis setting out reforms to alcohol duty that could provide a lifeline to the hospitality industry while reducing harmful drinking (19 Feb).They claim that a ‘pub relief’ on alcohol duty that allowed pubs, bars and other licensed premises to claim back a percentage of the duty costs that they face would ensure that publicans directly benefit instead of brewers, and even if HM Treasury kept alcohol duty revenue-neutral, such a change would boost on-trade beer sales amounts by roughly 95 million additional pints a year. The next Budget will be held on 03 March 2021.Child calls about parental alcohol misuse soar during pandemicThe average number of calls to leading children’s charity NSPCC about parental or adult substance misuse rose two thirds (66%) in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (NSPCC, 17 Feb).According to their figures, there was an average of 709 contacts to the NSPCC helpline about parent/adult alcohol/substance misuse a month before the first national lockdown, which increased to 1,178.This news came during COA Week, led by the charity the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA), who provide year-round support for children affected by parental alcohol problems. Jonathan Ashworth MP and Josh Connelly from NACOA shared their experiences living with alcohol-dependent fathers in national media outlets including Times Radio.GEM: UK drink-driving policies in the slow laneThe UK Government could learn from overseas countries’ examples of how to tackle drink-driving, say road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist, as it follows other groups in calling for a review of inadequate drink drive laws as deaths involving drink drivers reached a 10-year high (Fleet World, 17 Feb).Provisional government statistics for 2019 show that there were an estimated 280 deaths from drink-driving on Great Britain’s roads, 40 more than the previous year and the highest number of deaths since 2009 (Department for Transport, 11 Feb).This follows a report from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) last month that said UK drink-driving policy needed a major review, advancing solutions such as a lower limit and improved breath testing enforcement.GEM chief executive Neil Worth said: ‘Levels of police enforcement have decreased by 63% since 2009, whilst the much-heralded roadside evidential breath testing equipment shows no signs of making it into the police toolkit any time soon. As things stand, England and Wales have Europe’s highest drink drive limits, with absurdly long and complex police procedures required to secure a prosecution.’GEM has instead said that the government should use examples of good practice from other countries – including Estonia, Denmark, Australia, Israel, Belgium, and Finland – as the basis for taking urgent steps to reform the rules around drink-driving.The UK Alcohol Alert (incorporating Alliance News) is designed and produced by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. Please click the image below to visit our website and find out more about us and what we do, or the ‘Contact us’ button. Thank you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

In this episode, SAP UKI Managing Director Michiel Verhoeven speaks to Peter Pritchard, Group CEO of Pets At Home, to discuss his technology strategy for the business and a dedication to delighting customers. Peter joined Pets at Home in 2011 as Commercial Director and moved to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Retail in 2015. Peter was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in April 2018. Peter has worked in retail for 30 years in various senior operational and commercial roles at Asda, Sainsbury's, Iceland, Marks and Spencer and Wilkinson Hardware Stores. Peter has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Stirling University.

Host John Drummond's guest this week is Roger Mullin, former MP, Hon. Professor at Stirling University and newly elected National Executive Committee member of the SNP. An entertaining and informative discussion across many of the issues of the day, with Roger bringing the wisdom of long years of experience to the table. #37 Remember to subscribe to our podcast channel so you don't miss new episodes - thanks for listening!

Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week. This week's guests:Ross Ensor, Lecturer at Worcester University, UEFA B Football coach for Wolves FC and Tim Jones, PhD Researcher at Stirling University, Technical Director of Syngenta Juvs FC and host of The Developer Tribe Podcast.The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.This week's content:Questioning for learning in game-based approaches to teaching and coaching – Harvey, & Light, (2015)Skillful Neglect – Beverley LabbettSUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSEDThe Sports Psych Show - Fergus Connolly and Cody Royle on High Performance Coaching – with Dan AbrahamsThe Coaching Discourse Podcast - Decision Making with Ceriann Davies & Mike Ashford – The Coaching DiscourseDiscussing Boundaries in Coaching – UK CoachingCoach Conversation – Managing Transition with Nick Levett and Jenny CoadyGame Spirituality: How Games Tell Us More than We Might Think – Carlson, (2017)

Was it a dog's life in 17th century Scotland? Susan Morrison talks to historian of animal-human relationships, Laura Moffat of the University of Strathclyde about her pet subject. Find out what you were supposed to do if you were bitten by a mad dog back in the day (clue - it involves the worst smoothie in the world), and why James VI shouldn't have let his wife Anne of Denmark out with his dogs. If dogs had it bad in the 17th century, people had it worse in the 1540s, during the harrowing wars of the ‘Rough Wooing'. Dr Amy Blakeway is back to tell us about women in the ‘Rough Wooing' and sisters doing it for themselves - those nunneries needed defending. Looking at the more sinister side of Red Clydeside, Tomiwa Folorunso, who's a regular contributor to BBC Scotland's The Social talks to Dr Jacqueline Jenkinson of Stirling University about the Glasgow Port Riots of 1919 when their white compatriots turned on Black British sailors who had suffered alongside them during the war.

The Pilgrims Society was an elite dining club which developed an important role in the broader political relationship between the US and Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr Stephen Bowman talking with the CWD's Dr Tom Mills depicts the Pilgrims and their activities as an early form of what we now refer to as public diplomacy. Dr Stephen Bowman, is a Lecturer in British Political History at Stirling University. Stephen works primarily on political and economic relations between the United States and Great Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and was the winner of the Transatlantic Studies Association's Donald Cameron Watt Prize in 2013. He has published a number of journal articles and in 2018 published his first book, The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945, which is the topic of the podcast. 'The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895-1945 - Edinburgh Studies and Anglo-American Relations' by Dr Stephen Bowman, is published by Edinburgh University Press. Checkout the CWD website for details of events, our research and news: lancaster.ac.uk/cwd You can also like our Facebook page - facebook.com/CWDLancaster Follow us on Twitter - @CWDlancaster Music credit: Kai Engel, 'Flames of Rome', Calls and Echoes (Southern's City Lab, 2014).

Christine Wellington OBE needs little introduction to most, a legend in the Ironman world, having won every iron-distance event that she entered as well as being a four-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion. She held all three world and championship records relating to iron-distance triathlon races: firstly, the overall world record, secondly, the Ironman World Championship course record, and thirdly, the official world record for all Ironman-branded triathlon races over the full Ironman distance. Dr Andrew Kirkland worked with Chrissie on her training book. Andy is a lecturer in Sports Coaching at Stirling University here in Scotland and passionate cyclist. In Performance Coaching he works with grass-roots sport through to Olympic level. Book – To the Finish Line & A Life Without Limits Twitter: @chrissiesmiles and @andykirkland71

In this Podcast we interview Nicolas Kee Mew who is the new manager of the Elsyng House Care Home. Nicolas will talk about his new position and how to protect the elderly at a time of crisis like that of Covid and Climate Change His passion and curiosity for dementia has led him to studying his Master's Degree in Dementia at Stirling University. His philosophy is one that embraces holistic care, He prides himself in leading a care team that delivers person-centred and culturally sensitive care which is provided to residents, family and friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

In this episode, Kathleen Taylor introduces dementia, the fifth-most common cause of death across the world which, despite recent advances in brain science, still has no effective treatment. Learn more about Dementia: A Very Short Introduction here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dementia-a-very-short-introduction-9780198825784 Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at the University of Oxford. After a research MSc at Stirling University, working … Continue reading Dementia – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 10 →

cott Carballo of Stirling University on the pirates of the late 16th century Irish Sea. You might think Port Royal and the Carribean when you think pirates, but maybe you should think Kirkcudbright and Ailsa Craig. Macdonald pirates were roaming the north channel of the Irish Sea using 'Lord of the Rings' style beacon chains to alert them to a fight, meanwhile the south west of Scotland contained towns which doubled as pirate markets. Dr Amy Hayes on Queen Mary of Guelders and married life with James II of the fiery face. She was the 15th century queen who took charge of the government while being the beloved mother of five small children. Mary had to take charge, her husband had just been blown up by his own cannon. Dr Hannah Telling on the horrific sexualised murder of Mary Ann Hall in 1860 and how her husband Edwin Salt avoided execution through respectability and sexist victim-blaming. The victim was murdered in the cruellest possible fashion in a way reminiscent of the Delhi rape case yet she was still blamed for having 'provoked' Salt who escaped the gallows.

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3eEaPEL Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Many of these cities are dealing with the effects of climate change such as heat stress, air pollution and flooding. The high density of paved surfaces, roads and buildings further increase these effects. Trees, rain-gardens, green roofs and walls, and other vegetation help to cool cities on hot summer days, capture heavy rainfall and improve air quality. Research shows that green infrastructure provides a range of other benefits such as increased biodiversity and improved human health. However, cities often find green infrastructure expensive or difficult to implement. Nature Smart Cities, is an EU Interreg 2 Seas project which brings together 11 partners across the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and France, to develop a business model for smaller cities to enable more effective and more accurate appraisal of green infrastructure (GI) projects, particularly in comparison with more traditional, grey, approaches. As an input to the Business Model, Z/Yen conducted a review of the various (innovative) financing options that Local Authorities could consider utilising in the future to fund their urban greening programmes. To date, Local Authorities have struggled to understand or make use of these innovative funding sources, but could unlocking them be the key to rolling out a programme of ambitious green infrastructure projects that helps the UK reach net zero by 2050. Speakers: Anna Oxenham has been working at Southend Borough Council since August 2019, where she manages an Interreg 2 Seas project called Nature Smart Cities. The project brings together 11 partners, across four European countries, to develop a Business Model to support Local Authorities to make the business case for Green Infrastructure. The move to Southend Borough Council was led by Anna's ambition to be involved in more localised on the ground efforts to combat climate change and prevent biodiversity loss. Prior to her new role, Anna worked at the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre for 11 years, where amongst other biodiversity-related projects, she managed the UN CBD mandated Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP). This Partnership brings together over 60 partners from around the globe, working at the forefront of biodiversity indicator development, to communicate progress against the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets and for the International Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Phil Back is a researcher working at Imperial College London, and recently completed a project studying smaller cities' approaches to delivering green infrastructure proposals as part of a wider EU-funded initiative to develop tools to assist in this process. Phil has spent much of his career in and around local government, including ten years running a successful local authority research business, during which time he won the prestigious Market Research Society Public Policy award for his work with Braintree District Council. He graduated from Stirling University in 1974, but returned to learning later in life, securing an Advanced Diploma in Historic Landscape from the University of Cambridge in 2012, and a PhD from the University of Sheffield in 2018.

The new season is edging ever closer, and on today’s podcast we speak to two clubs with very different ambitions this season. Stirling University were relegated from the top flight last season, but head coach Craig Beveridge tells Anyone’s Game his side are seeking instant promotion back to SWPL 1. Motherwell forward Lori Gardner has been a consistent goalscorer for years, and now under Eddie Wolecki Black she’s hopeful her side can do more than just make up the numbers this season.

GET YOUR WATER WOMEN STICKERS AT WATERWOMENPODCAST.CA/SHOP!!! Hanna found her passion for the marine environment back in 2012 when she was working as a deckhand on board the tall ship Soren Larsen for its 7-month voyage of the South Pacific Ocean. Sailing from Sydney (Australia) she went to New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, before we returned to Sydney. Nature dictated the days on board, and her daily encounters with marine animals, including dolphins, flying fish, albatrosses, and pilot whales helped her learn the powers of the ocean. We sailed through storms that tore our sails, through sea-states with 4-meter high waves, and we climbed the mast in pouring rain. Hanna's time in Australia and the South Pacific led her to start a degree in Animal Biology at Stirling University in Scotland. Since this Hanna has started a degree in qualitative analysis and statistics. Hanna currently runs the account Sustainable Biologist on Instagram where she shares knowledge of conservation and the marine environment in hopes to raise awareness of issues related to both marine and terrestrial animals. You can check more on her instagram: sustainablebiologist As always, you can check out more water women on our Website: https://waterwomenpodcast.ca Instagram: @waterwomenpodcast, Facebook: @waterwomenPodcast, and Twitter @Waterwomenpod Stay Salty!

Bruno and Juan both have extensive experience of being brought up through the ‘Spanish System’ as players and coaches. Yet both have had experience in the British Tennis world as players at Stirling University. Bruno is now a National Coach at the National Academy in Stirling, UK and Juan runs his own Academy in Sevilla, Spain. We explore the differences, positives, negatives of both tennis cultures including characters, tournament structure, climate and much more....

Equal Justice Initiative   Black Lives Matter Bridge is one of my favorite subjects. I love hearing stories about how people got started, a great play or how they approach a hand. The Setting Trick podcast is the forum where I share conversations with world class bridge players and fellow lovers of the game. As the host and founder, it is my pleasure to share highlights from Seasons One and Two in our first ever Best of The Setting Trick.   Since we had our initial conversation with Bridgewinners co-founder Gavin Wolpert over two years ago, we are grateful to have spoken with 20 individuals over the course of 18 episodes. A portion of the audio from every conversation, save legendary Zia Mahmood's discussion of a bidding problem, can be found in this Best of.   We started this process with our intern Michael Xu having transcripts created for each episode. Michael read through every transcript and made a list of suggestions for what content should make our highlight reel.   My goal was to include audio from each one of our guests. I chose not to include Zia's discussion of a bidding problem to make this episode more accessible for less advanced and non-players alike. Playing with Zia is the subject of both Zach Grossack and Anam Tebha's segments and he is mentioned by former partner's Michael Rosenberg and Bob Hamman as well.   It has been a pleasure to be coached and encouraged by so many of our listeners. I can remember being in Scotland for a Double Dummy screening at Stirling University and going out for a drink afterwards. It made my day when one of the attendees told me he had listened to my conversation with Migry and enjoyed it.   My practice of how I am approaching interviews has been greatly influenced by listener Leonard Epstein whom I have never met. He stressed to me the importance of having an idea what I want to learn from the guest beforehand, sticking to it and making each guest the star. If you have suggestions, please pass them along!   If you gave up because an episode was “unlistenable” in the words of one friend, please give us another chance. I took Dave Caprera's advice and have edited some of the clips from this episode to minimize my interruptions. We have also hired a sound engineer to optimize this audio.   It hit me as I was putting the segments into place what an accomplishment it is to have recorded and published these 18 conservations. I am giddy at the prospect of sharing it with bridge playing and non-bridge playing friends alike.   These stories go beyond bridge. Eight time world champion and three time player of the decade Jeff Meckstroth, after playing his first ever duplicate, his father said, “you were almost average, that's really good!” Jeff thought, “that didn't sound good to me at all!” (21:40)   Or the focus which Migry had when she was able to break up a squeeze at trick two on the last board of a disastrous quarter to help win an NEC Cup match. (46:10)   You are going to hear Meck talk about the danger of pulling a false card too early (32:50), Bob Hamman size up his partners for a match against Sam Lev and Mike Moss (9:58). Gavin Wolpert talking about how September 11th influenced him to choose his passion for bridge over university (5:55). Nabil Edgtton, briefly, on what it's like to play in the Bermuda Bowl (1:13:05) and Michael Rosenberg, even more briefly on his record playing the Bermuda Bowl with Zia (1:12:45).   One of my favorite arrangements in the entire show was having Steve Weinstein gush about playing with Bobby Levin and Paul Soloway (48:45) (57:40) intermixed between Dave Caprera talking about playing with his wife of 44 years Anne Brenner (51:15). For my own personal safety I made sure to include from the head of the US Junior Program Michael Rosenberg how Dave is the best mentor (1:17:00). Dave, don't forget this!   Kare Gjaldbaek talks about the day he improved the most as a bridge player (40:20) and Adam Wildavsky elaborates on what he calls the Keller convention (42:00). From Adam's system notes: bit.ly/adamw-notes Keller We don't discuss hands at the table. No apologies. No comments when dummy goes down.   Finally, here's Walt Schafer's scorecard in what Bart Bramley described as “a hand for Edgar.” On board 26, playing with Edgar Kaplan, Geir Hegelmo made six diamonds on a double intra finesse in Kaplan's last ever major win.   If you don't like this episode, then there's not much hope for you as a listener to the podcast. This is the best we've got. We hope to set a standard with this Best of, that will be carried over to future TST interviews, including improved practices for recording audio going forward.    Please enjoy!

In the final episode of season 1 we welcomed on GB Olympic medalist Duncan Scott. Duncan has multiple titles and medals to his name already by the age of 23 and has many more years of high level international racing to come. We spoke to him about his training at Stirling University with the swim set up there and the Jan Olbrechh training method that they use for their training. He told us how he is overcoming lockdown and he is taking a very relaxed approach to it and what other things he is working on whilst it isn't possible to get in the pool. He also gave his view on doping and gave us his story of what took place in the Sun Yang podium incident. Finally, he also gave us an insight into the rise of the International Swimming League and the opportunities that this has opened up to swimmers both financially and in terms of promoting the sport to a wider audience.

Universities and colleges can provide incredible opportunities, not just for education and career, but also developing one's relationships, worldview and values. Bringing the gospel into this environment can be challenging but very rewarding, as we hear from a former Christian Union leader about his experiences.Cameron McCartney is a Primary Education student at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He has been involved in CU leadership and student evangelism throughout his time at university. He is passionate about people discovering more about who Jesus is and walking with them through that journey. He loves how God uses weak and unworthy people to proclaim the glorious and precious gospel.Support the show (https://www.solas-cpc.org/podcast-book-offer/)

On the latest podcast Chris is joined by Stirling University duo Bethany Kerr and Lindsey Blues. They discuss living together during lockdown, BUCS football, bouncing back from last season's relegation and squad transitions before moving on to kitchen disasters and a deep discussion about the merits of a good bowl of cereal. Twitter: @LeadingtheLine website: www.leadingtheline.com

Euan has been head coach at Stirling University after years at US College as a player and also on the lower levels of the Pro Tour. His passion has helped bring GB Universities to the conversation of player development and we delve into this and more..

This episode of Campbell's Footballs sees me chat to Partick Thistle fan and journalist Euan Robertson about his career in football. Plenty to discuss here about Euan's time at Stirling University as well as his experiences at the Scotsman and on radio. We wrap up by discussing our greatest Partick Thistle XIs of our lifetimes. Will favourites such as Kris Doolan and Kenny Arthur make the grade? Be sure to tune in and find out. In association with Toby Johnson Music and Rory Hope Music

This week Chris(@MFPTasty) joins Campbell(Campbell6_2) in supping down a birthday beer. In SWPL1 Rangers and Celtic make early statements of intent as Hibernian snatch a late victory in BBC Sport's first live streaming. In SWPL2 Hamilton Accies comfortably see of Stirling University as Dundee United and Boroughmuir Thistle share twelve goals on Tayside. website: www.leadingtheline.com Twitter: @LeadingTheLine

On this week's show we talk to Colin Moran, Associate Professor at Stirling University. We talk about the Daily Mile (https://thedailymile.co.uk/) , an initiative that gets children moving during the school day. We talk about Colin's involvement- his research into the benefits both for children and their teachers, and benefits of a lunch time run! We also discuss his specialism- the genetics and epigenetics, and how the genes of elite performers could impact public health. We discuss research - who this benefits and how some might be keen to exploit gene therapy developments to artificially improve performance. We also  start our new topic in December and are looking for your input. We are tackling participation in the sport of endurance running. Is our sport closed? Are we too white and middle class? Should we care?  Email us on getintouch@letsgetrunning.co.uk, call the WhatsApp line +31612679529 and leave a message or follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/letsgetrunning) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/letsgetrunning/) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/letsgetrunning) Buy merch at the shop. (https://www.letsgetrunning.co.uk/shop?category=Running+Clothing) Lastly, don't forget to rate and review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lets-get-running-podcast/id1392963885?mt=2&app=podcast) .

In Episode 3 of the Open Goal: On The Road, Si is driving from West Calder to Glasgow with Scotland Women's National Team Manager, Shelley Kerr! Shelley tells her story as she drives Si around the old neighbourhood in West Calder before taking him along to Stirling University where she was the first woman to take control of the senior men's team. This is all on route to reaching the pinnacle of any Scotswoman's career to becoming the manager of the National Team and directing the Scotland to the historic 2019 Women's World Cup.

In Episode 3 of the Open Goal: On The Road, Si is driving from West Calder to Glasgow with Scotland Women's National Team Manager, Shelley Kerr! Shelley tells her story as she drives Si around the old neighbourhood in West Calder before taking him along to Stirling University where she was the first woman to take control of the senior men's team. This is all on route to reaching the pinnacle of any Scotswoman's career to becoming the manager of the National Team and directing the Scotland to the historic 2019 Women's World Cup.

Chris and Campbell are back after a week's hiatus to discuss Champions League glory for Glasgow City before Celtic end their domestic streak as SWPL1 relegation is confirmed for Stirling University, Hearts & Hamilton continue to do battle in SWPL2 as award season falls upon us and there is a return to international action with Scotland in Albania for EURO2021 qualifying. Goal and Save of the Season Votes: https://scotwomensfootball.com/swf-annual-awards/nominations/ Twitter: @LeadingtheLine Website: www.leadingtheline.com

Ep. 4 discusses behavioural science - the psychology of decision-making. Economics has a reputation for not fully appreciating the complexities of human decision-making. Many economic theories assume that we all make 'rational' decisions - that we can perfectly process all the details like a computer and come up with the best outcome (or, in econ-speak, we 'maximise utility').In this episode, I am joined by Prof. Liam Delaney of the UCD Geary Institute. Liam explains that this simplification was not always present and that somewhere in the early stages of the discipline, the psychology fell by the wayside, only to be re-introduced very recently. We discuss this development, taking a detour to discuss Longford's under-appreciated Francis Edgeworth (often overshadowed locally by his Aunt Maria!) and his contribution to the development of economics.We discuss the various psychological factors that affect our decision-making and how behavioural economists try to understand them. We discuss nudging - how public bodies can use psychology to guide us towards choices that are in our best interest (like taking out a pension or eating a healthy diet) and touch on the ethical issues of these policies. We also consider the risk that firms may use this knowledge to 'nudge' us towards outcomes that are not necessarily in our interest.We wrap up by discussing how working in this field has affected Liam's decision-making.Professor Liam Delaney is the AIB Chair of Behavioural Economics at the UCD Geary Institute and Visiting Professor of Economics at Stirling University. Some of the papers mentioned in the interview are available in the 'Contributors' section of IrishEconPod.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's that time of the week once again where Chris and Campbell talk through the events from this week's Scottish women's football action. Glasgow City have one hand and four fingers on the SWPL1 title after victory against Celtic whilst Hibernian climb back into 2nd after victory over Stirling University. Hamilton Accies go three clear at the top of SWPL2 and Super Caley go ballistic in Edinburgh in the Cup. We preview this weekend's Scottish Cup and look at the #SWNT squad ahead of the first Euro 2021 qualifier against Cyprus. Contact: @MFPTasty www.leadingtheline.com

This week I’m speaking to Dave Goulson, who is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. Dave is also the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and author of three books, the most recent of which is The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet. With the recent interest in wildlife gardens, we talk about how you can create a good environment for wildlife, but more importantly, how you can avoid actively harming the environment with your gardening habits.    About Dave Goulson “After a childhood chasing butterflies and collecting bird’s eggs, I studied Biology at Oxford University, and then did a PhD on butterfly ecology at Oxford Brookes University. Shortly afterwards I got a lectureship at University of Southampton, where I stayed for 11 years. It was there that I began to specialize in bumblebee ecology and conservation.  In 2006 I became Professor of Biology and Stirling University. In 2006 I also founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a charity devoted to reversing bumblebee declines. In 2013 I moved to Sussex University. I have published over 200 scientific articles on the ecology of bees and other insects, and am author of Bumblebees; their behaviour, ecology and conservation (2010, Oxford University Press) and A Sting in the Tale (2013, Jonathan Cape), a popular science book about bumblebees and The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet (2019, Jonathan Cape). I am a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2010 I was BBSRC "Social Innovator of the Year" and in 2013 I won the Marsh Award for Conservation Biology from the Zoological Society of London.”   What We Cover: What you need to look out for when buying plants and seeds  Plants for wildlife Native vs non-native plants The effects of pesticides and fungicides on wildlife   Links The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet - Dave Goulson https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dave-Goulson/The-Garden-Jungle--or-Gardening-to-Save-the-Planet/23728420 A Sting in the Tale - Dave Goulson https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dave-Goulson/A-Sting-in-the-Tale/22927310  A Buzz in the Meadow - Dave Goulson https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dave-Goulson/A-Buzz-in-the-Meadow/17156479  The Bumblebee Conservation Trust https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org Follow Dave Goulson on Twitter - @DaveGoulson https://twitter.com/davegoulson?lang=en RosyBee - Plants for bees http://www.rosybee.com    Contact: Stefan Batorijs 3 Barnsey Gardens  Ashburton Devon  TQ13 7GA UK  stefan@natureandtherapy.co.uk  +44 1364 652162  Nature and Therapy UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/shinrinyokuUK/  Common Farm Flowers on Twitter: @TheFlowerFarmer https://twitter.com/TheFlowerFarmer Common Farm Flowers on Instagram: @commonfarmflowers https://www.instagram.com/commonfarmflowers/?hl=en    Get in touch: Email podcast@rootsandall.co.uk  Website www.rootsandall.co.uk  Twitter @rootsandall Instagram rootsandallpod   Patreon Link: Help us keep the podcast free & independent! Donate as much or as little as you like at https://www.patreon.com/rootsandall   

Scotland Women's National Team Head Coach joins Gordon Duncan to talk about her life in football, including: her early footballing experiences, playing for Scotland, managing Arsenal and Stirling University and leading Scotland to our first ever FIFA Women's World Cup.

Before she appears at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, cookery author and teacher, Ozlem Warren chats to Ghillie about her fond memories of growing up in Antakya in southern Turkey and how cooking aubergines at Stirling University led to marriage!

In today's podcast we sat down with (very recent!) Scottish League One winner, teacher, journalist and podcaster...Danny Denholm. Danny has played for Stirling University, Forfar, Livingston & has recently clinched promotion to the Scottish Championship with Arbroath. We spoke about the highs and lows of being a part-time footballer, the legend that is Dick Campbell (THE Gaffer) and his step into the world of podcasting and journalism. Follow Danny on Twitter @DannyDenholm to get the insiders guide to Scottish Lower League Football, check out @LLRamblings on Twitter, the website http://www.lowerleagueramblings.com and the podcast http://soundcloud.com/user-487955703

Iraq vet and novelist Kevin Powers, the careers picked by psychopaths, and American writer Gary Lachman join Matthew Sweet.Kevin Powers' prize winning novel The Yellow Birds explored the experience of soldiers and their lack of control. His new novel A Shout in the Ruins looks at the long shadows cast by the American Civil War and slavery.Gary Lachman discusses non-rational or pre-Enlightenment thinking in contemporary politics and culture as he publishes his latest book called Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump. He is joined by Professor Christine Ferguson from Stirling University who researches the influence of the occult on popular culture and politics in the UK.Psychologist Kevin Dutton and broadcaster and psychotherapist Lucy Beresford discuss the idea that psychopaths are drawn to certain careers, including radio journalism. Kevin Dutton's books include The Wisdom of Psychopaths. Lucy Beresford is the host of LBC's Sex and Relationships phone-in show.Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Is sweating good for body and soul? Gillian Russell spends a hot half hour in a sauna in Callander to find out everything you ever wanted to know about sweat... Dr Stuart Galloway from the Faculty of Health Sciences & Sport at Stirling University explains what sweat is, why we sweat and what's going on in our bodies when we sweat. Do antiperspirants work, how can we effectively replace fluids after sweating when we exercise and do men actually sweat more than women? Gillian tries out a hot yoga session at Heat Fitness in Stirling and asks instructors Jack and Jules about what the heat and sweat can do for us physically and mentally. Excessive sweating can be debilitating and embarrassing for some people. Dr Carol McAllister explains to Richard Forbes how botox can work to alleviate the symptoms. Elizabeth Pawley from Heart Song Healing describes what a sweat lodge is and how the heat and sweating can be beneficially for our mental health and wellbeing.

Gillian Russell visits Greenhills Care Home in Biggar to find out from fitness instructor Fiona Pagett and manager Jean Dunlop about the weekly dance and movement classes the residents are taking part in. Stephen - whose wife Jane has dementia and is currently in the care home - explains why dancing has always been so important to the two of them and how they're able to dance together again during the weekly sessions. Stephen and Jane's daughter Sarah describes the impact the dance sessions are having on her parents and why she's written a blog about the family's experiences of coping with her mum's dementia. Research Fellow Dr Alison Dawson from Stirling University talks about the CHARMS project which is all about encouraging care home residents to move more and explains why something like dancing might be useful for people living with dementia.

Women's work is undervalued and unseen. In this episode, Alys Mumford explores the world of women's invisible work, with: Emma Ritch, Executive Director of Engender Catriona Kirkpatrick, Development Manager of Engender Professor Kirstein Rummery, Stirling University we also feature an interview with Fiona Collie of Carers Scotland. Find out more at makingworkvisible.engender.org.uk and help us make work visible by live tweeting your day on March 8th using the hashtag #MakingWorkVisible. This episode was produced by Amanda Stanley on behalf of Engender. Jingle by Bossy Love.

Going through adolescence can be a difficult process for anyone, but for young adults with chronic pain the difficulties of these formative years can become multifaceted. With 8% of young people in the 13-18 age range affected by chronic pain (15,000 living with arthritis alone), the transition to adulthood, and the medical support that accompanies it, is an important process. This edition was funded by a grant by the Agnes Hunter Trust In this edition of Airing Pain we explore the challenges and successes that patients, parents and healthcare professionals encounter when entering this crucial period. Pain management consultant Dr Mary Rose and nurse Mandy Sim of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh speak to Paul Evans about the methods they use to make the transition into adulthood as supportive as possible, as well as the importance of educating patients, parents and schools on the biopsychosocial aspects of pain and its management. Dr Alison Bliss, paediatric anaesthesia and chronic pain consultant at Leeds Children’s Hospital, emphasises the importance of finding a balance between cultivating independence in young-adults with pain and helping them find the support in their transitional period. Paul also speaks to Dr. Line Caes, psychology lecturer at Stirling University, touches on the nuances in dealing with how young people see themselves in comparison to their peers and making the classroom a more accepting space. Contributors: •    Dr Mary Rose, consultant at the pain management clinic at Edinburgh’s Sick Children’s Hospital •    Mandy Sim, pain nurse specialist at Edinburgh’s Sick Children’s Hospital pain management clinic •    Dr Alison Bliss, consultant in paediatric anaesthesia and chronic pain at Leeds Children’s Hospital •    Dr Line Caes, psychology lecturer at University of Stirling’s School of Natural Science, researcher in paediatric psychology and psychological aspects of children’s pain More information: •    Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh Charity: https://echcharity.org/ •    Scottish Transitions Forum’s “Principles of Good Transition”: https://scottishtransitions.org.uk/summary-download/ •    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on transition services: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng43

This week we discuss #Budget2017, Kez in the jungle, Alex on Russia Today and feature an interview with Kirstein Rummery Prof. of Social Policy of Stirling University. Enjoy!

Dr. Jennifer Jenkins is the Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education and the Interim Academic Director of the Frazer Mustard Institute of Human Development at the University of Toronto. She received her Bachelor's degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of Sussex, her Master's degree in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Nottingham, and her PhD in Psychology from the University of London. Afterwards, she worked as a Senior Clinical Psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and then as a Lecturer at Stirling University before joining the faculty at the University of Toronto. Jenny is with us today to tell us all about her journey through life and science.

Alan Bissett is the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Writer of the Year 2011. He was born in 1975 in Falkirk, Scotland. David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, re-released, was at Number One in the charts that week. He grew up in Hallglen, a housing scheme on the outskirts of the town and the setting for much of his later work, attending Hallglen Primary School, Falkirk High School, and then Stirling University, where he studied English. After graduating he worked very briefly as an English teacher, before deciding to study for a PhD, supporting himself by selling books in Waterstones. He didn’t get the PhD, but he did publish his debut novel.

The Improv Scotland Podcast goes back to school in this episode as Mark Craig is joined by David Devereux, Kat McKnight and David Pellow  in a very warm room of Stirling University's library for some improvised silliness! We meet Barack Obama's maid and an unfortunately named man in a trenchcoat, make at least one Les Mis joke and get Yo-Bang'd by Ashton Kutcher from the past!Read more »

Poet Jackie Kay takes us on a journey through her past, along the red dust road. Jackie is the Scots Makar and Chancellor of the University of Salford. Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. She was adopted at birth and was brought up in Glasgow, studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Stirling University where she read English. The experience of being adopted by and growing up withing a white family inspired her first collection of poetry, The Adoption Papers. Her first novel, Trumpet was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize. Inspired by the life of musician Billy Tipton, the novel tells the story of Scottish jazz trumpeter Joss Moody whose death revealed that he was, in fact, a woman. Her dramatised poem, The Lamplighter was shortlisted for the 2009 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award. Her Maw Broon Monologues, performed at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, and combining rhythmic verse and music, were shortlisted for the 2010 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. Red Dust Road (2010), a memoir about meeting her Nigerian birth father, was shortlisted for the 2011 PEN/Ackerley Prize. In 2006, she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Flashbacks are intrusive memories that can plague people after a traumatic incident. Now there's a possibility that playing certain kinds of computer games in the hours after the traumatic event could prevent images flashing back into the mind when they're not wanted. Emily Holmes at Oxford University wants to develop what she calls a cognitive vaccine. This would be used in the hours straight after an event - not as a treatment for post traumatic stress disorder, but to prevent disturbing memories from taking root. Taste and Music: Professor Charles Spence is the Head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory based at Oxford University and is investigating how the brain can match up sounds and tastes. And one restaurant in Switzerland is making music a crucial part of the dining experience with specially-composed tunes accompanying each course. Therapeutic Design: Most people with dementia want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible, provided they can cope. Researchers from Stirling University have found that the adoption of simple design tricks can extend that period at home. The university's Dementia Services Development Centre has designed a dementia-friendly home and Director Professor June Andrews told Claudia that it's all about trying to see a home from the point of view of the person with dementia. Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Melvyn Bragg and guests Andrew Wheatcroft, Claire Norton and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, when the Ottoman Empire tried to capture the capital city of the Hapsburg monarchs. The ensuing tale of blood and drama helped define the boundaries of Europe. In June 1683, a man called Kara Mustafa made a journey to Vienna. That a Muslim Turk should come to a Catholic city was not unusual, but Kara Mustafa did so at the head of the Ottoman Army. Vienna was the capital of the Hapsburg Empire and he intended to take it. The ensuing siege has been held responsible for many things, from the invention of the croissant to the creation of Viennese coffee. But most importantly, it has come to be seen as a clash of civilisations, one that helped to define a series of boundaries, between Europe and Asia, Christian and Muslim, Hapsburg and Ottoman, that influence the view between Vienna and Istanbul to this day. But to see the siege as a defining moment in east/west relations may be to read back into history an idea that was not true at the time.Claire Norton is Lecturer in History at St Mary's University College, London; Andrew Wheatcroft is Professor of International Publishing at Stirling University; Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.

Melvyn Bragg and guests Andrew Wheatcroft, Claire Norton and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, when the Ottoman Empire tried to capture the capital city of the Hapsburg monarchs. The ensuing tale of blood and drama helped define the boundaries of Europe. In June 1683, a man called Kara Mustafa made a journey to Vienna. That a Muslim Turk should come to a Catholic city was not unusual, but Kara Mustafa did so at the head of the Ottoman Army. Vienna was the capital of the Hapsburg Empire and he intended to take it. The ensuing siege has been held responsible for many things, from the invention of the croissant to the creation of Viennese coffee. But most importantly, it has come to be seen as a clash of civilisations, one that helped to define a series of boundaries, between Europe and Asia, Christian and Muslim, Hapsburg and Ottoman, that influence the view between Vienna and Istanbul to this day. But to see the siege as a defining moment in east/west relations may be to read back into history an idea that was not true at the time.Claire Norton is Lecturer in History at St Mary's University College, London; Andrew Wheatcroft is Professor of International Publishing at Stirling University; Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.

Melvyn Bragg and guests Andrew Wheatcroft, Claire Norton and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, when the Ottoman Empire tried to capture the capital city of the Hapsburg monarchs. The ensuing tale of blood and drama helped define the boundaries of Europe. In June 1683, a man called Kara Mustafa made a journey to Vienna. That a Muslim Turk should come to a Catholic city was not unusual, but Kara Mustafa did so at the head of the Ottoman Army. Vienna was the capital of the Hapsburg Empire and he intended to take it. The ensuing siege has been held responsible for many things, from the invention of the croissant to the creation of Viennese coffee. But most importantly, it has come to be seen as a clash of civilisations, one that helped to define a series of boundaries, between Europe and Asia, Christian and Muslim, Hapsburg and Ottoman, that influence the view between Vienna and Istanbul to this day. But to see the siege as a defining moment in east/west relations may be to read back into history an idea that was not true at the time.Claire Norton is Lecturer in History at St Mary's University College, London; Andrew Wheatcroft is Professor of International Publishing at Stirling University; Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.