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Official account for the University of Hertfordshire Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography.
Hertfordshire
Joined February 2024
Welcome to the official account of the Department of Psychology, Sport & Geography at the University of Hertfordshire. @UniofHerts For more information about our teaching and research, please visit our webpages here: https://t.co/Q1fB4J79NX.
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A paper co-authored by @BottomsLindsay & @VTidmas_Kidneys has been nominated for the 'Sports 2023 Best Paper Award'. ‘The Participation of Trans Women in Competitive Fencing and Implications on Fairness: A Physiological Perspective Narrative Review' 🔗
mdpi.com
Debate has surrounded whether the participation of trans women in female sporting categories is fair, specifically the retained male physiological advantage due to increased testosterone compared to...
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Research published by @HertsGEP ‘s Dr Olly Bartlett & colleagues gained substantial media attention last month. Their analyses of satellite observations 1986 to 2021 suggest that the Antarctic Peninsula is greening at an accelerated rate: https://t.co/uU9iPybQ38
nature.com
Nature - Vegetation is spreading at an alarming rate in a place where temperatures are soaring.
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See the below video for more info on Senior Lecturer in Sports Development @Dr_ChrisBrown ‘s @DSI_project ⬇️⬇️
Dr Chris Brown shares the importance of bringing awareness to the imbalance between disabled and non-disabled sport. ♿ 🤝 @DSI_project Interested to find out more? Listen to his podcast here: https://t.co/71kF76uEl3
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM
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📣 New blog post from our APRG: Empowering young people: Improving mental health through physical activity Discusses the findings of PSG Research Fellow @DrHNewman and @CRIPACC1 Reader @Louca_Mai ‘s evaluation of @WFCTrust programme, Empower. 🔗
herts.ac.uk
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📣 New publication in Nutritional Neuroscience: ‘Nutrient intake and food selectivity in children with Tourette syndrome’ Co-authored by CRePS members Dr Bobbie Smith & Dr Amanda Ludlow with Herts colleague Dr Katerina Vafeiadou. Available OA here: https://t.co/zpIgdLyzgE
tandfonline.com
Objectives: Children with Tourette syndrome (TS) have been shown to exhibit high levels of food selectivity; however, its association with nutritional status has yet to be explored. The current stu...
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Prof @JohnSturzaker of @HertsGEP has co-edited a new book: Rural Planning Futures: Principles, Policy and Practice in the UK & Ireland. Which charts the critical societal challenges that are reshaping rural places in the UK & Ireland. See here: https://t.co/TgPuejYXVc
routledge.com
Rural Planning Futures charts the critical societal challenges that are reshaping rural places across the UK and Ireland. The book evaluates current planning processes and explores the prospects for...
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Our MSc courses LITERALLY take you places. Yes, our 2023/2024 starters for the MSc Planning and Transport students will be heading to these cities in March 2025 as part of the cross disciplinary Comparative Planning and Transport Practice (CPTP) module. @RTPIPlanners @HertsPSG
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Our new #Geography undergraduate first year students recently visited @bcaheritage in #brixton to learn more about #blackbritishhistory as part of our new Contemporary Human Geographies module. #fieldworkfriday #humangeography #studygeography @UniofHerts @RGS_IBGhe
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We’re all ready! Looking forward to welcoming folks to our #Geography and #Environment open day @UniofHerts @HertsPSG
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You're very welcome to our Open Day this Saturday 23rd November! Explore our @HertsGEP Undergrad & Postgrad courses in #Geography, #EnvironmentalManagement & Ecology, Sustainable & Transport #Planning, #Politics & #InternationalRelations @UniofHerts See: https://t.co/vBHGEpLzjb
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📣 Job vacancy: Policy & Community Engagement Officer (Public Health) - Research & Enterprise Services @UniofHerts Focused on knowledge mobilisation of all the University’s public health related work, including projects within our PHAB Lab. Details: https://t.co/MOOxOW8W81
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A great event today, thank you to all the contributors and everyone attending. Looking forward to the in person event in March 2025 and welcoming everyone to @UniofHertsIoS @HertsPSG @UniofHerts 👍
Our Virtual Heads of Department Forum 202 is well underway! We hope all those attending today's event find it both informative and useful for their departments. If you are a Head of Department, we will have our in-person event in Spring 2025, keep an eye out for further details!
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📣 Publication: ‘Exploring identity work of LGBT+ volunteers in sport through personas: the advocate, the community-minded and the sportsperson’ Authored by Lecturer in Sports Business Management @saaralahti and colleagues. 🔗 Read here: https://t.co/IlQaiDV8kQ
tandfonline.com
Sport volunteering can be a valued and meaningful way to engage in sport beyond participation, but sport volunteers lack diversity in the UK. Specifically, there has been a lack of insight into exp...
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📣 Publication: ‘The lived experience of co-production: Reflective accounts from the InCLUDE project’ Authored by Senior Research Fellow Dr Karen Irvine and colleagues. @fosteringstudy 🔗 Read here:
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Background The value of co-produced research in health and social care is increasingly recognised, but accounts into the processes and individual experiences of co-producing research are lacking....
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Hot off the press - our 2nd year #environment & #ecology students this week sorting and identifying macroinvertebrates #WHPT biotic index #WaterPollution @UniofHerts. Next Open Day: Saturday 23 Nov. Course details: https://t.co/CIXwJpHu5Q
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📣 Two new papers published by Senior Research Fellow @ausJaneFry & colleagues: Nationally representative estimates of food insecurity during COVID-19 🔗 https://t.co/jd99Q4ugoe Food insecurity & health conditions in the Australian adult population 🔗
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The purpose of this paper was to measure the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic using the 8-item Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Employing the...
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Hot off the press - our 2nd year #environment & #ecology students this week doing aquatic biomonitoring of the River Mimram #Hertfordshire # WaterPollution #Kicksampling @UniofHerts. Next Open Day: Saturday 23 Nov. Course: https://t.co/RtlpJSV0Vu
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📣 New blog post from our Applied Psychology Research Group: We asked OpenAI about objectivity and rigour, bringing together the APA and a constructivist stance. What did it have to say? 🔗 Read here: https://t.co/Qds56P4CJY Connect with the APRG: https://t.co/h0Ov251c8F
#AI
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Congratulations to PSG academics @KayleighKwah & Lauren Schumacher who both recently completed the Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in teaching and learning and have been awarded the status of Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology, @RichardWiseman , recently gave workshops and a keynote talk on ‘Magic, Illusion and the Paranormal’ at @QEDcon - Question, Explore, Discover - a two-day science and skepticism convention taking place in Manchester.
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