Saturday, January 31, 2009
RAE results and feedback
The new system requires additional efforts to get cited etc -- so we will cite you if you cite us
Monday, January 19, 2009
Fit for Business Accreditation
After a year of being registered with Creating Excellence’s Fit for Business scheme UCP Marjon has become the first educational establishment to attain recognition.
UCP Marjon appointed five Workplace Champions who received training from Creating Excellence on how to create a healthy and active work environment. Working closely with colleagues from a number of key departments the Workplace Champions organised interventions in seven key areas: Pulling the facts together; Maintaining the momentum; Getting active; Healthy eating; Mental health and wellbeing; Smoke free workplace and Drug and alcohol awareness. Interventions included lunchtime yoga and table tennis; promoting healthy eating (including training for catering staff) and hydration; offering workshops in time and stress management; visits for the NHS Quit Smoking Team and a Drugs and Alcohol Awareness Workshop. With the help of the School of Sport, PE and Leisure the Fit for Business initiative was also able to offer two free Health Check sessions for UCP Marjon staff which proved incredibly popular. Staff received guidance on blood pressure, body composition, posture and sport injury prevention/treatment.
To continue to be accredited UCP Marjon will complete another points based portfolio in the next 12 months. Phillipa Elford from UCP Marjon said
“The Workplace Champions are delighted at the support and enthusiasm they have received from staff at UCP Marjon. At present the Workplace Champions are formulating a plan for the coming year. It is hoped that this will include regular weight management and smoking cessation sessions.”
Monday, January 05, 2009
Belated congratulations
The catalyst for the study came from his experiences organizing and delivering 'Leadership Training' for the Rugby Football Union.
Guest Lecture Sport Psychology
Brendan Cropley, an applied sport psychologist, and lecturer at Swansea University, was invited to deliver a guest lecture to our ASC applied sport psychology third year group on professional development, with specific interest in reflective practice. The lecture contributed significantly to the module, with specific input to the case study assignment where the students meet with an elite athlete to discuss the use, knowledge, and application of sport psychology, along with strengths are areas to improve related to their own performance.
Brendan’s lecture was highly informative and provided useful information for the students to absorb and hopefully utilise within their own professional development. Key concepts discussed were professional development in applied sport psychology, evaluation of applied sport psychology practice, and the main concept which was reflective practice.
Student Adam Griffiths said “I felt the lecture was definitely beneficial to second aspect of assignment. Brendan was interactive with the group which was good, and he kept my attention for two hours which is usually a difficult task. Reflective practice was not something I had considered previously but will do from now on, I really enjoyed it”
Gareth and I would personally like to thanks Brendan for his time, enthusiasm, and professional presentation and hopes he will return to us to present again in the future.
Melissa Coyle
New Publication
Leach, J., Ansell, L. (2008). Impairment in attentional processing in a field survival environment. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(5), 643-652.
There is a link to the online version here
The article has also been discussed on the British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog Spot here
