The U.K. Youth Sport Coaching Workforce Report

Research shows that the coaching workforce in most countries is composed of a blend of volunteers and part-, and full-time paidindividuals. However, the exact makeup of this workforce across the youth sport participation spectrum is not well understood.While previous studies have sought to understand the coaching landscape, very few studies have focused specifcally on the youthsport landscape. Given the societal importance of youth sport and the positive contribution that coaches make, this is an area thatneeds further attention. Using a mass survey methodology, this study aimed to create a detailed picture of the current landscape ofyouth sport coaching in the United Kingdom. Findings show some similarities to previous workforce audits. For example, youthsport coaching is primarily a voluntary activity (62%)—yet, opportunities to access paid positions have grown. Moreover,findings also show that the youth sport workforce is not a homogenous entity. This signals the need for further research to gain anaccurate understanding of the needs and wants of coaches individually, and in their specific working environments, beforeimplementing any recruitment or development programmes

Modelling of Ankle Joint Range of Motion and Landing Quality Scores in Female Soccer Players with Quantile Regression Approach

Purpose: Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DF-ROM) has been shown to be associated with poor landing posture. This study aimed to model the relationship between DF-ROM and landing quality during the Soccer-Specific Jump-Landing task (SSJL) on the non-dominant extremity in elite and amateur female soccer players using a quantile regression approach.Methods: 55 amateur and 47 professional female soccer players participated in the study. The relationship between DF-ROM and SSJL quality was evaluated using Pearson's product-moment correlation analysis and Quantile regression modelling.Results: There was a statistically significant negative correlation between DF-ROM and SSJL landing quality among female soccer players (r = − 0.33, p = 0.001). Moreover, there was a statistically significant negative correlation between DF-ROM and SSJL landing quality in amateur female soccer players (r = − 0.63, p = 0.001), no significant correlation was found in elite female soccer players (r = 0.22, p = 0.13). Quantile regression results for amateur female soccer players indicate that the association between ankle DF-ROM and landing quality is stronger in athletes with higher SSJL landing quality scores (e.g., Q75 and Q90) compared to those with lower scores (e.g., Q10 and Q25). This suggests that ankle DF-ROM plays a more critical role in achieving higher-quality landing techniques than in poorer techniques.Conclusions: Higher quality landing techniques in female soccer players are associated with larger ranges of ankle DF-ROM. Therefore, ankle DF-ROM level may be a functional clinical measurement for amateur female athletes in determining landing-related injury risk factors during SSJL. <br/

Re/Imagining time, space and identity through qualitative narrative research with teachers: “These ghosts came back to haunt me”

I apply a critical theoretical lens enmeshing the concepts of haunting and performativity to explore how teacher identity is materialised through the sharing of stories within qualitative, empirical research, and how this sharing can be interpreted as a calling forward of ghosts that inhabit memories. This is accomplished through an analysis of educational narratives derived from twelve semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with teachers working in England. Inspired by the quote from a teacher which is shared in the title of this article; “these ghosts came back to haunt me”, the narratives offered are interpreted as haunted by individual past histories and experiences of education as well as the ghosts of others. This analysis is made to consider the implications of these haunted stories in terms of how they shape the ways individuals materialise their professional identities within conversations. I conclude with a consideration of how haunting can be understood as more than a concept or theoretical lens, but as a central aspect to narrative life history as a qualitative research methodology

Investigating Low Latency Communications With Link-Layer Rate of NOMA Under Nakagami-m Fading Channel in Finite Blocklength Regime

This paper investigates link-layer rate of two-user downlink non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) networks under Nakagami-m fading channel with short packet communications. The overall reliability of the NOMA users is based on transmission error probability and queuing delay violation probability. We use an effective capacity tool to find the reliability and latency of the two-user with short packet communications. We derive closed-form expressions for the achievable effective capacity of both near user and far user of downlink NOMA networks with short packet communications under Nakagami-m fading channel conditions. We investigate the impact of transmit signal-to-noise ratio, delay exponent, transmission error probability, and various blocklength on the achievable effective capacity of each user. The impact of varying packet sizes (blocklength) and transmit SNR on the total achievable EC of NOMA usersare investigated in detail. We also perform Monte-Carlo simulations to validate our proposed closed-form expressions of two-user downlink NOMA

Surgical Approach of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) With Transoral Robotic Surgery Versus Non-robotic Transoral Surgery and Laser: A Systematic Review

Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is among the most common head and neck cancers, with increasing use of surgical treatment for stage T1/T2 cases. This study compares the oncological outcomes of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) with non-robotic transoral surgery. A systematic review of the Ovid database was conducted using defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data extraction was performed independently by two authors, and publication quality was assessed using the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine criteria. Outcomes related to oncological margins, swallowing, and voice function were analyzed descriptively.Ten studies met the inclusion criteria, most of which were retrospective cohort studies. The comparative analysis demonstrated that TORS provides better overall oncological outcomes than non-TORS in patients with T1/T2 OPSCC. In addition, TORS was associated with a 30% higher rate of achieving clear surgical margins. While these findings suggest that TORS may be the superior modality for oncological and functional outcomes, the study is limited by the lack of randomized controlled trials and non-randomized treatment assignments. Further prospective randomized trials are necessary to confirm these results and establish clinical practice guideline

Fifty years of ‘protocolization’. How are England’s child protection social workers navigating procedural gaps and promoting child-centred practice?

Fifty years after the establishment of England’s modern child protection system, the country continues to experience new instances of high-profile child death tragedies where children have been harmed despite practitioners complying with the processes and procedures designed to protect them. This practice perspective article draws from the testimonies of 30 current child protection social workers to identify what they consider to be the continued challenges to achieving child-centred child protection practice in England. It reports on the social workers’ frustration with a system that they see as ‘totally reliant’ on evidencing compliance with procedures, but also highlights several ‘strategies’ that practitioners employ to ‘navigate’ procedural ‘gaps’ and overcome practice challenges, to better promote the individual needs of children. This includes the use of discretion via ‘professional disobedience’; ensuring that decisions are ‘defensible’; ‘Seeing Triple’; adopting a common language for, and understanding of, risk; and identifying a ‘shared goal’ as a means of overcoming resistance. The article considers several implications that emerge from the social workers’ testimonies, including that there is perhaps ‘more to do’ to address underlying factors thought to be impeding individualised child-centred child protection practice; that there should be a targeted emphasis on challenging local cultures preoccupied with evidencing compliance with quantifiable ‘output’ indicators over time spent with children; and that further reviews of the system should focus on the strategies used by social workers to promote child-centred practice and on how these ideas can be better disseminated to enhance the learning and practice of other practitioners

'Research? It's all a breath of fresh Eyre!:All Readers Great and Small [Podcast]

Clarke, J.Gregory, L. Albin-Clark, J.(2025) 'Research? It's all a breath of fresh Eyre! ' All Readers Great and Small [Podcast]. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5IqxVGw7UekkXmKbQGxqJK (Accessed: 12 July 2025)