How much K is oK? – Evaluating different methods for K-concentration determination and the effect of the internal K-concentration on feldspar luminescence dating

This dataset accompanies a manuscript on Potassium (K) concentration determination for feldspar luminescence dating, currently under review at the journal Geochronology. It includes sample-specific K-concentrations measured using both a β-counter and a WDXRF instrument. In addition, single-grain K-concentrations were obtained through SEM-EDX and µ-XRF analyses. The dataset also provides background-corrected Tn signals from a dose recovery test, conducted on the same individual grains used for K-concentration measurements. For further details on the analytical procedures and luminescence measurements, see: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-80

parkrun UK Results 2024 19 July 2025

Subset of parkrun survey data from 2024 UK health and wellbeing survey of parkrunners. Data used to create PLOS GLobal Public Health paper: A generic model of life satisfaction: the case study of parkru

The Language of Parole Board Hearings: interviews with Parole Board panel members

Transcripts of interviews conducted with Parole Board panel member

Using Photo-Elicitation to see the Bigger Picture: A Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Male Football Coaches’ Well-Being Experiences

Chapter 5 is a combined longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis (LIPA) and photo-elicitation approach conducted with seven male football coaches across an entire football season. The study aimed to explore how football coaches temporally experience and make sense of well-being using auto-driven photo-elicitation. The study builds upon both those in Chapters 3 and 4 as it was acknowledged that well-being is not a static state but fluctuates in relation to proximal processes over time. Therefore, it was evident that a longitudinal exploration of well-being was necessary to capture the temporal fluctuations and changing experiences over time. Moreover, it was identified in Chapter 3 that some coaches struggled to explain their well-being and what it is, hence why an auto-driven photo-elicitation approach was employed to empower the participants and to enrich sensemaking endeavours. Findings resulted in the creation of three group experiential themes (GETs): ‘Striving to be present and true to self’; ‘Well-being sensemaking and experiences shaped by time’; and ‘Navigating the (in)stability of football, coaching and life’. All the GETs comprise of relevant subthemes which go into rich experiential detail on specific factors that influenced well-being states. The chapter communicates that ‘third spaces’, authenticity, sociohistorical events, and familial interactions shape well-being experiences over time

Revitalising placement preparation and employability content in level 5 BSc Mathematics

A student-led employability audit of the BSc (Hons) Mathematics course was conducted in 2016/17, with input from current students, alumni and employers, resulting in a detailed report. Two Student Researchers with recent experience of placement recruitment worked with the staff team (Level 5 Year Tutor, Course Leader, Placement Tutor, Module Leader and Subject Group Leader) to evaluate the current content and teaching arrangements on the module in light of the audit recommendations, and helped develop new content for delivery in 2018/19

When it is no longer a bit of banter: Coaches’ perspectives of bullying in professional soccer

Studies exploring bullying in sport psychology remain relatively limited despite various media reports of the abusive practice of some professional football coaches. This research explores coaches’ views of bullying in professional football academies and how it is framed in relation to banter. Five professional football coaches were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. The methodology and analysis were guided by interpretative phenomenological analysis. Coaches highlighted key components which identify bullying in professional football environments, such as: intent to harm; frequency of behaviour; and an imbalance of power. Coaches also highlighted different individual and contextual factors which separated bullying from banter. These included: individual differences; unintentional behaviour; immaturity; and the masculinity of the football culture. These findings provide an important extension to the bullying literature in sport by highlighting coaches’ own perspectives on this concept within the professional football context. The findings also illustrate the subtle nuances through which coaches separate bullying from banter. As such, important applied implications are discussed for the development of coach education programmes to raise greater awareness around these concepts as well as the potential consequences of bullying and banter on player welfare in professional football

RAMPPS evaluation form

Raw data of the RAMPPS evaluation for

Raw Data of microbiome in people with Parkinson's.

Raw gut microbiome data files produced by Diversigen USA of people with Parkinson's. Sample one taken at baseline, sample two taken at 12-weeks. Two groups one taking probiotic for 12 weeks the other taking placebo for 12 weeks

Women’s dignity and sense of self in experiences of support whilst homeless

This thesis seeks to understand women’s support choices whilst homeless through exploring how their dignity and sense-of-self is affected by, and affects, their experiences of informal support. Dignity is largely unexplored in homelessness research and, despite an increase in research on women’s homelessness, few studies explore women’s experiences away from services in-depth. Inspired by recent social care best practices foregrounding the psychological wellbeing of those accessing support, this study employs a dignity-centred methodology. Fourteen women with experiences of homelessness participate through interviews (face-to-face, written or walking) and observations. Seventeen support workers and informal supporters, a perspective rarely included in research, participated in semi-structured interviews. An organisation observation was conducted with five workers. These perspectives are used to develop an original conceptualisation of informal support in the context of women’s homelessness. The definition captures more nuance than in existing research by considering quality and motivation for support. It sees informal support as wider than family/friend support relationships, with examples of communities mobilising, and support workers going beyond or outside their professional roles. The study’s theoretical framework combines societal discourse and capital theory to construct an understanding of dignity. Using this framework, informal support conceptualisation, and diverse avenues of participant recruitment, this study contributes unique insight into women’s homelessness. It finds societal discourse on women, motherhood, asylum seekers and homelessness to affect women’s dignity, sense-of-self and consequently their support choices. Women’s support choices largely result from dignity maintenance and risk management strategies, but the strategies available to women, and the impact of societal discourse on them, vary depending on their embodied capital. The study concludes that informal support honours women’s dignity, viewing them as deserving of support and resources. Yet it can position them as victims of structural disadvantage affecting their agency, ability to build capital and raise their societal status

Combined Palaeolimnological and Glacial Geomorphological Reconstruction of Environmental Change in Southeast Iceland

Iceland offers an excellent location to investigate North Atlantic Holocene climate change, due to its setting in the North Atlantic Ocean, where atmospheric and ocean patterns have a significant influence on terrestrial climate. Sub-Arctic locations such as Iceland are sensitive to climatic change and palaeoclimatic records are important for understanding Holocene climate variability and the mechanisms behind these changes. This thesis presents a combined palaeolimnological and glacial geomorphological record of Little Ice Age (LIA) environmental and climatic change since AD ~1440. Despite the growing body of research on chironomid-based studies in Iceland, no records yet exist for southeast Iceland. This lake sediment record from Káravatn includes the first chironomid-inferred temperature (C-IT) record for southeast Iceland, that provides quantitative July temperature estimates, by applying both the Icelandic (Langdon et al., 2008) and Arctic (Medeiros et al., 2022) transfer functions. The C-IT reconstructions have been validated using instrumental temperature measurements from nearby meteorological stations. The lake sediment core was dated using AMS radiocarbon dating and tephrochronology, to provide a well-constrained dating model throughout the core. Sedimentological analysis included magnetic susceptibility, loss on ignition, particle size analysis and geochemical (Itrax) data. The C-IT record, chironomid assemblage and sedimentological data show a cold phase occurring between AD ~1770 and ~1850, which agrees with other palaeoclimatic and glaciological studies. New glacial geomorphological mapping using high-resolution Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) data is presented for Skálafellsjökull, an outlet glacier of the Vatnajökull ice cap. Ice margin reconstructions from aerial imagery and geomorphology were used to propose a conceptual model of deglaciation since the end of the LIA, initiated by rapid warming in the early 20th century and influenced by underlying bedrock topography. This combined glacial and palaeoclimatic record has expanded our understanding LIA climate in southeast Iceland, which is important for producing accurate glaciological and climatic simulation