A critical analysis of family law mediation in England and Wales

The focus for this thesis for the LLM by Research is Family Law Mediation in England and Wales. The research is looking at the system both as it stands currently as well as past changes made by the government. It starts by looking at where mediation stands within alternative dispute resolution and what the history of alternative dispute resolution entails. It then moves on to look at the place of mediation in the family law system. It is mainly looking at four major parts the first one being the introduction of The Family Law Act in 1996 and what impact this had on the stance of mediation. The second part is looking at the introduction of Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings and how successful they were at meeting increasing the mediation intake. Thirdly the research looks at the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and how this changed the legal aid available for family law and what this did for mediation. Finally the research also looks at what stance children have in the mediation process and whether mediation is a beneficial process for them. Throughout the thesis is critique and analysis of these aspects of mediation concluding with whether or not the current system meets the aims the government have for alternative dispute resolution and what the future of mediation holds

The SALIENT checklist: gathering up the ways inwhich built environments affect what we do andhow we feel

In recent years, behavioural science has emerged as an additional tool to explore the impact of built environments on behaviour and wellbeing. Recognising the potential for further research in this field, we have sought to better understand how built environments affect what we do, as well as how they make us feel. We began this process through a review of the behavioural science literature, and have brought together evidence to develop a checklist for design with wellbeing in mind. In this paper, we present Sound, Air, Light, Image, Ergonomics and Tint as the mnemonic SALIENT, which forms a checklist. We outline an example where elements of the checklist have been applied in a real-world setting to examine subjective wellbeing (SWB). We present this example to illustrate how the SALIENT checklist could potentially be applied more extensively to measure the impact of built environments on wellbeing

Factors Associated With the Underrepresentation of Female Head Coaches in Intercollegiate Athletics

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived barriers, stereotypes, and workplace challenges that contributed to the underrepresentation of female head coaches in intercollegiate athletics. One-hundred-twenty-four current collegiate coaches affiliated with three NCAA conferences completed their responses through an online survey. A 26-item self-created survey was implemented to identify perceived attributes and barriers which impact the females’ involvement in the coaching profession. The results yielded four constructs of attributes and three types of barriers that affected female coaches’ success for job obtainment and career advancement. Unlike the older experienced coaches, young and less experienced coaches tended to value the importance of administrative support less. Coaches with a higher level of education (having earned a graduate degree) also perceived the “dominant culture and social stereotypes” as a significant barrier that impeded female coaches’ career. Based on the findings of the study, athletic departments ought to provide more family-related and administrative support to satisfy the needs of female coaches. For a department that does not provide such support, it may consider a change in its existing culture by offering more support in order to sustain the female coaches’ career in a long-term basis. Limitations of the study and directions for future studies were further discussed

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INJURY PREVENTION WARM-UP FOR FEMALE COLLEGIATE SOCCER PLAYERS

Neuromuscular training programs have been shown to decrease injury risk. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a soccer-specific injury prevention warm-up program at improving game-time movement patterns. Acceleration and gyroscope data from IMUs and foot forces from smart insoles were collected in-the-field from 16 players during regularly scheduled soccer practice sessions. Change in impact and tibial anterior shear force, and lower extremity kinematics were compared throughout the season with a MANOVA. Tibial anterior shear force and acceleration, knee extension, and knee valgus decreased within each training session (Λ = 0.387, F18,75 = 12.65, p \u3c 0.01), but not across the season (Λ = 0.913, F5,18 = 0.34, p = 0.879). This injury prevention warm-up program may be effective at modifying ACL injury risk factors in the short-term but not the long-term