The clothes peg is a commonly used (at least in the summer) household object. Most of us have them, though we rarely regard them. They are so basic yet so useful, they have the ability of serving many functions in addition to it’s original one. It can be used to hang stuff, to hold, to fasten, endless number of uses. The… Continue reading PEGs are not just for hanging out the laundry!
Category: Research
Business Support Simplification – an analysis
Is it possible for a Government to provide simple support to businesses? Well the UK Government thinks it is, but recognises that it hasn’t been very good at the simple part. A few years ago some wag pointed out that there were over 3,000 different grants, programmes, schemes, advice networks, etc (nobody really knew the… Continue reading Business Support Simplification – an analysis
Sir Ken in his element
Are you passionately doing something you’re good at? That was Sir Ken Robinson‘s challenge to us (and everyone really) last night at the Arnolfini. I hadn’t seen his TED2006 presentation, you should, its just there on the right. First of all, Sir Ken is an exceptional speaker. Very self-depreciating sense of humour, great timing, stage… Continue reading Sir Ken in his element
A real Live Guy
A variation of igFest‘s Moosehunt came to Bristol yesterday in the form of Vodafone’s LiveGuy, his mission (which it looks like he accepted with eagerness): I’m travelling from the north to the south of Britain, laying down clues to my whereabouts. Your mission is to find me – and maybe even bag yourself a netbook.… Continue reading A real Live Guy
Journal Letters – continuing a saga
When you write a journal article you are trying to do a number of things. You are; Disseminating the information you have gathered Keeping the literature up to date Telling your story and defending your position Putting your head above the parapet Having written your article and had it accepted you feel very pleased with… Continue reading Journal Letters – continuing a saga
Key activity indicators of successful companies
What makes successful companies different? What a great research question, and one that the University of Strathclyde posited a couple years back. They followed up with 37 companies, in 8 EU countries and gathered over 1,000 stories (interview descriptions of processes and activities). Catherine Maguire from Strathclyde was presenting their findings. They began with the… Continue reading Key activity indicators of successful companies
Diving Diseases Research at Dive 2008
I have had the pleasure of working at the ‘Diving Diseases Research Centre’ for more than 9 years. One of the things that I have been involved in numerous times over that period is staffing the stand at the national dive shows. DDRC’s introduction to the world reads ‘DDRC – Is a charity providing support… Continue reading Diving Diseases Research at Dive 2008
Publications – Just like buses!
Sometimes you can be working on projects for years and you can feel that no substantial outputs are ever going to come from them. Then all of a sudden stuff happens! Sometimes the stuff is further funding, sometimes it is conference abstracts, posters or oral presentations and sometimes you get publications. That is the case… Continue reading Publications – Just like buses!
New Publication – Personality as a predisposing factor for DCI: A pilot study
As you may have read in my short biography (home page), I have had a long interest in the psychology of SCUBA diving. I have undertaken a couple of projects in this area and this is one of those. The work was part of my MSc in Psychological Research Methods, undertaken at the University of… Continue reading New Publication – Personality as a predisposing factor for DCI: A pilot study
New publication – Educational Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
This (below) is the abstract from a piece of research that has taken quite some time to complete, but that is the joy of a multi-centre study. The paper is available online ahead of hard copy publication. So please have a read if the abstract is of interest and feel free to ask any questions… Continue reading New publication – Educational Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation