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benjane.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer, MPH Prog Leader, #PhysicalActivity & #PublicHealth, #HealthPromotion, #ExerciseReferral, #EdTech. #Plymouth, not as much time on twitter anymore
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NEW PAPER. We review applications of self-determination theory to PA: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... •We review debates within the SDT literature and between SDT and other literatures •We offer suggestions for future SDT research stemming from advances in technology and behavioral science

Today marks 37 years since the BBC did the greatest ever ‘Meet The Teams’ for the 1988 FA Cup Final. The graphics, the backdrop of the Wembley terraces, and the music from Top Gun makes this the most 80s thing you’ll see all day. Absolutely glorious.

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

This weekend's South-West Coastal Path walk was Talland Bay to Polperro

Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education (Feb 2025) doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Highlights of my weekend were seeing my kids doing what they love best. No1 on stage, No2 in the sea

May Day at the beach #Cawsand #Cornwall

You know it's going to be a good day when this is the view #Plymouth #Cornwall

Understanding barriers to participation in group chronic disease self-management (CDSM) programs: A scoping review. Kessler et al (2023) doi.org/10.1016/j.pe... 🔍 Barriers & facilitators: Competing Commitments, Logistics, Perceptions of Illness, Health Service Gaps, Group Dynamics

My brother has just sent me a photo of some barley, wheat, and maize, but it's very low-resolution. I've asked him to send me an image that's less grainy.

📢 I've just updated my FREE student teaching and learning resource on CORE TRAINING. Included: 📄 Key research papers 📊 Lecture slides 🎥 Videos & more www.benjanefitness.com/performance/...

Systematic review of contemporary theories used for co-creation, co-design and co-production in public health. Messiha et al (2023) doi.org/10.1093/pubm...

The Corporate Playbook A self-serving myth insider.iea.org.uk/p/the-corpor... This from a think tank with well documented tobacco funding (who are also notoriously opaque in who else funds them) is a good read Typical of the genre 1/

Misinformation represents a serious threat to individual and global health. We need to understand more about how susceptibility to misinformation is socially patterned so that it doesn’t deepen health inequalities, say Simon Williams and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/389/...

On Stuart Pearce’s 63rd birthday, a reminder of his final match as a player in 2002. Stuck on 99 career goals, an injury time penalty is given at Maine Road. Dave Beasant even tells Pearce he’s going to stand still. The scene is set to retire in style…

Excited to present at Uni of Liverpool’s Theme Park of Innovation 2025 conf 9/5/25 I’ll share how I’ve used gen AI to create innovative teaching & learning resources on Canvas VLE. Find out more here: 👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i... #EdTech #GenAI #InnovationInEducation #CanvasVLE

Identifying Concepts of Physical Activity Which Are Clinically Meaningful to Patients and Care Providers: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them: www.thetimes.com/article/245f...

Today...I am mostly listening to Piero Umiliani

As a historian of eugenics, I can tell you that the "taxes" thing is straight up from sterilization eugenics. Not only that, it represents an even more extreme form of early 20thC. eugenics that I study: euthanasia eugenics. They are tax burdens therefore they shouldn't exist. 1/2

Ever wondered how fast athletes actually are? Behold!

OUR CHAPTER IN PRINT! 📖 Just received this new Routledge book featuring our work - ably led by @profdcotton.bsky.social - on redefining assessments for the AI era GenAI is forcing education to ask: When computers can write essays, how do we really measure learning? #AIEd #HigherEd

Back on the beach in #Plymouth

Report on how a PR company funded by the meat industry undermined the EAT Lancet report, spreading info through trad and social media focussing on "hypocrisy" of the EAT team. Accounts in here about how the authors were attacked a) for being vegan, and b) for not being vegan.

Lush morning on the beach #Plymouth

Great night this week seeing Kula Shaker and Ocean Colour Scene in Plymouth

Good morning from Plymouth

Morning walk round the Noss Mayo circular. #devon

Hello from my morning coffee in Plymouth

It’s only embezzlement if it’s from the Embézzle region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling corruption.

It's ridiculous that #Reacher sent Kohl to arrest Quinn and didn't go as well. #series3 It's silly that he didn't already know that a .22 bullet might not kill someone (if that's the case)

47 years ago Poly Styrene with X-Ray Spex at CBGB, New York, March 1978. Photos by Ebet Roberts #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #polystyrene #xrayspex #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory

What influences health inequalities? Our Evidence Hub has been updated and expanded, with the latest insights into the impact of inequalities by deprivation, geography, ethnicity and disability. Explore the evidence ⬇️ buff.ly/UGXrClY

When someone's done a massive poo in the sandpit and you're pretty sure who.

My FREE student teaching and learning resource on Critical Analysis. www.benjanefitness.com/critical-ana...

Good morning from Plymouth

Co-Design Approach to Develop a Motivational Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Engagement and Maintenance Among Individuals in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings important lessons for other populations HT @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

36 hrs in Bristol this week to see #HighVis They smashed it, and if you fancy some great punk vocals over 90s, baggy, shoegazey riffs, I highly recommend.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise

Morning Soundtrack Robert Glasper | Black Radio

Afternoon soundtrack George Benson | Breezin'

This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Evening Soundtrack Rosali | Bite Down

I wonder if gambling companies have considered advertising?

Mademoiselle Billaud after winning a cyclocross race. It's the 100th anniversary of this photo, and it still goes harder than anything on the Internet. February 14, 1925 #otd

Morning soundtrack Yussef Dayes | Black Classical Music

This is the *ultimate* venn diagram of the Trump administration's actions. Logged by @chrischirp.bsky.social 5 dimensions: 1️⃣ attacks on science, health, education 2️⃣ undermining institutions and government 3️⃣ suppressing dissent and information control 4️⃣ dismantling rights 5️⃣ aggressive foreign policy

Live now! For all ICS leads, vcse and communities, this is a fantastic framework to work together and start doing the work rather than talk or 'engage' This has been codesigned in a collaborative approach with wide range of stakeholders. I dare you to take a look! @jacoblant.bsky.social