Objective To examine the knowledge, approaches and attitudes of fitness instructors dealing with clients seeking weight loss advice. Design A qualitative project whereby semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten fitness instructors representing a range of qualifications, work settings and years of experience. Setting Interviews were conducted at neutral sites identified by participants. Methods Interviews explored participants' knowledge on weight related issues including the etiology and consequences of obesity, the exercise strategies used for weight loss, and also professional development issues. All interviews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using an inductive process where ideas of a similar nature were categorised into 'raw themes'. Two researchers independently analysed transcripts to establish trustworthiness.Results Findings revealed that inconsistencies appeared to exist with participants' development and delivery of a weight management programme. In some cases fitness instructors were not adequately prepared for dealing with overweight and obese clients. Conclusion The findings provide further argument for the need for a system of accreditation of fitness instructors within New Zealand (NZ) that provides the public with some measure of quality assurance.

In computing there is a small but growing community who desire to make sense of the role of computing in a world with limits. This community has provided a much needed critical perspective on what has otherwise been computing's contribution to a worsening world state, or at best a weak sustainability. But, by framing the biophysical and social environment as limited, there is a danger of adopting a negative and overly pessimistic approach with the effect of marginalising our message and contribution to computing. Previous attempts to address the tension between a limited world and a positive approach have been foundered on concerns that a techno-utopia is not only unrealisable but efforts to achieve it are exacerbating the problem. In this paper we explore the potential for an explicitly positive approach to computing within limits research: regenerative computing. We describe what regenerative computing within limits might look like and suggest a way forward. We expect this new approach to transform the computing and sustainability discourse, and empower the computing within limits community to become ambassadors of hope and regenerative sustainability. CCS CONCEPTS • Information systems → Collaborative and social computing systems and tools; • Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing; Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for thirdparty components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s).

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The ethical principles underpinning the current research ethics system were developed based on a bio-medical ethical model where the assumption is that these principles are valid and applicable in all research situations (Msoroka, & Amundsen, 2018). However, with the growth of social research and particularly practitioner research, increasingly the ethics system is seen as inappropriate for research that sits outside of a bio-medical context (Brown et al. 2020; Guillemin & Gillam, 2004). The tensions created by a process considered ill-fitting for practitioner research appears to have led to a mindset that ethics is an add-on, thus a process to circumvent (Brown et al., 2020). Despite a plethora of literature espousing this, the voices of practitioner researchers and those who support them appear to be missing. Hence, the purpose of my research was to gain understanding of where research ethics practice rests in the thinking of practitioner-researchers, and those who support these practitioners through their practice inquiry process. There were two phases to my research project. Phase one was an on-line survey and phase two was an interview. Participants were drawn from those who had / were completing a professional practice qualification (learner) and those who supported them through this process (mentor). Following an initial on-line survey, respondents indicated their willingness to be interviewed by the researcher. In total, six learner and three mentor interviews were completed. Grounded Theory methodology was used for the interviews and for the analysis process. Five key themes emerged. These were the scope of ethics, ethical self, researcher responsibility, institutional ethics, and mentor guidance. Following much deliberation with the literature, and re-reading transcripts I developed the research ethics as practice model. This is a model that will help guide practitioners as they come to understand and work through the complexity of ethics related to their work-based learning project. As a professional practitioner I have gained enormously from completing my Master of Professional Practice. My development has spanned the many roles I hold within Otago Polytechnic, including a learning facilitator, Capable NZ’s ethicist, and a researcher. My new learning was nuanced, bringing subtle changes to my practice. I have added to my kete of knowledge which I will take into my future roles as a tertiary educator.

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