My profile

Biography

Since first securing my BASES Accreditation in 2000, I have worked as an applied sport scientist working within elite sport, and more recently as a lecturer within the Higher Education sector, training the next generation…

Sport Science Support:

  • COORDINATION: Member of the initial Sport England Sport Science and Medicine Team, tasked with establishing the regional centers of the English Institute of Sport.
  • SUPPORT: Experience working with athletes and/or squads from British Athletics, British Orienteering, British Para-Swimming, England Netball, England Golf (men and women), Regional Golf (juniors and seniors), Disability Cricket, English professional league football.

External Examiner positions:

  • Manchester Metropolitan University [2022-onwards] - Institutional Facilitator for the AdvanceHE Develop the Developer Programme (DDP)
  • University of Lincoln [2017-2022] - MSc Sport Science
  • University of Roehampton [2017] - BSc Sport and Exercise Science
  • Coventry University [2015] - BSc Sport and Exercise Science
  • University of Central Lancashire [2011-2016] - FDA Football Coaching

Professional Associations:

  • British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences  (BASES) Accreditied Physiologist - applied support + pedagogy
  • International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) - Level 2

Teaching

I teach across a variety of areas, including:

  • Academic Skills
  • Applied Sport Science Support
  • Athlete Development
  • Sport and Exercise Physiology

Supervision

I have supervised a number of colleagues through their BASES Supervised Experience.

Previous supervision:

Current supervision:

Research outputs

Career history

2000-2002

English Institute of Sport: Regional Institute Services Coordinator

2000-2003

England Netball: Regional Talent Squad Coordinator

2002-2005

British Para-Swimming: Sport Science and Medicine Coordinator

2002-2015

England Golf: Physiologist for U21, U18 and U16 squads

2005-2014

Manchester Met: BSc (Hons.) Sport & Exercise Programme Leader

2006-2012

Yorkshire Golf: Physiologist for A-squad, B-squad and U16s

2010-2015

British Orienteering: Physiologist for the junior and senior squads

2013-2015

Disability Cricket: Regional Sport Science Facilitator

2014-2018

Manchester Met: Faculty Lead for Student Experience

2018-2022

Manchester Met: Department Lead for Education