Sport and active lifestyles
Sheffield Hallam is one of the largest providers of sports courses and research in the UK. Our range of courses include sports coaching, sports exercise science, sport business and event management, youth sport and community development. The quality of our provision has been rated 24/24 by the Higher Education Council.
You benefit from access to world class sports facilities, such as our virtual campus at English Institute of Sport, Sheffield; and our sport and exercise science laboratories, which are some of the finest in the UK.
Sheffield itself has a proud sporting legacy. It was designated as the UK's first City of Sport and offers many venues for training, work placement and career opportunities.
Sheffield Hallam's partnership with the English Institute of Sport (EIS) gives our 500 sports students access to world class sporting facilities. Find out more.
The Guardian University Guide 2012 puts Sheffield Hallam's sport science courses at 11th place for 2012, compared with 23rd in 2011. Find out more.
We have launched a unique set of media operations modules in partnership with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
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We offer continuing professional development modules and short courses. Find out more.
Find out more about the partnership between Sheffield Hallam and LOCOG and the resulting opportunities for Sheffield Hallam students.
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This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of physical education and youth sport. It is an ideal course for those considering a career as a physical education (PE) teacher, or working in the wider area of youth and school sport provision and development.You develop your knowledge and understanding of • the concepts, processes and... More information
This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of sport and exercise science. You develop the analytical skills and personal qualities expected of a science graduate alongside specialist knowledge and expertise in sport and exercise. You increase your knowledge and understanding of how scientific methods can be used to examine sport and... More information
The sports industry is rapidly expanding in the UK, and the legacy of the London Olympics will lead to increasing employment opportunities in sport business management.Efficient business and management systems are essential for any sports organisation, creating a demand for graduates with knowledge of the sports industry and business management.... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code C6N2
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This course develops your skills to be an effective coach so you can help unlock the potential in young people, adult participants and performers. We provide you with a broad study of coaching, allowing you to gain confidence and the ability to design, deliver and evaluate modern sport coaching activities. Employment as a graduate sport coach is... More information
This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of sport development and coaching. You learn how to plan and deliver sport to different groups and communities in the UK, while examining all levels of sport development, from foundation to excellence.A key element of the course is your work placement, which provides you with valuable... More information
This course is for high achieving graduates in engineering and the physical sciences who wish to develop and apply their technical knowledge to the world of sport. It gives you the skills and knowledge to work at the cutting edge of research and development in the sports equipment industry. The sports industry is a large and rapidly growing area... More information
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The continued expansion of spectator and recreational sports in commercial, public and non-profit organisations has created a need for motivated and capable leaders. This in turn, has created many opportunities for postgraduates with the necessary business management skills.This course is aimed at people working towards a career in the management... More information
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This course develops your knowledge and understanding of how scientific methods are used to examine physical activity and exercise. You explore how important physical activity and exercise are for a healthy lifestyle. The main subjects studied are exercise physiology, psychology and nutrition.We develop your analytical skills and personal... More information
This course is for people working towards careers as researchers or practitioners delivering a full range of sport and exercise science services to the industry. The course provides core academic, research and practitioner skills, alongside specialist skills in • biomechanics and performance analysis • physiology and nutrition • psychology •... More information
This course develops your skills to be an effective coach so you can help to unlock the potential in young people, adult participants and performers. We provide you with a broad study of sport coaching, allowing you to gain confidence and the ability to design, deliver and evaluate modern sport coaching interventions. Employment as a graduate... More information
This course develops your understanding of how to use scientific methods to examine the coaching process, and how they can develop and maintain the performance of elite athletes.We provide you with a broad study of the sport and coaching sciences, giving you specialist knowledge and practical expertise in the areas of • applied physiology •... More information
This course is for people wanting to enter a career in sport or exercise psychology, who hold the British Psychological Society (BPS) Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) and are working towards becoming a chartered sport and exercise psychologist.Successfully completing the course provides you with Stage 1 of the BPS Qualification in... More information
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This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of sport and exercise science. It helps you develop your analytical and professional skills together with specialist knowledge and expertise in sport and exercise. You increase your knowledge and understanding of how scientific methods can be used to study sport and exercise. You study •... More information
This course is for people interested in developing an understanding of the sense of excitement and drama that surrounds sport. We provide you with the knowledge and expertise to follow a career in sport or go on to further academic study and research. It is suitable if you have an interest in • sport • sociology • politics • psychology • cultural... More information
The sports industry is rapidly expanding in the UK, and with the influence of the 2012 Olympics there are increasing employment opportunities in sport business management. Efficient business and management systems are essential for any organisation in the sport sector, creating a demand for graduates with knowledge of the sports industry and... More information
Undergraduate
Part-time
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This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of sport development and coaching. You learn how to plan and deliver sport to different groups and communities in the UK, while examining all levels of sport development, from foundation to excellence.A key element of the course is your work placement, which provides you with valuable... More information
This course develops your knowledge and understanding of how scientific methods are used to examine physical activity and exercise. You explore how important physical activity and exercise are for a healthy lifestyle. The main subjects studied are exercise physiology, psychology and nutrition.We develop your analytical skills and personal... More information
This course develops your understanding of how to use scientific methods to examine the coaching process and how they can develop and maintain the performance of elite athletes. We provide you with a broad study of the sport and coaching sciences, giving you specialist knowledge and practical expertise in the areas of • applied physiology •... More information
This course has been developed in response to two major developments in the study of sport. These are the• profound changes in how sport and related cultural formations are theorised and understood • increasing role sport plays in the health and wellbeing of society, and its attempt to improve the quality of life in local communities, catering for... More information
This course is for people interested in developing an understanding of the sense of excitement and drama that surrounds sport. We provide you with the knowledge and expertise to follow a career in sport or go on to further academic study and research. It is suitable if you have an interest in • sport • sociology • politics • psychology • cultural... More information
The global sports industry is expanding rapidly due to• the growth of global brands, sports equipment, sponsorship, broadcasting, sports travel and tourism • the legacy of major sports events such as the Beijing and London Olympics Efficient business and management systems are essential for any sports organisation, creating a demand for graduates... More information
This course provides a broad, multidisciplinary study of sport technology.You develop your knowledge and understanding of why technology is important in the sport environment, and the analytical skills and personal qualities you need for a successful career. Topics range from manufacturing and marketing a product to using suitable instrumentation... More information
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Full-time
UCAS code C6G4
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Sports journalism is one of the fastest growing areas in print and broadcast media. The publicity departments of major sport clubs and organisations are also expanding rapidly.On this course, you learn how • the sports department of media organisations operate• to produce news stories, match reports, preview features, opinion pieces and... More information
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This interprofessional course enables experienced professionals from all areas of health, social care, biomedical science and sport and exercise science to focus on their specific research interests and gain a professional doctorate award.Professional doctorates are equivalent to PhDs but focus on the development of professional practice and suit... More information
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This course is for qualified physiotherapists who are interested in sports physiotherapy practice. It develops and enhances your career by providing an evidence-based and holistic approach to managing sport injury. Our students come from diverse cultural and sporting backgrounds and bring a wide range of experiences with them. We draw on this... More information
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Sheffield Hallam to run sport campus at the English Institute of Sport
The English Institute of Sport athletics arena
Richard Lewis, chair of Sport England, visited Sheffield Hallam University this week to mark the signing of an agreement that gives 500 students access to world class sporting facilities at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield (EIS Sheffield).
The deal, worth Ł1m over ten years, will mean that Sheffield Hallam has a sport campus at EIS Sheffield, with teaching and learning space at the site and facilities for academic members of staff. The deal will benefit all sports students at the University, and those who compete in top level sport.
Mark Swales, Director of Facilities at Sheffield Hallam said: "We are delighted to announce the new partnership between Sheffield Hallam and EIS Sheffield. This agreement means our students have access to some of the finest sporting facilities in the country, which will support and enhance their learning experience.
"Sheffield Hallam has more sports related students than any other university in the UK and we also boast a unique sports research cluster that can offer expertise in all aspects of sport. Alongside this, Sheffield itself has a proud sporting legacy. It was designated as the UK's first City of Sport and this year will be hosting its biggest ever sporting programme."
Steve Brailey, chief executive of Sheffield International Venues (SIV), which operates EIS Sheffield, said: “The agreement is a superb example of two leading Sheffield names working together to harness sporting excellence in the city."
EIS Sheffield will provide the students with access to first-class teaching and learning environments alongside leading names from the world of sport also based at the venue such as Jessica Ennis, Britain’s number one table tennis player Paul Drinkhall and the GB Boxing squads.
Richard Lewis, Chair of Sport England, said: "This deal is good news for sport and good news for the hundreds of students who’ll benefit every year. Sheffield Hallam is clearly a university that sees sport as a key part of its future. Its fitness and sporting facilities are excellent, and the sports research I have seen today has been truly inspirational."
Sheffield Hallam's sport science on the rise
Sheffield Hallam University's sport science courses are rapidly becoming some of the best in the country, according to a league table of UK universities published this week.
The Guardian University Guide 2012 puts Sheffield Hallam's sport science courses at 11th place for 2012, compared with 23rd in 2011.
The Guardian ranks universities according to their teaching quality and covers courses at UK universities for students starting in 2012. The rankings are based on satisfaction with courses, and student employability following completion in particular.
Guy Masterman, Head of Sport at Sheffield Hallam University, said: "The new rankings reflect the quality of sport teaching and research here, as well as the opportunities we offer our students in sport at Sheffield Hallam.
"We have one of the largest cohorts of sport students in the UK and one of the broadest range of courses covering all of sport science, management, development, society and culture, coaching, physical education and youth sport.
"A league table that acknowledges the quality of our teaching programmes is very important for students who are making decisions on where they want to study sport. Here at Sheffield Hallam we have a strong focus on student satisfaction and employability that is also acknowledged in the National Student Survey and graduate employment statistics.
"This is also acknowledgement of our excellent students, who are clearly recognising that they receive a high quality education that gives them strong career prospects."
Applications for the University's ten undergraduate degrees are consistently high and its sport coaching degrees are some of the most popular and competitive in the country, with over 30 applications per place.
New Olympic modules are first of their kind
Sheffield Hallam University has launched a unique set of modules in partnership with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), making it the only university in the UK to officially partner LOCOG in this way.
The 'media operations' modules are designed to introduce students to the process and practice of working with the media during major sport events, and will provide them with opportunities to work with the media during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
On successful completion of the modules, Sheffield Hallam students will be well placed to apply for volunteer positions to help manage the 5,600 accredited media representatives at the Games' Main Press Centre and in the London 2012 sporting venues. LOCOG will begin recruitment for the volunteer programme later this year.
An estimated 600 students are expected to opt to take the modules before the start of the Games. The modules will continue to run long after the Games have concluded to ensure students are able to help deliver the media operations function for other major sporting events being held in the UK in the next decade.
Rosemary Leach, principal lecturer in sport at the University, said: 'The modules have been developed alongside LOCOG and will give sport students the knowledge and skills required to engage with the media.
'It's great news for the region and will mean hundreds of the region's students will have opportunities to volunteer at the London 2012 games and future sporting events.'
Jonathan Edwards, Olympic gold medallist and LOCOG Board Member, said: 'The Sheffield Hallam media operations programme offers students a unique opportunity to launch their careers by being involved one of the biggest media and sporting events in the world.
'It is the first programme of its kind to be developed by LOCOG and a university. It has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark in recognition of the education and participation opportunities it will create.'
The modules are open to students studying BSc (Hons) Sport Event Management and BSc (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching.
Sheffield Hallam is the only University in the world to have had agreements to provide student volunteers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and the London 2012 Olympics.
Matt Dixon, one of our sport development students, is working with the LOCOG press operations team. He said: 'I'm really enjoying working with LOCOG's press operations team. It's a completely new experience for me to work with such a high-profile organisation. I'm learning lots of skills from the team here, and it's incredible to be a part of London 2012 through my university course.
'Sporting events don't get any bigger than the Olympics and the scale of what I'm doing still hasn't sunk in - but I'm sure it will over the next few days.
'During the Games I'll be working as a volunteer in the mixed zone in the aquatics centre. The mixed zone is where journalists interview athletes after events and I'm looking forward to working so closely with athletes and media.'
Final year sports students pictured with Lord Coe, while on a tour of the developing Olympic Park as part of their module on the application of media skills for major sport events.
Physiology research laboratory
Physiology research lab designed for use by our undergraduate students.
Physiology research laboratory
Physiology research lab designed for use by our postgraduate students.
David Rogerson
Course leader for BA (Hons) Sport Science for Performance Coaching
I have been working at Sheffield Hallam since 2007 in both teaching and consultancy roles. I am the course leader for sport science for performance coaching and I teach across all years at undergraduate and postgraduate in areas such as sports nutrition, nutrition for physical activity and health and training principles.
I module lead nutrition and metabolism at level 4, contribute to integrated physiology and nutrition at level 5, research in physical activity and health at level 5 and applied sports nutrition at level 6. In addition, I module lead training and performance: high intensity domain at postgraduate and contribute to advanced sports nutrition and nutrition for physical activity and health also. Although I have only been teaching at Sheffield Hallam for a few years, prior to this I taught in various Further Education colleges on BTEC and Access to Higher Education courses.
Research interests and activities
As an active nutritional consultant I have a varied profile and have been fortunate to work with athletes of all levels, including professional sports clubs, elite-level individuals and international teams, such as GB Volleyball (ladies), Rotherham Titans, Sheffield Eagles and PGMOL. I also work with the general public and non-athletic individuals, and deliver wellness services and nutrition short courses and workshops as part of Sheffield Hallam’s ‘SHU Wellness’ program.
In addition I have also provided consultancy services to industry and commercial partners designing specialised performance meals, designing and developing novel sports supplements for the athletic market and assisting new product developments for international food manufacturers.
As a nutritionist I have professional interests in sports nutrition, supplementation and ergogenic aids and nutritional strategies for weight loss and weight gain but I also have specific interests in strength training and training theory. As well as my nutritional profile, I have provided strength and conditioning support for a variety of individual athletes and currently consult with professional boxers. Outside of work I am compete as a powerlifter and I am currently training to compete as a weightlifter.
Dr David James
MSc Sports Engineering course leader
I am course leader for the MSc Sports Engineering. This is a unique programme and a course that I have personally developed to meet the demands of the sports equipment industry. I have extensive contacts and strong relationships with some key players within the industry and was recently voted onto the Executive Committee of the International Sports Engineering Association.
I have a mechanical engineering background with a PhD from the University of Sheffield that focused on modelling the complex bounce of a cricket ball. I have been privileged to work in a world leading research centre for eleven years and have published extensively in a range of sports engineering areas. My current area of research focuses on the historical impact of technology in sport and the ethical considerations of an increasingly scientific sporting arena.
I am a leading science communicator and was recently awarded a prestigious fellowship in public engagement from the Royal Academy of Engineering. I regularly deliver high profile lectures on the role that technology plays in sport and have appeared on countless stages including the Cheltenham Science Festival, the BA Festival of Science, The Manchester Science Festival and the Royal Institute’s Faraday lecture theatre.
Janet Vickers
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching
I am the course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and a senior lecturer in sport coaching and physical education. My key teaching areas are sport coaching, and physical Education
I teach PGCE Physical Education, and am an academic tutor. Before my appointment as a lecturer with Sheffield Hallam in 1999, I taught physical education.
My current teaching interests involve exploring strategies supporting learning, teaching and assessment outside the classroom, often in the outdoors. I'm using science and technology to inform a variety of direct teaching, and coaching interventions. My masters research investigated the efficacy of specific training to improve sport performance.
I am a sports coach for all within the Sheffield rowing community. I coach on and off the water for both university, and City of Sheffield's club members.
I am a member of Association for PE, Sports Coach UK, TASS accreditation and High Performance Hallam.
Dr Joanne Butt
MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology course leader
I joined Sheffield Hallam University in September 2005 having completed my master's degree and doctorate at Miami University, Ohio in the USA. I teach on a variety of sport psychology related modules at undergraduate level and supervise sport psychology MSc research projects.
I am a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (British Psychological Society) and also accredited with the British Association for Sport and Exercise Science (BASES).
I also work as a sport psychologist and researcher in the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science (CSES). I provide sport psychology consultancy services to various teams and individual athletes including hockey, tennis and football. I am currently the sport psychologist for the GB Women's Volleyball team.
I am currently supervising three PhD research students in the broad areas of talent development, stress, and mental toughness. Much of my own research has focused on the topics of mental toughness, competitive anxiety and stress, failure in youth sport, and goal-setting, and has resulted in international presentations and publications.
Recent publications and chapters include
Butt, J., & Molnar, G. (2009). Involuntary career termination in sport: A case study of the process of structurally induced failure. Sport in Society, 12, 2, 240-257.
Butt, J., Weinberg, R.S., & Culp, B. (2010). Exploring mental toughness in NCAA athletes. Journal of Intercollegiate Sports, 3, 316-332.
Olusoga, P., Butt, J., Maynard, I.W., & Hays, K. (2010). Stress and Coping: A study of World Class Coaches. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 22, 3, 274-293.
Weinberg, R.S, Butt, J. & Culp, B. Coaches’ views of mental toughness and how it is built (in press, 2011). International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 9, 2.
Weinberg, R. & Butt, J. (2011). Building mental toughness. In D. Gucciardi & S. Gordon (Ed,). Mental Toughness in Sport: Developments in theory and research. Routledge.
Damian Kingsbury
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
I graduated with a degree in sport and exercise science from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1998, going on to receive a Postgraduate Certificate of Education and a research masters from the same University, whilst working there as a lecturer in sport and exercise science.
I came to Sheffield Hallam in 2005 and, until my appointment as course leader, undertook a dual role as a senior sport science officer with the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science and senior lecturer in the Department of Sport. During my time at the University, I have worked with England Lacrosse, England Rugby League and the Sheffield Eagles Rugby League team, as well as working with athletes from sports in BMX, swimming, netball, rugby union, football and track and field.
My main areas of teaching specialism are in the scientific support of athletes, teams and exercisers as well as in movement coordination and skill acquisition (motor control).
My research interests include the effect of manipulating training variables in resistance training programmes, and the use of an ecological approach in the acquisition and development of movement coordination, control and skill.
I am also a founding member of the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES).
Dr Tony Blackshaw
MA Sport, Culture and Community course leader
I joined the sport department in September 1999, having been a postgraduate researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University, where I undertook an ethnographic and qualitative study of men, masculinities, modernity and leisure.
At undergraduate level, I teach on the modules • football and society • re-imagining society • social perceptions of leisure. At postgraduate level, I am course leader for the MA Sport, Culture and Community and teach • sport and community in the sociological tradition • sport, community and the cultural turn • research matters. I am also the external examiner for the postgraduate sport programme at the University of Brighton.
I am currently supervising two PhD research projects on football and everyday life and sport and celebrity culture. I would welcome proposals for PhD research projects on any aspect of sport, leisure and popular culture.
Much of my research has focused specifically on the social impact of sport. I recently completed a project which explored the relationship between state sport interventions, masculinities and social exclusion in Malaysia. I have also worked on several prestigious research projects in the UK, including Football and its Communities (Football Foundation) and the Positive Futures Case Study Research Project (Home Office). I am currently working on a three year research oral history project on generations and social change in Leeds, which is funded by the British Academy.
My publications have focused around four substantive areas • sport • leisure • community studies • the sociology of Zygmunt Bauman.
I am author of numerous journal articles and books, including
• New Perspectives on Sport and Deviance (with Tim Crabbe) (Routledge, 2004)
• Key Concepts in Community Studies (Sage, 2010)
• Leisure (Routledge, 2010)
• Zygmunt Bauman (Routledge, 2005)
I am currently working on The Routledge International Handbook of Leisure Studies, which will be published in 2012.
Dr David Claxton
MSc Sport and Exercise Science and MSc Physical Activity for Health course leader
I am the course leader for the MSc Sport and Exercise Science and MSc Physical Activity for Health. Most of my career has been spent in higher education after working as a sport and exercise physiology technician. I studied a PhD in oxygen uptake kinetics in children and have been lecturing in exercise science, physical activity and sport performance since 2004.
I have a broad range of research interests including acute and chronic response to hypoxia and the physiological responses of play and structured physical education lessons. More recently my focus has been upon the effects of modified running gait on physiological performance and on injury risk. I am currently working on an innovative system for vertical run training to assist performance and rehabilitation of field invasive games players and runners.
Vicky Wilkinson
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching
Phone 0114 225 5596
E-mail: v.wilkinson@shu.ac.uk
I am the course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching degree. I teach across a range of modules on both the sport development with coaching and the physical education and youth sport undergraduate degree routes and the postgraduate sport development leadership and management programme.
I have over 15 years industry experience in sport development, having been employed within both local authority and sport national governing body organisations. The main feature of my various positions was to increase participation in sport and physical activity and the creation of sporting pathways for participants, coaches and volunteers.
I joined the University in 2003 as a senior lecturer and have been involved with student liaison since 2005 before taking on the role of course leader. My research interests include the role of the voluntary sports club in the community and the nature and purpose of sport development.
Ben Tan
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport
Ben is the course leader for the BSc (Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport course. He teaches mainly to the physical education and youth sport, sport development and coaching, and sports coaching cohort of students.
He is also module leader for research in sport, and physical activity for level 5 and project module for level 6 students studying the above degrees.
Originally from a higher education background, Ben then worked for 12 years in PE and school sport development at a national level with government, QCDA, schools and local authorities across England and other home countries before he arrived at Sheffield Hallam University.
He began his career as an associate lecturer and project officer, working under the guidance of eminent PE educator Rod Thorpe. Ben developed prototype programmes that were adopted to become TOP Play and TOP Sport, both national programmes promoted by the Youth Sport Trust to assist teachers in delivering games education in PE using the ‘games for understanding approach’.
In his national role developing PE and school sport, Ben was responsible for managing and supporting the development gifted and talented identification protocols, as well as working with eminent academics Prof. Richard Bailey and Dr. Dave Morley to develop continuing professional development (CPD) programmes for current PE teachers, and managing the development of quality standards for talent identification and talent development in PE.
Ben has extensive experience in delivering CPD for teachers and local authority advisers in talent development in physical education. He has had a wealth of background experience working on national programmes and initiatives in PE and school sport with national governing bodies of sport, school sports partnerships, sports colleges, academies with a sports specialism, Excellence in Cities authorities, London G&T, and other national and regional agencies in a PE and sport context. Ben's expertise revolved about strategic and policy development, and interventionist approaches for talented pupils in PE and whole school impact.
Ben's main interests include the identification and development of talent in PE, talent development in sport in young people, abilities in talented children in PE and sport.
Recent projects include
• Managing the development of Quality Standards for Talent Development in Physical Education (YST/DfES 2006-2007)
Val Stevenson
MSc Leading and Managing Sport Development course leader
I came to Sheffield Hallam in 2009 after teaching part-time at Leeds Metropolitan. Prior to moving into higher education, I worked in sport for over 20 years in a range of areas including education as well as the public and private sectors. I have worked at all levels from community through to national.
I am committed to this course because it provides a unique opportunity nationally for professionals in the field to use their experience to gain a postgraduate qualification.
Currently I'm also teaching undergraduate courses, mainly on modules concerned with enhancing the employability of our students. This includes skills and enterprise modules. I organise the six-week work placements that our students undertake during their second year, this is in my capacity as employability lead for the department of sport.
Sports-wise, I am actively involved in sport as a • participant • coach • tutor • committee member • parent • spectator. I am currently contributing chapters to a new book on strategic sports development. My other published work is also in this area.
Dr Donna Woodhouse
Course leader for BA (Hons) Sport and Community Development
Previously a Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam, carrying out research for the Home Office, I am now a senior lecturer, focussing on social and cultural issues in sport. I am course leader for BA (Hons) Sport and Community Development and also have responsibility for enhancing student employability skills through teaching and work placement.
Whilst completing my Football Association/Economic and Social Research Council funded PhD on the development of football for females in England, the USA and Norway, I also wrote on women's football for Sportal, and was contributor/editor on the Guardian's Football AllTalk web site.
Prior to moving to Sheffield Hallam, I worked in London and the Potteries in the voluntary and statutory sectors as a community safety and community development officer and manager on Safer Cities, Single Regeneration Budget, Community Fund and Home Office financed projects. My work covered areas such as training groups in stadia communities, writing policy to address elder abuse, countering hate crimes, reducing street prostitution, and supporting drug rehabilitation projects, as well as running initiatives to address city centre retail crime and anti social behaviour.
Research interests
My research, publication and lecturing interests centre around qualitative research, examining community, young people sport and social inclusion, and crime and deviance.
I also teach on the MA Sport, Culture and Community, and supervise a PhD student who is researching the FA’s Women’s Super League. I am an advisor to the Big Lottery Fund/Football Unites, Racism Divides research project ‘Football: A Sense of Belonging?’
Dr David Broom
Course leader for BA (Hons) Physical Activity, Health and Exercise Science
David completed his degree in physical education and sports science (1st class honours) at Loughborough University (2001). Whilst working for the British Heart Foundation’s National Centre for Physical Activity and Health he completed a part-time Masters (gaining a distinction) in Physical Activity and Health (2004) before completing a full time PhD also at Loughborough University. David has gained numerous exercise instructor and exercise referral qualifications.
Now a senior lecturer and course leader for BA (Hons) Physical Activity, Health and Exercise Science, David delivers on taught modules including physical activity referral schemes, physical activity, health and disease and principles and practice of exercise prescription: screening and monitoring. Research interests/current work.
Research interests
David has a broad interest in the benefits of physical activity for health. Recent work has involved the study of the effects of exercise on appetite and appetite related hormones as well as the effects of exercise on cardiovascular disease risk factors including blood pressure and postprandial lipemia.
David currently supervises a PhD student, is a member of British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and American College of Sports Medicine and has presented at many UK and international conferences.
Dr Mohsen Shafizadeh
Senior lecturer
I completed my PhD in Motor Learning and Control in 2004 and since that time I have taught different courses in related subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at a number of universities. I was post doc associate researcher at University College London and worked on movement control in low back patients before I come to Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012.
My research has centred on focus of attention, visual modelling, instruction and feedback in control and learning of movement skills in sport and clinical settings. I have supervised many students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as acting as consultant on statistical analysis and research methods to many sport and exercise scientists. I was sport consultant of Archers for Paralympics Games in 2004 and also I have experiences for performance analysis in competitive field for different sports.
Currently, I am accredited performance analyst from International Society of Performance Analysis in Sport (ISPAS) and accredited sport scientist from British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). In addition, I am member of above-mentioned societies, Movement Disorder Society (MDS), British Psychology Society (BPS)- Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS).
I have published different scientific books and papers in peer-review journals in related to movement science and I am reviewer of some journals. Furthermore, I attended in different international congresses as speaker in the field of movement, sport and rehabilitation.
Darryl Wilson
Course Leader for MSc Sports Business Management
I joined the sport department in June 2004, having been a postgraduate student here at Sheffield Hallam University. I then took a position in the Sport Industry Research Centre working on large scale consultancy/research projects before joining the Sport teaching team in January 2007.
At undergraduate level, I teach on the modules • research in sport and physical activity • impact of major events. At MSc level I teach • global economies of sport • researching sport • sport event management and viability. I am also the external examiner at Loughborough College.
Much of my research has focused specifically on measuring success at major sporting events. I recently completed a project for sportscoltland analysing Scotland's performance in the Commonwealth Games between 1950 - 2010. I have also worked for several prestigious sports organisations such as, UK Sport, Sport England, UEFA, TNS Sport, ASA, sports council for Northern Ireland, Sheffield City Council and Wimbledon.
A couple of my most recent publications are outlined below.
Ramchandani G, Wilson D, (2010). Home advantage in the Commonwealth Games. The South African Journal of Sports medicine, 22 (1), 8-12.
Ramchandani G, Wilson D, (2010). Forecasting South Africa's Performance in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The South African Journal of Sports medicine, 22 (2), 9-12.I am author of
I am currently working on an economics of sport book, which will be published in 2012.
Beth Fielding-Lloyd
Course leader in sport, culture and society
Beth is senior lecturer in sport, culture and community in the Department of Sport at Sheffield Hallam University.
After completed her first degree and teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University, Beth came to Sheffield Hallam in 2004. She then completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Education and is now the course leader for BA (Hons) Sport, Culture and Society.
Beth's main teaching areas are sport media and journalism, sociological theory and social and cultural issues in sport. She also leads the final-year undergraduate project module and is a member of the department’s research ethics committee.
Beth completed her PhD in 2007 (awarded by Manchester Metropolitan University) on a critical discourse analysis of gendered organisational practices and identities within grassroots football coaching.
Beth has broad research interests in social inclusion and sport. Her current research is in the fields of sport equity policies and gender. She has recently conducted fieldwork on organisational understandings of affirmative action policies within the FA. Beth also supervises a PhD student who is examining the impact of the new women’s professional football league (WSL).
She has published internationally and at several UK and international conferences. Some recent publications are detailed below.
• Fielding-Lloyd, B. & Meân. L. (2011) “I don’t think I can catch it”: Women, confidence and responsibility in football coach education. Soccer and Society, 12, 3, 344 – 363Soccer and Society, 12, 3, 344 – 363.
• Fielding-Lloyd, B. & Meân, L. (2010) Gender problems? Discursive approaches to equality in coach education. Leisure Studies Association Conference, Diversity and Equality in Leisure, Sport and Tourism, 6-8 July, 2010, Leeds: England.
• Fielding-Lloyd, B. & Blackshaw, T. (2010). Virtual Communities. In Blackshaw, T. (Ed.) Key Concepts in Community Studies. London: Sage. pp.104 - 112.
• Fielding-Lloyd, B. & Meân, L. (2008). Standards and Separatism: The discursive construction of gendered practice within English football coach education. Sex Roles, 58, 1 / 2, 24 – 39.
Esther Kent
Course leader for BSc (Honours) Sport Business Management
Esther has experience in working in the three main sport and leisure sectors. For a private sector Health club she worked in sales and marketing management, in a public sector centre within the area of coaching management and within the voluntary sectors including British Gymnastics and Youth Sport Trust.
She has a degree in sport and leisure management from Staffordshire University, her MSc in Sport Management from Sheffield Hallam and a PGCE from Huddersfield University.
Key research areas include the concepts surrounding body image and perceptions, sexploitation and management applications to industry settings.
Her main Sporting interest is trampolining in which she has competed nationally and is high performance coach within a world class trampoline club.
Currently course leader for BSc (Honours) Sport Business Management courses her aim is to build on the priorities of professionalism, employability and inspiration for current and future students.
Profiles
David Rogerson
Course leader for BA (Hons) Sport Science for Performance Coaching
Dr David James
MSc Sports Engineering course leader
Janet Vickers
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching
Dr Joanne Butt
MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology course leader
Damian Kingsbury
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Dr Tony Blackshaw
MA Sport, Culture and Community course leader
Dr David Claxton
MSc Sport and Exercise Science and MSc Physical Activity for Health course leader
Vicky Wilkinson
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching
Ben Tan
Course leader for BSc (Hons) Physical Education and Youth Sport
Val Stevenson
MSc Leading and Managing Sport Development course leader
Dr Donna Woodhouse
Course leader for BA (Hons) Sport and Community Development
Dr David Broom
Course leader for BA (Hons) Physical Activity, Health and Exercise Science
Dr Mohsen Shafizadeh
Senior lecturer
Darryl Wilson
Course Leader for MSc Sports Business Management
Beth Fielding-Lloyd
Course leader in sport, culture and society
Esther Kent
Course leader for BSc (Honours) Sport Business Management
Sport and active lifestyles research
Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Our Centre for Sport and Exercise Science provides consultancy and research in sport and exercise. It is the result of a £5m investment by the University and benefits from being based in Sheffield – the first UK City of Sport.
We research the scientific factors that underpin performance in sport and exercise. Our work delivers direct scientific support services to clients in the laboratory and in the field.
Centre for Sports Engineering Research
The Centre for Sports Engineering Research has an international reputation for consultancy, research, and public engagement.
We conduct research and consultancy projects for government agencies, ruling bodies of sport, and commercial companies. Our work encompasses
• fundamental and applied research
• contract research and R&D consultancy services
• project management of sports industry development initiatives
• public engagement activities with schools, colleges and general public
• MSc Sports Engineering
Sport Industry Research Centre
Our Sport Industry Research Centre offers research and consultancy covering a range of issues relating to the sport market. This includes economic impact studies and evaluation of the voluntary and public sectors in sport.
Pearson fitness suite
Brand new, state-of-the-art professional level training facility to support performance athletes.
Continuing professional development
We have an large range of credited modules that you can take individually or as part of a study programme.
We also run short courses for staff working in the health, social care, biosciences and sport. They are designed to meet a range of needs and to be responsive to the changing demands of the work environment.
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Lynsey Appleby - course (2:02)
BSc (Hons) Sport Development with Coaching student Lynsey Appleby talks about her course and studying the media operations modules that have been developed in partnership with LOCOG, the organising committee of London 2012.
Lynsey Appleby - internship (2:34)
Lynsey Appleby talks about her internship in the press operations team at LOCOG, the organising committee of London 2012.
Jayne Pearce - internship (1:10)
Jayne Pearce, head of press operations at LOCOG, talks about Lynsey’s internship and the skills she has developed.
Jayne Pearce - partnership (1:37)
Jayne Pearce, head of press operations at LOCOG, talks about the partnership between Sheffield Hallam and LOCOG and the resulting opportunities for Sheffield Hallam students.
Russell Swannack (2:07)
Russell Swannack (coordinator and university liaison, olympic and paralympic news service, LOCOG) gives an overview of the ‘media operations’ modules which have been developed in partnership between Sheffield Hallam and LOCOG, the organising committee of London 2012.
LOCOG chief executive (4:21)
Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) heaped praise upon Sheffield Hallam University during a special visit to the University in September 2011, in which he talked about the 'significant partnership' between the University and LOCOG.
Sport facilities
English Institute of Sport – Sheffield
We have a virtual campus at the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, providing students with access to some of the finest sporting facilities in the country to support and enhance your learning experience. You have the opportunity to learn in environments where leading names from the world of sport are also based, such as Jessica Ennis, Britain’s number one table tennis player Paul Drinkhall and the GB Boxing squads.
Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
Our Centre for Sport and Exercise Science boasts the latest equipment and facilities for evaluating performance in sport and exercise. These include
• environmental chamber
• physiology laboratories
• biomechanics laboratory
• computer rooms and video analysis
• isokinetic dynamometry
• psychology laboratories
• biochemistry laboratory
General sports facilities
Sport Hallam is the joint name of the University's sport and recreation service and the Sports Union. Sport Hallam offers a range of sport, health and fitness services, including clubs and classes, fitness suites, lifestyle and fitness assessments.
Biomechanics laboratory
Our biomechanics lab is one of our labs boasting the latest equipment and facilities for evaluating performance in sport and exercise.