Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)

Dr Andrea Faull-Brown

Dr Faull-Brown has a breadth of applied and research experience in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology spanning over 15 years, working with both non-disabled athletes and those with a physical disability. Her experience ranges across all level of competition working with coaches and athletes of Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth Games standard, with the highlight of her career being working the GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team in their preparations for Rio 2016. Having supported athletes from Beijing in 2008 through to Rio in 2016 is a testament to her career in Applied Sport Psychology at the highest level and this experience is brought into the classroom to help educate the future generation of practitioners.

Andrea has seen the successful growth of the course provision and student numbers on these courses. She is particularly passionate about supporting students in terms of their ability to achieve and fulfil their potential and prides herself on a strong working relationship with the other staff in her team.

Dr Jennifer Joyce

Dr Jennifer Joyce is the course leader for the Sport and Exercise Science course and her passion lies in nurturing the talents and aspirations of her students to ensure they reach their full potential. She is deeply committed to supporting students in their personal and professional growth and enjoys supporting students to develop the resilience needed to succeed in their academic journey.

Dr Matthew Cook

Hi, I’m Matthew Cook, and I teach Sports nutrition, exercise physiology and research methods here at the University of Worcester. You can usually find me in the exercise physiology laboratory collecting data for sports nutrition experiments, most probably using blackcurrant.

Dr Ben Duncan

Ben teaches across a range of sport science modules in both exercise and health and sport focused modules. Ben has a particular interest in environmental physiology and endurance performance.

Dr Dan Eastough

Dan Eastough is a Principal Lecturer and long-standing member of the Sport and Exercise Science team specialising in Biomechanics, Motor Control and Human Movement. He has a particular interest in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) and in the optimal use of IT, digital devices and educational platforms to improve the learning and teaching experience for both staff and students. A now retired Martial Arts practitioner, coach and fitness instructor, he brings a wealth of real-world experience in training and coaching to his theoretical and practical sessions.

Chris Hughes

Chris completed his undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University in 1995 specialising in Biomechanics and Notational Analysis, and stayed in Liverpool to progress to a teaching assistantship and eventually completing an MPhil in The Effects of Forefoot Morphology on the Kinetics and Kinematics of Locomotion. From Liverpool he moved to the University of Gloucester before settling in Worcester. Prior to his career in Sports Science he completed a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Southampton University, which explains his interest in the mechanical aspects of sport, from not only the body but through to the testing machinery and the equipment used.

Annie Lambeth-Mansell

Annie is a Senior Lecturer in SSES and has been a member of the team since 1999. Her area of expertise is in sports nutrition, having completed and MSc in Sports Nutrition, though she also teaches in physiology and research methods. Annie has published papers on the nutritional practices of elite female soccer players and pacing in mountain biking. She is a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) accredited sports scientist and frequently presents lectures and workshops on sports nutrition and physiological testing to local sports clubs and schools. A keen cyclist and mountain biker herself, Annie is passionate about all aspects of nutrition, supplementation and the science of optimal performance.

Dr Louise Martin

Students say: “Louise is really nice and caring, she listens to you when something is up and finds a solution to help me if I’m not feeling good or trying to help me understand my work so I know what I have got to do. She always has time if I need to speak to her but overall, she makes sure that you are ok and anything else is alright as well as how lessons are going.” (exceptional PAT award nomination, 2023)

Dr Jessica Mee

Having completed an BSc in Sport Science at the University of Brighton, Jessica undertook a PhD examining heat tolerance and acclimation in female athletes supervised by Dr Neil Maxwell and Professor Jo Doust within the Environmental Extremes Laboratory. Jessica worked as a technical demonstrator and visiting lecturer at the University of Brighton before joining the Extremes Research group at Bangor University as a lecturer in 2015. Dr Jessica Mee is now a Senior Lecturer in Physiology within the School of Sport and Exercise Science. Jessica’s research aims to enhance knowledge of females across the lifespan, living and performing in environmental extremes. Jessica is particularly interested in developing sustainable and accessible heat alleviation strategies that are simple to administer. Jessica’s teaching is strongly influenced by her research activities in environmental and female physiology. Jessica teaches on the BSc Sport and Exercise Science degree and MSc Applied Sports Physiology. Jessica is also accredited in the domains of research, support, and pedagogy by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES).

Dr Andy Renfree

Andy is Principal Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science and he teaches on subjects related to exercise physiology and interdisciplinary determinants of sport performance. He gained his PhD by using decision-making theory to explain the way in which intensity is regulated during self-paced exercise. A former middle-distance runner, he has won English Junior and Scottish Senior titles over 3000m and 1500m on the track.

Dr Clare Rhoden

Dr Clare Rhoden joined the University of Worcester in 1995, then the Worcester College of Higher Education, with a strong background in multidimensional competitive anxiety, stress management and applied performance psychology and her PhD research applied these areas to the equestrian sport of eventing. With an enthusiasm for understanding what's going on and an interest in a range of sports including team, pairs and individual sports, Clare's research continued to analyse the emotional element of performance along with associated aspects of goal achievement, goal disengagement and adaptive self-regulation. Focusing on the sport of badminton Clare explored the emotions and self-efficacy amongst mixed-sex and same-sex doubles sharing findings with the Worcester Badminton Performance Centre. Clare's current research is located in the context of exercise and physical activity in later life with ongoing projects focused on the emotions in exercising and non-exercising older adults alongside the role of self-efficacy, age stereotypes and awareness of ageing in shaping physical activity engagement. Clare engages with the local community through her contributions to the University of Worcester’s Active Ageing Week hosted in collaboration with the International Council on Active Ageing.

Clare is a Higher Education Academy Teaching Fellow and a Chartered Psychologist within the British Psychological Society Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers.  Clare is also a member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Dr Julia West

Julia West has a keen interest in sport and performance. She played football for a number of years in the Women's premiership as goalkeeper for different clubs and earned her England University caps against America, Scotland and Wales.

As a keeper, Julia's perspective on football may be slightly different, if not interesting and she is happy to discuss this with all comers. Julia read her BSc in Sport from Brunel University, where she also successfully achieved an MSc in Sports Coaching. Having completed her PhD in situational motivation, which arose from observations within her goalkeeper coaching, Julia has now turned her attention to all things goalkeeper related.