Sport and Exercise staff

Rachel Black

Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Physical Education

Rachel gained qualified teacher status in Physical Education in 1999, and has a wealth of experience teaching, leading and advising in a range of both primary and secondary schools in Sussex and Shropshire. Rachel has gained considerable experience teaching in Higher Education, and prior to joining the team at Birmingham City...

Jodie Bryant

Simulation Lead: Health Professions

Jodie has been a HCPC registered Physiotherapist since 2006 after graduating from Oxford Brookes University. She has worked predominantly in NHS settings, completing the majority of her clinical work in London at Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust. Jodie has also worked privately and has run her own private domiciliary...

Jennie Carter

Senior Lecturer

Jennie is a Senior Lecturer on the MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition Course at Birmingham City University. She is also the Professional Academic Lead for Sports Sciences. Jennie is a registered Performance Nutrition Practitioner (SENr) who is passionate about applying sports nutrition knowledge into practice for athletes. She...

Callum Davidson

Lecturer in Sports Therapy

As a Graduate Sports Therapist with a Masters in Strength and Conditioning, Callum has extensive experience working in professional football with both male and female athletes. His work experience started at Leicester City Women FC before accepting a role with Hartlepool United as Head of Medical. In 2020, Callum began studying...

Dr Lewis Gough

Associate Professor in Nutrition and Physiology

Lewis is part of the Senior Leadership Team in the College of Life Sciences and is the College Academic Lead for REF (Research Excellence Framework). He also holds editorial board positions with numerous high quality international refereed journals and is known worldwide for his work on sodium bicarbonate supplementation. ...

Dr Helen Gravestock

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Biomechanics)

Helen is the course leader for BSc Sport and Exercise Science and has been teaching in Higher Education for 10 years across both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She holds a PgCert in Higher Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Helen completed her PhD at Leeds Beckett University, where she studied...

Richard Handyside

Lecturer – BSc Sport and Exercise Science | Course Lead - BSc Sports Coaching and Physical Education

Richard has extensive applied experience in the field of Performance Analysis, having provided Performance Analysis support to elite coaches and athletes at the The English Institute of Sport, England Netball, Arsenal Football Club and Leeds United Football Club. Winning a Gold Medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold...

Dr Adam Herbert

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Physiology)

Adam joined BCU in 2018 and is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, specialising in Physiology. He has extensive applied experience within the area having worked with a wide range of athletes and individuals providing educational support, physiological assessment, hydrotherapy sessions as well as strength and conditioning...

Dr Laura Hodgson

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science

Laura joined Birmingham City University in 2019 as an academic member of staff. She currently teaches on the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science undergraduate degree programme, primarily in sport and exercise psychology. Laura’s main research interests are focused on performance psychology including sports coaching and...

Claire Jones

Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

Claire has been a registered physiotherapist with the HCPC since graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2007 MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration). Claire has worked primarily in the NHS but also in the private sector. Claire has worked in a variety of settings within physiotherapy and the majority of this time was...