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Overview
Current role: Deputy Dean, School of Life and Medical Sciences
Background: Experience of teaching in secondary education and further education prior to joining UH in February 2006. Additional roles past and present include: Acting Head of Department (Psychology and Sport Sciences), Associate Dean, Education (Learning & Teaching); Departmental Lead for Academic Quality and Student Experience; Departmental L&T Lead; Member of Departmental Senior Management Team; Work Group Lead for Sports Studies; Final Year Tutor for Sports Studies, Vice-Chair of HHS Ethics Committee with Delegated Responsibility.
Senior Fellow of the HEA.
Previous roles include: Deputy Programme Tutor for Joint Honours; Vice Chair of Life Sciences Ethics Committee; Admissions Tutor for Sports Studies; Member of HES Recruitment and Marketing Committee.
Teaching specialisms
Sociology of sport; Sports management; Dissertation guidance
Research interests
Environmental impacts of sports; Commercialisation and mediatisation of sports; Stereotyping and inequalities in sport; Deviance in sport.
Current research: Interpretation, implementation and impacts of the IOC’s environmental sustainability agenda.
Current supervision:
PhD: Developing a grounded theory of reflection
I have the following successful supervisory completions:
PhD: A Body Compassion intervention to improve body image and the motivation to engage in physical activity in adolescents and young adults
MSc by Research: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Stereotypes and Gender Issues in Cheerleading in the USA and UK
MSc by Research: Sport and subjective wellbeing
MSc by Research: The educative role of sport for black youths in inner London
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology of Sport, MSc with Distinction, University of Leicester
Award Date: 9 Jul 2003
PGCE (Post-compulsory education)
External positions
Senior Fellow of the HEA
Member of Sport Ecology Group
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Projects
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The Real World Value and Transferability of Reflective Practice in Diverse Student Destinations
Cain, A., Turner, D. & Lippiatt, J.
6/07/09 → 2/07/10
Project: Other
Research output
- 4 Article
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A figurational approach to environmental sustainability in the context of sport
Cain, A., 4 Dec 2023, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 5, p. 1-6 6 p., 1302458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facilitating reflection: a review and synthesis of the factors enabling effective facilitation of reflective practice
Marshall, T., Keville, S., Cain, A. & Adler, J. R., 30 Aug 2022, In: Reflective Practice. 23, 4, p. 483-496 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development and Validation of the Body Compassion Questionnaire
Beadle, E., Cain, A., Akhtar, S., Lennox, J., McGuire, L. & Troop, N., 21 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 9, 1, p. 951-988 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On being open-minded, wholehearted, and responsible: a review and synthesis exploring factors enabling practitioner development in reflective practice
Marshall, T., Keville, S., Cain, A. & Adler, J. R., 14 Sept 2021, In: Reflective Practice. 22, 6, p. 860-876 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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