Jen Austin
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Subject Leader - Sport and Fitness
- Subject Lecturer (SCQF L5-10)
- PAT Co-ordinator for Business, Management, Computing and Leisure
- Personal Academic Tutor: BSc Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Module Leader: Dissertation (Sport) - Level 10
- Degree Dissertation Tutor
- Sport and Fitness -Internal Verification Co-ordinator
- SQA External Verifier
- SQA Quality Design Team – Sports Coaching and Development
Qualifications
- Masters in Education (MA Ed)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDip)
- PGCE Teaching Qualification
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Industry Qualifications
- OCR Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
- OCR Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement
- OCR Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
- England Basketball – Level 2 Coaching Award
- CYQ L2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing
Professional Membership
- Institute for Learning (IfL)
- British Association of Sport and Exercises Sciences (BASES) - Professional Member
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Contact
- +44 (0) 1738 877 341
- Jen.Austin.perth@uhi.ac.uk
- Room 904, Academy of Sport and Wellbeing, UHI Perth, Crieff Road, Perth, PH1 2NX
Experience
- Lecturer within educational establishments for over 15 years
- Delivered National and in-house training courses on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and CPD
- Over 25 years in the sport and fitness industry, including roles as College Basketball Coach, Fitness Instructor and Gym Manager
Research Interests
- Pedagogy and Andragogy, in particular: The impact of classroom management on student achievement within Further Education; and The effectiveness of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) schemes in Further Education
