Dr Tarryn Godfrey
Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Tarryn is a Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Science (Sport Development). Her research employs qualitative methodologies and focuses on third sector partnerships, organisational capacity, and capacity building. She has extensive experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) and has established impactful partnerships with community sports organisations across the UK and internationally.
Tarryn is the Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences.
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Qualifications
FHEA
PhD (Loughborough University). Thesis: 'Partnerships, policy and practice: an examination of organisational capacity in Third Sector Sports Organisations within England’
MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (Brunel University London)
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Media (University of Cape Town)
Responsibility
Tarryn is the Director of Recruitment and Admissions in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences.
Newest selected publications
Walpole, C., Godfrey, T. and Mason, C. (2024) '‘He Comes From A Family Where Abuse And Drugs Was Just The Norm’: Shared Experiences As Cultural Capital For Mentors Working At Sport for Development Programmes in underserved communities'.EASM 2024. Paris, France.
Godfrey, T. (2020) 'Partner or Perish: The Experiences of Third Sector Sports Organisations Across England in an Era of Austerity'.EASM 2019. Seville, Spain. https://easm2019.com/BOAEASM2019.pdf.
Girginov, V., Moore, P., Olsen, N., Godfrey, T. and Cooke, F. (2020) 'Wearable technology-stimulated social interaction for promoting physical activity: A systematic review'. Cogent Social Sciences, 6 (1). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 2331-1886 Open Access Link