Course Leader in Sport (Development) and Lecturer in Sports Education 
MA, PGCert, BSc (Hons)
Email: acroad@glos.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 715196
Sporting Profile
- U23 Great Britain Triple Jumper
- Head of Netball at the University of Gloucestershire
Academic qualifications (in full)
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MA - Sport Development
- PGCert - Higher Education
- BSc (Hons) - Sport Development
Accreditations
Coaching Qualifications
- UKCC Netball Level 2
- UKCC Netball Assessor
- UKCC Athletics Level 2
- Higher Sports Leader Tutor
Areas of research interest and teaching expertise
- Innovative approaches to delivery in both Physical Education and Coaching
- The process of delivery in elite coaching settings
- Netball research
- The relationship of coaches within schools and the school sport network
Academic conferences
Conference Presentations
Jeffreys, M., Vinson, D., Padley, S., Brady, A., & Croad, A. (2011) ‘Looking Beyond 2012 - Ethical Conflicts for Coaching: A Review of UK Sport-Based Policy', Institute for Performance Research Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 25th-26th June
Padley, S., Brady, A., Croad, A., Jeffreys, M., Chesterfield, G., & Vinson, D., (2011) ‘Embedding Communities of Practice in Cross-Cohort Collaborative Coaching Activities - An Action Research Project', Institute for Performance Research Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 25th-26th June
Vinson, D., Croad, A., Padley, S., Brady, A., & Jeffreys, M. (2011) ‘Investigating Sports Coaching Pedagogies in Games Contexts', Institute for Performance Research Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 25th-26th June
Membership of professional bodies
Fellow: Higher Education Academy (HEA)