Course Leader: MA Sports Development

Email: kmori@glos.ac.uk

Kate worked in the sports and physical activity development industry for 14 years before moving into higher education. She brings this wealth of knowledge and experience to her teaching and MA Sports Development Course Leadership responsibilities.

Principal teaching areas

• Community sports development
• Sports policy
• Sociology of sport
• Research methods

Qualifications

• MA Leisure Management
• Diploma in Market and Social Research (Market Research Society)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)
• Diploma in Personal Training and Sports Therapy (DipPT)
• ACSM Health Fitness Instructor

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Member: Market Research Society (MRS)
• Fellow: British Sociological Association (BSA)
• Fellow: Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• Register of Exercise Professionals (Level 3)

Professional experience

• Research Manager, Sport England, Upper Woburn Place, London
• Physical Activity Co-ordinator,  Pathfinder and St George’s NHS Trust, London
• Sports and Physical Activity Development Manager, Gloucestershire Probation Service
• Gym Manager, Metropolitan Health Club (Vardon plc) Wandsworth, London
• Freelance writer and market research consultant

Published research

Mintel
Extreme Sports (November 2003)
Sporting Activities in the Great Outdoors (April 2000 and January 2002)
Sportswear Retailing (January 2002)
Sports Goods Retailing (January 2001)

Sport England
Participation in Sport
Measuring Sports Participation in the General Household Survey
Trends in Adult Participation in Sport in Great Britain
Delivering Best Value through Sport
Young People and Sport in England, 1999

British Medical Journal
Draper S., Mori K., Lloyd-Owen S., Noakes T., (2009) Overdrinking-induced hyponatraemia in the 2007 London Marathon BMJ Case Reports [doi:10.1136/bcr.09.2008.1002]

Voluntas: International Journal of Volunteering
Harris S., Mori K., and Collins M., (2009) Voluntary sports clubs and their role in delivering national policy for English sport [in press, to be published December 2009]

Active Gloucestershire
Mori K., and Hardman J., (2008) A Qualitative Evaluation into key Partners’ Experiences of the Active Start Programme. University of Gloucestershire

Consumer publications

Fitness Industry Association
Researched and wrote the FIA ‘Code of Practice’

www.handbag.com
Range of health and fitness features

www.gapyear.com
Range of features linked to working around the world

Precor fitness equipment
Range of promotional brochures and magazines

Quentin Bell Organisation PLC
Market research and press releases for a number of blue chip and public sector organisations including Royal Mail, Mattesons, Heinz

Conference presentations

• European Sports Development Symposium ‘The Theory and Practice of Sports Development’ September 2009. Invited speaker:  From policy to practice — the role of voluntary sports clubs in delivering sports policy
• Università L Bocconi, Milano, European Union conference on ‘The Social Impact of Sport Governance and Management’ November 2008. Invited speaker: Getting it right, involving voluntary sports clubs in policy making
• European Sports Convention, Earls Court, 1999. Guest Speaker: Best Value and Performance Indicators for Sport and Leisure