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Marc Keech (PhD, PGCE, BA (Hons), SFHEA, FCIMSPA (Chartered)) is Principal Lecturer in the School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences, at the University of Brighton, specialising in Sport Policy, Development and Management, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). In 2025, Marc was awarded Senior Manager Chartered Fellow status by CIMPSA, (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity). Marc previously obtained a BA (Hons) in Sport and Recreation Studies (Staffordshire University), a PhD (Staffordshire University) which examined the contribution of international sport to the end of Apartheid in South Africa and a PGCE (Further and Higher Education - Manchester Metropolitan University). In 2012, he was awarded the University of Brighton Students Union prize for ‘Inspirational Lecturer of the Year’. Marc has acted as a consultant and researcher for a range of organisations. Marc developed the placement programme for the degree in Sport Management, which has received national recognition for its development of skills and knowledge for people working sport. During his time at the University of Brighton, Marc has held multiple leadership positions. Marc was an inaugural member of the national Higher Education (HE) working group of CIMPSA for HE courses from 2017. From 2018-2020, Marc was the national Higher Education representative on the CIMSPA Professional Development Board. From 2021, Marc has been a member of the CIMSPA Professional Development Committee for Community Sport and from 2024 a member of the CIMSPA Sport and Physical Activity Workforce Observatory Advisory Board.
Marc has supervised and examined theses across a broad range of sport politics, policy and management subject areas. These subjects have had both UK and international themes
External Examiner - MSc International Sport Management, Northumbria University
1 Sept 2023 → 31 Aug 2027
External Quality Advisor, Sport and Physical Activity courses, University of Chester
1 Sept 2023 → 31 Aug 2028
External Examiner - MSc Sociology of Sport and Health, University of Chester
1 Sept 2021 → 31 Aug 2023
External examiner - social science of sport, Brunel University London
2015 → 2019
External Examiner - MA Sport Development, University of Gloucestershire
2012 → 2016
BA (Hons) Sport and Fitness Management; BA (Hons) Sport Development, University of Chichester
2011 → 2015
General External Examiner, all Postgraduate Courses, Plymouth Marjon University
2008 → 2012
External Examiner MA Applied Sports Development, Plymouth Marjon University
2007 → 2011
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Research output: Book/Report › Book - edited
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