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Marc Keech is Principal Lecturer at the School of Sport and Service Management specialising in Sport Policy and Sport Management and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Marc has been awarded a PhD which examined the contribution of sport to end of apartheid in South Africa (Staffordshire University), a BA (Hons) in Sport and Recreation Studies (Staffordshire University) and a PGCE (Further and Higher Education - Manchester Metropolitan University).
Alongside academic publications, Marc has acted as a consultant and researcher for a range of organisations. Marc developed the placement programme for the BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management which received national recognition for its development of skills and knowledge for people working in sport. Marc is currently responsible for developing external partnerships with industry across all areas of sport and is a member of the national Higher Education (HE) working group of CIMPSA, (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity), for HE courses and Higher Apprenticeships. In 2018-19 Marc is the HE representative on the CIMSPA Professional Development Board
Research interests
- The History and Politics of Sport Policy
- Contemporary Sport Policy and Development in the UK
- The Commonwealth Games
- Sport and International Relations
- Sport in South Africa
- Reflective Practice for the Sport and Physical Activity Workforce
Supervisory Interests
- The History and Politics of Sport Policy
- Contemporary Sport Policy and Development in the UK
- The Commonwealth Games
- Sport and International Relations
- Sport in South Africa
- Reflective Practice for the Sport and Physical Activity Workforce
External positions
External examiner - social science of sport, Brunel University London
2015 → 2019External Examiner - MA Sport Development, University of Gloucestershire
2012 → 2016BA (Hons) Sport and Fitness Management; BA (Hons) Sport Development, University of Chichester
2011 → 2015General External Examiner, all Postgraduate Courses, Plymouth Marjon University
2008 → 2012External Examiner MA Applied Sports Development, Plymouth Marjon University
2007 → 2011Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Marc Keech is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Research Output
CEO perspectives on the first twenty-five years of Football in the Community: Challenges, developments and opportunities
Sanders, A., Keech, M., Burdsey, D., Maras, P. & Moon, A., 29 May 2020, In : Managing Sport and Leisure.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
‘Active integration’: sport clubs taking an active role in the integration of refugees
Doidge, M., Keech, M. & Sandri, E., 28 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Africa and the struggle against apartheid sport
Keech, M., 17 Sep 2018, Sport in the African World. Nauright, J. & Amara, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 74-93Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter
Exploring the growth of the commonwealth games
Keech, M., 25 Jan 2018, Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures. Burdsey, D., Carter, T. & Doidge, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 136-148 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter
The Globalisation of Rugby 7s: From Novelty to the Olympic Games
Stewart, J. & Keech, M., 9 Feb 2017, The Rugby World in the Professional Era. Nauright, J. & Collins, T. (eds.). UK: Routledge, p. 93-107 15 p. (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter