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Marc Keech is Principal Lecturer at the School of Sport and Health Sciences 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 Management which received national recognition for its development of skills and knowledge for people working in sport. Previously a member of the national Higher Education (HE) working group of CIMPSA, (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) and the CIMSPA Professional Development Board (2018-2020) Marc is currently a member of the CIMSPA Professional Development Committee for Community Sport (2021-present day)

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

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 

  • 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 - MSc International Sport Management, Northumbria University

1 Sept 202331 Aug 2027

External Examiner - MSc Sociaology of Sport and Health, University of Chester

1 Sept 202131 Aug 2025

External examiner - social science of sport, Brunel University London

20152019

External Examiner - MA Sport Development, University of Gloucestershire

20122016

BA (Hons) Sport and Fitness Management; BA (Hons) Sport Development, University of Chichester

20112015

General External Examiner, all Postgraduate Courses, Plymouth Marjon University

20082012

External Examiner MA Applied Sports Development, Plymouth Marjon University

20072011

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