Geraint Forster
Senior Lecturer
Background
Geraint has over 20 years experience of lecturing in higher education along with extensive experience of working in the health and fitness industry as a personal trainer and gym manager.
Geraint has an MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, an MA in Outdoor Education, is a CASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist and is a registered Sport and Exercise Nutritionist. Geraint also has a range of coaching qualifications including NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, CIMSPA Personal Trainer and numerous outdoor coaching qualifications.
A competitive surf lifesaver, Geraint is passionate about exercise in all its forms, and if he is not in the gym training with colleagues he is out surfing, kayaking and trail running.
Specialist Subjects
- Exercise Physiology
- Sport and Exercise Nutrition
- Strength and Conditioning
- Personal Training
Professional and/or Research Experience
Prior to moving into lecturing, Geraint experienced working within the fitness industry in roles from gym instructor up to club manager, working in some of the most prestigious health clubs in London. Since moving in to academia Geraint has developed and managed degree programmers in Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Fitness and Sport and Exercise Science.
Qualifications
- MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition (Distinction), UWTSD
- MA Outdoor Education (Distinction), UWTSD
- PGCE PcET, University of Wales, Newport.
- BA (Hons) Sport and Human Movement Studies, UWIC
Languages Spoken
English and Welsh
Professional Membership or Roles
CASES - Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist
NSCA - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
AfN - Graduate Sport and Exercise Nutritionist
CMSPA - Professional member and Personal Trainer
Advance HE - FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
Academic Teaching
External Recognition or Rewards
Coleg Cymraeg Associate Lecturer of the year Award 2021