Kate Piper
Background
Previously to lecturing at UWTSD, Kate was a secondary school PE teacher in Swansea. She was responsible for PE classes (years 7-13), GCSE and A level courses as well as a key teacher within a behavioural unit within the school.
Kate took a secondment with PLPS while completing her Masters where she was responsible for supporting teachers in cluster primary schools to improve their physical education provision. Kate is now Programme Manager of the BSc Sport, Health and Physical Education. She focuses on Health and Wellbeing, Research Methods and Contemporary Challenges for Children and young people.
Kate’s most recent research has been exploring children’s and families health and wellbeing when accessing accessible water sports clubs.
Kate’s PhD explored the physical activity and health behaviours of communities and is interested in sense of belonging that physical activity can bring.
Specialist Subjects
- Community health and wellbeing
- Physical Activity and Physical Literacy (children and adults)
- Inclusion
- Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum
- Research Methods
Professional and/or Research Experience
PhD thesis: A Saluto-ecological perspective of mass participation sport events in Pembrokeshire.
Post Doctoral work: Health and Wellbeing of children and their families accessing accessible watersports in partnership with Cerebra
Qualifications
- BSc
- PGCE
- MA
- PhD
Languages Spoken
Academic Teaching
Professional Publications
- Wainwright, N. and Piper, K. (2024). A Community-Based Perspective of Children’s Health Literacy in Wales. In: Nash, R., Cruickshank, V., Elmer, S. (eds) Global Perspectives on Children's Health Literacy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63840-4_22
- Piper, K., Wainwright, N., Emanuel, L., & Williams, A. (2022). Well-being resources and mass participation sports events in Pembrokeshire. Event Management, 26(1), 59-72.
- Piper, K. (2022) A Saluto-Ecological Perspective Of Mass Participation Sport Events In Pembrokeshire. Unpublished PhD thesis.
- Piper, K. (2021) – An ecological perspective of mass participation sport events in Pembrokeshire. Accepted presentation for British Sociology Association, 21st April 2020
- Wainwright, N., Goodway, J., John, A., Thomas, K., Piper, K., Williams, K. and Gardener, D (2019) Developing a children's motor skills in the Foundation Phase in Wales to support physical literacy, Education 3-13 Vol 48(5)pp 565-579