Claire Bruce-Martin

Associate Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Claire joined the university in February 2005 having completed her MSc in Sport Management (Thesis title: Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme: Managing Business Performance), she went on to complete her sport psychology focused PhD (Thesis title: Existing, Experienced and Informed Realities of Sport Coaching through Transformational Leadership) in 2022. Claire is a Level 3 athletics coach and supports athletes from across the range of abilities from novice to high performance middle and long distance runners. Claire is also a qualified Strength and Conditioning Coach and supports the physical preparation of runners as an integral feature of their training approaches. Claire also brings with her ten years of professional industry experience which includes: business leadership, commercial and operational management at both regional and national levels, in parallel with a breadth of strategic planning, financial and human resource management expertise. Drawing on this during her time with Northumbria Claire has also focused on the commercial and academic development of our sport programmes through collaborating with national governing bodies of sport. This includes managing the partnerships and leading the academic development of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for British Tennis, British Equestrian Federation, British Rowing and Football League Education. Claire is also the Deputy Head of Department for Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation.

Campus Address

NB 235
Northumberland Building
City Campus

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Claire's research is underpinned by a strong background in management and leadership which is applied across the varied and complex applied contexts of sport. Since 2014, her research has focused on the analysis of transformational leadership across the spectrum (performance to particiaption) of tennis coaching. Equally her skills across mixed methods research have been drawn upon to support research collaborations focusing on: strength and conditioning, aerospace medicine and rehabilitation, pediatric nutrition/hydration/cognition in education settings, and more recently pedagogic innovation for sport and exercise science students.

Key Publications

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Benefits and Motives for Peer Mentoring in Higher Education: An Exploration Through the Lens of Cultural Capital, Hayman, R., Wharton, K., Bruce-Martin, C., Allin, L. Mar 2022, In: Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
Exercise countermeasure preferences of three male astronauts, a preliminary qualitative study, Laws, J., Bruce-Martin, C., Caplan, N., Meroni, R., Winnard, A. 1 Dec 2022, In: Acta Astronautica
Using animations to support student learning in undergraduate physiology, Peart, D., Keane, K., Allen, G., Bruce-Martin, C., Rumbold, P. 8 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Biological Education
Developing, Implementing, and Applying Novel Techniques During Systematic Reviews of Primary Space Medicine Data, Winnard, A., Caplan, N., Bruce-Martin, C., Swain, P., Velho, R., Meroni, R., Wotring, V., Damann, V., Weber, T., Evetts, S., Laws, J. 1 Aug 2021, In: Aerospace medicine and human performance
Exploring the Practical Knowledge of Eccentric Resistance Training in High- Performance Strength and Conditioning Practitioners, Harden, M., Bruce-Martin, C., Wolf, A., Hicks, K., Howatson, G. 1 Feb 2020, In: International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching
Systematic review of the technical and physiological constraints of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle that affect the capability of astronauts to exercise effectively during spaceflight, Laws, J., Caplan, N., Bruce-Martin, C., McGrogan, C., Lindsay, K., Wild, B., Debuse, D., Wotring, V., Winnard, A. 1 May 2020, In: Acta Astronautica
Realities of Excellence in Sport Coaching through Experiences of Transformational Leadership, Bruce-Martin, C., Arthur, C., Wharton, K., Radley, R., Bruce-Martin, M., Caplan, N. 4 Jun 2019, The Canadian Association for Leisure Studies conference
Applying Management Principles in Sports Coaching, Bruce-Martin, C. 29 Mar 2011, Sports Coaching: A Reference Guide for Students, Coaches and Competitors, Ramsbury, The Crowood Press
Delivery Structure of High Performance Sport in the UK, Bruce-Martin, C., Porteous, J. 29 Mar 2011, Sports Coaching: A Reference Guide for Students, Coaches and Competitors, Ramsbury, The Crowood Press

PGR Supervision

Kirsty Boak Moo’ving towards better hydration and cognition in school children Start Date: 01/10/2022

Qualifications

Sports Science PhD September 29 2022
Teaching & Learning PCAPL September 15 2005
Sport Management MSc July 31 2005
Recreation Management BA (Hons) September 01 1991
Associate Member Leisure Studies Association (LSA) 2007
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2005

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