Dr Angela Hibbs

Assistant Professor

School: Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation

Angela is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University in Sports Biomechanics and Sports Performance Analysis. Angela is also the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Lead at Northumbria University. Previously Angela worked in the applied elite sport environment working at both the Australian Institute of Sport and the English Institute of Sport providing performance analysis support to individual and team sports at the elite level.

Her research interests include the use of virtual reality technologies to promote healthy lifestyles and exploring the complex and dynamic process of the student transition into higher education and exploring the enables and barriers to the development of student belonging.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Use of Virtual reality technology on exercise preferences

Student transition into Higher Education

Student Belonging

Key Publications

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Pre-Arrival Confidence and Perceived Importance in First-Year UK Sport Students: A Multi-Institutional Examination of Gender, Institution and Programme Differences, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Tomlinson, A., King, S., Kaiseler, M., Stephens, D., Timmis, M., Polman, R. 28 Jan 2026, In: Social Sciences
Early indicators of success: linking undergraduate sports students pre-arrival views to first year retention and performance outcomes, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Polman, R. 2 Dec 2025
Engineering Students Educational Experiences of Further and Higher Education Teaching in the United Kingdom, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Elsdon, M., Polman, R. 11 Sep 2025, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
‘Knowing How’: Exploring the effectiveness of experiential learning work placements in developing interpersonal skills to promote graduate work readiness, Hibbs, A., Graham, E., Mercer, V., Parr, M., Harness, E., Plender, A. 18 Jun 2025, AGCAS Annual Conference 2025
Self-confidence and perceived importance of pre-arrival sport students at an English higher education institution: Exploring gender and programme of study differences, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Polman, R. 1 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
Sport Students Experiences of their First Year at a Post-92 English University: An Exploration through the U-Curve Theory of Adjustment, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Fox, E., Wilson, S., Timmis, M., Stephens, D., Polman, R. 1 Jun 2025, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
The Acute effects of Home Advantage on English Professional Rugby Union, Holmes, D., Hibbs, A. 14 Feb 2025, In: Graduate Journal of Sport Science, Coaching, Management, and Rehabilitation
University course choice: Views and experiences of undergraduate sport and physiotherapy students from a United Kingdom higher education institution, Hibbs, A., Thornton, C., Hayes, P., Johns, K., Bruce-Martin, C., McCullogh, N., Peart, D., Baker, K., Rumbold, P. 27 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
Impact of virtual reality immersion on exercise performance and perceptions in young, middle-aged and older adults, Hibbs, A., Tempest, G., Hettinga, F., Barry, G. 30 Oct 2024, In: PLoS One
Previous education experience impacts student expectation and initial experience of transitioning into higher education, Timmis, M., Hibbs, A., Polman, R., Hayman, R., Stephens, D. 26 Nov 2024, In: Frontiers in Education

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: The Use of a Pre-Arrival Survey to explore student perceived confidence and importance 2025

PGR Supervision

Hannah Shearwood Start Date: 01/10/2025
Christopher Rogers Video analysis for improved decision making and performance in wheelchair rugby: developing an optimal approach Start Date: 01/03/2025

Qualifications

Sport MSc September 01 2002
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2010
Information not provided British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 2010