Peter Laird

Biography

A Masters in Education from Glasgow University and moved into lecturing from Further Education.
Pete has been at Edinburgh Napier with the Sport & Exercise Science course since October 2001 and is the current Programme Leader for the Sport Exercise & Health Science courses with specific interests in teaching, coaching and performance analysis. He is also a Teaching Fellow and a Fellow of the HEA.
Pete is the Head Coach of the university’s American Football team, the Knights, and also coaches the Great Britain Student team.

Research Areas

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Key speaker at conference

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Teaching Fellow
  • Member of the HEA

 

Non-executive Directorship

  • BAFCA Director

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Working through sport with local children to gain university admission.

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • External Examiner

 

Reviewing

  • Academic reviewer for Routledge Publishers