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Dr

Luke Jones

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0001-6477-2008
  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Luke Jones is a senior lecturer in physical education. He finished his first degree in Sports Science at what was then known as Chester College in 1994. After completing his post-graduate teacher training at Cardiff, he worked as a secondary physical education teacher and a Head of Department for ten years. He then moved into higher education and taught at Liverpool John Moores University before returning to Chester in 2007.

In his current role, he works with secondary associate teachers in the School of Education and also with physical education students in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. He is the subject leader for physical education and programme leader for the PGCert in Coaching and Mentoring programme.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer of Physical Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2007

DEGREES

  • PhD Sociology of Physical Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2011 - 2018
  • MSc Sociology of Sport and Exercise
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2004 - 2006
  • BA Physical Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom1991 - 1994

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • PGCert
    Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom2005 - 2006
  • PGCE Secondary Physical Education
    Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom1994 - 1995

SCHOOL

  • Chester School of Education

RESEARCH & INNOVATION ROLES

  • Contribution to Knowledge and Understanding Coordinator