Cathy Devine
Name: Cathy Devine
Job title: Senior lecturer
Location: Lancaster
Email: cathy.devine@cumbria.ac.uk
Phone: 01524 384427
Professional Profile
Cathy Devine has been with the university since September 1995 and is a Senior Lecturer teaching Philosophy and Sport, Sport and Health Policy, and Sport and Exercise Nutrition. Her undergraduate degree in Biology at University College London was followed by a Masters in Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College, London (now Kings College, London).
Her eclectic working life started out in London and has included a year teaching and performing with the Gymnastic Dance Theatre Company based at Battersea Arts Centre, a year as a Scientific and Medical Researcher on the 26 part Channel 4 series The Human Body for Goldcrest Films and Television and two years as a Nutrition and Exercise Development Officer at Wandsworth Health Promotion Unit. This was followed by three years as Head of Sport for the National Institute of Women’s Institutes and five years as a Senior Coaching Development Officer at the National Coaching Foundation (now Sportscoach UK) where she had joint responsibility for developing women and coaching initiatives. She also qualified as a Gymnastics Coach and Trampoline Coach as well as a Windsurfing Instructor and has coached extensively at a recreational level over a period of 15 years.
Cathy has been involved in a range of sport, exercise, nutrition, food and health policy initiatives and conference presentations prior to moving into higher education. These have ranged from Wandsworth Food and Health Policy for Wandsworth Health Authority in 1987, to membership of the organising committee for the first International Women and Sport Conference from 1992 to 1994, organised jointly by the Sports Council, British Olympic Association and International Olympic Committee and held in Brighton.
Cathy’s current research interests are related to philosophy and movement/ sport, politics and movement/ sport policy. She is currently presenting and writing in the area of sport and the politics of risk, human rights and movement/ sport and positive risk and entitlements. She has been involved in adventure activities such as windsurfing climbing, kayaking and hill walking for over 30 years.