Meet the Staff

We have an excellent team of more than 20 academic, administrative and technical staff to provide high quality education and turn your dream into a reality. The academic staff offer expertise in subject disciplines such as sport and exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, sociology, and sport history, which support our particular vocational strengths in sport coaching, sport development and management, physical activity and health, and sport performance.

All staff may be contacted by using the email addresses listed below.

Sport staff profiles and contacts
Name Role Email
Cathy Devine Senior lecturer
 cathy.devine@cumbria.ac.uk
Colum Cronin Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Coaching and Sport Development  colum.cronin@cumbria.ac.uk
Dave Elliott Lecturer david.elliott@cumbria.ac.uk
Dave Houlston
Director of Sport david.houlston@cumbria.ac.uk
Duncan Orme Technician and Demonstrator  duncan.orme@cumbria.ac.uk 
Jeff Thorpe Programme Leader, FdA Sports Coaching  jeff.thorpe@cumbria.ac.uk
Jonathan Lowes Lecturer jonathan.lowes@cumbria.ac.uk
Kathryn Hoyle Senior lecturer  kathryn.hoyle@cumbria.ac.uk 
Katie Small Senior lecturer   katie.small@cumbria.ac.uk
Lindsay Sander Programme Leader, Physical Education and Sport  lindsay.sander@cumbria.ac.uk
Louise Rowe Senior lecturer  louise.rowe@cumbria.ac.uk 
Mark Christie Senior lecturer and marketing officer  mark.christie@cumbria.ac.uk 
Nicola Relph Lecturer nicola.relph@cumbria.ac.uk 
Paul Miller Lecturer  paul.miller@cumbria.ac.uk
Susan Dewhurst Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science susan.dewhurst@cumbria.ac.uk
Theodoros Bampouras Human Performance Laboratory Director
 theodoros.bampouras@cumbria.ac.uk
Tim Barry Principal lecturer timothy.barry@cumbria.ac.uk