Terry Monnington

Director of Physical Education and Sport, University of Warwick

Presentation Sport for all in the third world: reality or not? - Play the Game 2005 (Pdf.)

I. Qualifications:

BA. Hons. Physical Education and Geography, University of Birmingham July 1969. Vice-Chancellors Prize, University of Birmingham, July 1969. Post Graduate Certificate of Education, Loughborough University of Technology, July 1970. MA. University of Birmingham, September 1972.
II. Professional Appointments:
Member of University Council, University of Warwick 2000- Secretary to the British Universities Physical Education Association, 1972-1977 Member of the British Council of Physical Education, 1977. Member of the West Midlands Sports Council's Working Party on Sports Pitches, 1988- Member of The Exercise Policy Working Party, Coventry Health Authority, 1988- Member of the Universities Athletic Union Rugby Sub-committee and coach, 1971-1988. Member, "Green Space Strategy for Coventry". Coventry City Council, 1993- Consultant to the University of Coventrys Research Degrees Committee 1993- External Examiner BA/ BSc Degrees, Sports Science and Physical Education Newman College, Birmingham 1998- External Examiner HND Sport in the Community Worcester College of Higher Education, Worcester 2000-
III Teaching and Course Development:
Acting Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Physical Education, 1995/1996. Academic co-ordinator of B.A. Sports Studies 2+2 degree programme, 1995/1998. Executive member of the Warwick Centre for the Study of Sport in Society, 1992. Deputy Director of the Warwick Centre for the Study of Sport in Society, 1998-. BA QTS Physical Education and 2+2 BA Sports Studies Undergraduate Courses: (1975 1996) The Warwick Centre for the Study of Sport in Society, Politics and International Studies Department. MA and Ph.D. programmes 1996-
  • Contributor, Advanced Research Seminars.
  • The Political Economy of Sport. "Sport, Government and the Local State."(Lecture Course.)
  • Social Science research techniques (Lecture Course.)
  • MA dissertation supervision
  • Doctoral student supervision

IV. Publications:
'Industrial Recreation'. British Universities Physical Education Association Biennial Conference Report, April 1972, pps.23-36.

'A Sociological Study of the Industrial Sports Club Movement.' The Scottish Journal of Physical Education, Vol. 1, January, 1974, pps. 14-22.

'British Sport in the Seventies'. (Joint publication with M. Ralph and M. Smith, Department of Physical Education, University of Warwick, September, 1975.

'The Politics of Black African Sport.' L. Allison (Ed.), The Politics of Sport, Manchester Univ. Press, 1986, pps. 149-174.

'Sport, Culture and the Struggle for Southern Africa.' K. Hardman (ed)., Physical Education and Sport in Africa, International Society on Comparative Physical Education and Sport, Monograph No.1 August 1988. (Joint contribution with G. Jarvie pps. 93-104).

'Industrial Recreation in the West Midlands'. West Midlands Sports Council., July, 1987.

'Sport in Industry - Past Tense or Future Perfect ?' Sports Council Annual Conference Report, 'Recreation Management, March, 1988.

'The Emergence of a New Role for British Industry in the Provision of Sports and Recreation Opportunities Business Parks and Science Parks'. A report to the Sports Council, September, 1988.

'25 Years -1966-1991, A History of the West Midlands Council for Sport and Recreation'. West Midlands Council for Sport and Recreation, May, 1991.

'The Potential of Wet Mineral Workings in the West Midlands for Sport and Recreation'. (Joint report with M. Tanner, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Birmingham.) West Midlands Council for Sport, February, 1992.

'Politicians and Sport: Uses and Abuses'. L. Allison (Ed.), The Changing Politics of Sport, Manchester Univ. Press, 1993, pps. 125-150.

'Crisis Management in Black African Sport'. Sport, Culture and Politics, C. Binfield and J. Stevenson (Eds.) Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pps. 113-128.

Computer software and Network Programming for Sports Facility Management, British Universities Physical Education Association Biennial Conference Report, March, 1994, pps. 79-82.

Who Wins When Politicians Come Out To Play? A Critical Analysis of the Politicisation of Sport. British Network for Comparative Physical Education and Sport conference papers. 19.11.94, West London Institute of Higher Education, Brunel University.

Sport and Physical Education in the British Political Arena. Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Annual Conference, All Africa Games, Harare, Zimbabwe, September, 1995. Referred paper to be published in conference proceedings, mid 1996.
A Critical Analysis of the Politicisation of Sport Journal of the Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Referred paper to be published in late 1996.
V. Research Grants:
'A Review of the Current Decline of the Industrial Sports Club Movement in the West Midland Region with Particular Reference to the Loss of Sports' Facilities'. West Midlands County Council Dissolution Fund, October, 1986- July, 1987. 1,500 'The Emergence of a New Role for British Industry in the Provision of Sports and Recreation Opportunities - Business Parks and Science Parks'. Sports Council, October, 1987 - September, 1988. 1,000 'The Potential of Wet Mineral Workings in the West Midlands for Sport and Recreation'. West Midlands Council for Sport, October, 1990 - October, 1991. 3,000 Research and Innovations Fund Grant, 1995 for study tour in Africa. 2,000 i. Visit to Kenya, based at Kenyatta University, Nairobi. ii. Visit to Zimbabwe for Annual Congress of the Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance and the All Africa Games. Lectured in both countries.

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