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Angela is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University in Sports Biomechanics and Sports Performance Analysis. Angela is also the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Lead at Northumbria University. Previously Angela worked in the applied elite sport environment working at both the Australian Institute of Sport and the English Institute of Sport providing performance analysis support to individual and team sports at the elite level.
Her research interests include the use of virtual reality technologies to promote healthy lifestyles and exploring the complex and dynamic process of the student transition into higher education and exploring the enables and barriers to the development of student belonging.
Use of Virtual reality technology on exercise preferences
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Student Belonging
- Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
- Addressing Racialised Awarding Gap in Higher Education: Insights from Personal Tutors, Ajibade, B., Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Gabi, J. 25 Apr 2026, In: British Educational Research Journal
- Engaging students through partnership to develop and evaluate a summative professional standards grade: an inadvertent three-year investigation into university student attendance, Peart, D., Teare, G., Hibbs, A., Coyles, A., Rumbold, P. 6 Jul 2026, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
- Engineering Students Educational Experiences of Further and Higher Education Teaching in the United Kingdom, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Elsdon, M., Polman, R. 13 Apr 2026, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
- Extra-Curricular Activity Participation at an English Post-92 University: An exploration of Student Drivers and Barriers through the Lens of Possible Selves Theory, Sillence, E., Hayman, R., Graham, E., Hibbs, A., Polman, R. 2 Jul 2026, In: Cogent Education
- "I had to find my place to sit” – students’ experiences of transitioning to higher education, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Stephens, D., Kaiseler, M., Timmis, M., Tomlinson, A. 19 May 2026, Student Belonging Conference
- Pre-Arrival Confidence and Perceived Importance in First-Year UK Sport Students: A Multi-Institutional Examination of Gender, Institution and Programme Differences, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Tomlinson, A., King, S., Kaiseler, M., Stephens, D., Timmis, M., Polman, R. 28 Jan 2026, In: Social Sciences
- Pre-Arrival Motivation Among Postgraduate Taught Students Entering a United Kingdom University: An Exploration Through Self-Determination Theory, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Edmunds, K., Polman, R. 15 May 2026, In: Student Success
- Pre-arrival nervousness and motivations of undergraduate sport students in the United Kingdom: implications for transition and teaching practice in vocational higher education, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Tomlinson, A., King, S., Kaiseler, M., Stephens, D., Timmis, M., Polman, R. 30 Jun 2026, In: PRACTICE: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education
- Stepping into Higher Education: Exploring Students’ Pre-Arrival Nervousness Across an English University, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Polman, R. 3 Jul 2026, In: Education Sciences
- The acute effects of Home Advantage on English Professional Rugby Union, Holmes, D., Hibbs, A. 12 Jun 2026, In: Graduate Journal of Sport Science, Coaching, Management, and Rehabilitation
- Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
- Oral presentation: Pre-Arrival Insights: Evidence-Informed Strategies to Enhance Student Transition and Success in Sport Higher Education 2026
- Oral presentation: Belonging for PGT students: a multi-institutional approach 2026
- Oral presentation: I had to find my place to sit: students experiences of transitioning to higher education 2026
- Organising a conference, workshop, ...: HESP Conference 2026 2026
- Oral presentation: The Use of a Pre-Arrival Survey to explore student perceived confidence and importance 2025
- Christopher Rogers Video analysis for improved decision making and performance in wheelchair rugby: developing an optimal approach Start Date: 01/03/2025
- Hannah Shearwood Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 20/03/2026
- Sport MSc September 01 2002
- Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2010
- Information not provided British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 2010
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