Dr Rebecca Hings
Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
Summary
Dr Rebecca Hings (pronouns: she/her) is a Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (Psychology) at Brunel University London. She is an expert in the emotional labour and wellbeing of sport, health, and exercise employees across a range of domains including high-performance sport, the NHS, and third sector sport organisations.
Beckie is a founding member of the international research group that focuses on advancing the practice of sport and performance psychologists through evidence-based research, education and training.
Beckie graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a First Class Honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science and went on to complete her PhD in Organisation Studies at Portsmouth Business School. Beckie's doctoral research examined how and why sports medicine and science practitioners manage their emotions when interacting with clients as part of their professional practice. Prior to her role at Brunel, she was a Research Planning Officer (Impact) at the University of Birmingham.
Responsibility
- Undergraduate Admissions Tutor for the Division of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Member of the Student Experience Stream for the CHMLS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Member of the CHMLS Athena SWAN Committee
Newest selected publications
Beddoe, A., Hings, R. and Kerner, C. (2024) ''. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 18. ISSN: 1524-9220
Hings, RF., Furmaniak, K., Dunford, C. and Wagstaff, CRD. (2024) ''. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 3. ISSN: 0308-0226
Beddoe, A., Hings, R. and Kerner, C. (2023) ''. American Journal of Health Education, 54 (6). pp. 439 - 450. ISSN: 1932-5037
Hings, R., Furmaniak, K. and Dunford, C. (2023) ''.Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual CoNference (RCOT 2023). London, UK. 1 - 15 June. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. pp. 32 - 32. ISSN: 0308-0226
Hings, R., Wagstaff, C., Anderson, V., Gilmore, S. and Thelwell, R. (2019) ''. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 33 (2). pp. 335 - 356. ISSN: 1041-3200