Jed McKernie

Jed delivers a number of units and modules on HNC/D Fitness, Health and Exercise, HNC Sports Coaching and BSc Sport and Fitness. This includes overseeing strength and conditioning sessions which allow students to gain experience of coaching athletes outwith the curriculum.

Jed has helped set up sports clubs, in collaboration with the Student Association, which has led to several teams competing in national student competitions.

Jed is a member of the United Kingdon Strength and Conditioning Association, British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and Higher Education Academy.

He recently attended, and presented a piece of research at the prestigious annual BASES conference in Nottingham. The research work, carried out in conjunction with colleagues - Mark Murray and Kirsten Grant - investigates the effects of post-activation potentiation on counter movement jump in developmental swimming athletes. The research abstract was published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Sports Sciences.