Responsibilities

• Course Leader Sport Coaching and Physical Education
• Level three undergraduate tutor
• Laboratory manager - Human Energetics and Performance Centre

Teaching Experience

Module Leader for

Research Methods in Sport and Exercise
Research Methods and Project Preparation for Sport and Exercise
Exercise Physiology
Sport and Exercise Nutrition

Other Modules

Exercise Testing

External Activities

• Active reviewer for Oxford University Press
• Active reviewer for Pearsons

Consultancy

• Consultant Sports scientist - Channel swim (England to France) 2006
• Consultant Sports scientist - Sports science support English Cricket Board Centre of Cricketing excellence 2000
• Consultant physiologist - Sports science support Cambridge University boat club (rowing) 2003

Research

Chronic changes in muscle activation (EMG) and walking gait with the use of unstable shoe design.

Recent Conferences and Professional Development Events

• E - Learning for Sports Science. University of Essex, UK 2006
• Applied Sports Science International Symposium Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge 2006
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Science Student Conference 2005
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Science International Conference Manchester September 2002
• Commonwealth International Sports Conference 2002

Conference Presentations

James G. Scruton A. (2007) The effects of physical fatigue on cognitive function. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Student conference.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Gordon, D., Coombs, G, Scruton, A. (2010) The assessment of the lactate turn-point and critical speed in adolescent swimmers. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28: S116-117

Conference Presentations:
Gordon, D., Coombs, G, Scruton, A. (2010) The assessment of the lactate turn-point and critical speed in adolescent swimmers. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland. September 6-8

James G, Gordon D, A. Scruton, A. (2007) The effects of physical fatigue on cognitive function. British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Student conference. Chichester May 22-23