Barry Forrester
Senior Lecturer in Outdoor Education
Playing and working in the outdoors for over 30 years; including Borneo, Fiji, Far East, Europe and Canada, has developed a deep appreciation for the wonders of our environment. Teaching outdoor education and sport for over 17 years across a widely diverse group of young people and adults develops an open mind to what people are capable of achieving and Barry believes the outdoors can provide a great arena for this development. Previous work experience; Special Educational Needs, Youth at Risk groups, Alternative Curriculum Projects, Local Education Authority contracts; management of activity camps and work based learning projects, freelance Outdoor Worker, First Aid Trainer / Assessor and former Curriculum Leader of Outdoor Education and Sport at Wirral Metropolitan College.
Teaching
Earth Science and Geography, Natural Hazards; Recreational Ecology; Kayaking; Mountain Leadership; Skiing; Dissertation supervision; Work Based Learning.
Research
My interests focus on recreation and travel in the wilderness (impacts and interactions between people and our wild environments). Also recent collaboration with University of Northern British Columbia (2008, 2010) into pro-glacial suspended sediment dynamics in arctic and alpine environments (British Columbia) has stimulated another avenue of research interest.
Qualifications
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education Management & Leadership (Lancaster University)
- BSc (Hons) Outdoor & Environmental Education (Liverpool John Moores University)
- Certificate in Education - Adult, FE, HE (University of Manchester)
Professional Qualifications
- Mountain Leader Summer
- Single Pitch Award
- Winter Mountain Leader
- British Canoe Union: Level 4 Sea Coach
- Level 3 Inland Coach assessed
- Alpine Ski Leader
- British Association of Snow Sport Instructors Level 1
- OCR Offsite Safety Management Certificate (Wirral Metropolitan College)
- International Diploma Sports Therapy Certificate in Nutrition (Wirral Metropolitan College)
- Diploma Sports Psychology (Newcastle College)
Publications
Conferences
Forrester, B.J. (2007). Recreational Impacts in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. British Council - International Conference, Stara Lesna, Slovakia – ‘Mountain National Parks and Biosphere Reserves.’ Conference proceedings abstract and oral presentation.
Liverpool John Moores MARSA Research Student Conference 29th April 2008 – presentation of PhD research.
Visiting Lecture University of Derby - presentation of PhD findings, 14th December 2008.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly Vienna 20th April – 25th April 2009.
Conference proceedings abstracts:
1) Forrester, B.J., Stott, T.A., Owens, P.N., Lee, J. (2009). A comparison of three methods for estimating pro-glacial suspended sediment loads: an example from Castle Creek, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia.
2) Stott, T.A., Owens, P.N., Forrester, B.J., Lee, J. (2009). Suspended sediment fluxes in the Castle Creek glacier pro-glacial zone, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia.
EGU Poster presentation:
Stott, T.A. Owens, P.N. Forrester, B.J. Lee, J. (2009). Suspended sediment fluxes in the Castle Creek glacier pro-glacial zone, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia. Poster Presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, 20th -25th April2009.
Owens, PN. Stott, T.A. Forrester, B.J. Lee, J. Dery, S. Menounos, B. (2010). Suspended sediment fluxes in the proglacial zone of a retreating glacier, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia. Poster Presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, 3-7 May 2010.
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Forrester, B.J. and Stott, T.A. (2008). Stop driving me wild!!! Does the wilderness experience influence archaeopsychic behaviours? Journal of Qualitative Research in Sports studies, 2, 1, 175 – 190.
Stott, T.A. Owens, P.N. Forrester, B.J. Lee, J. (2009). Suspended Sediment Fluxes in the Castle Creek Glacier Proglacial Zone, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia. Innovations in Practice 3, 49-70.
Forrester, B.J. and Stott, T.A. (2009). Monitoring changes in driver behaviour during a three week wilderness experience in Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia. Innovations in Practice 3, 28-40.
Stott, T.A. Owens, P.N. Forrester, B.J. Lee, J. Dery, S. Menounos, B. (in prep). Suspended sediment fluxes in the proglacial zone of a retreating glacier, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia.
Forrester, B.J. and Stott, T.A. (in prep). Climate trends in micro and local climates of the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Forrester, B.J., Stott, T.A., Stronach, I. (in prep). Does the wilderness experience influence archaeopsychic behaviours?
