Dr Ian Sadler

Sport and Exercise Sciences

Dr Ian Sadler is Subject Head in the School of Sport and Exercise Science with responsibility for learning and teaching. Ian teaches exercise physiology and nutrition and he is an accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (BASES) and a Chartered Scientist (Science Council). His research focuses upon learning and teaching in higher education; specifically teacher development and assessment practice. Ian is currently part of the Advance HE Degree Standards project team which has developed and delivered national training for external examiners. This has also included a subject specific version for sport science external examiners. He also supervises doctoral students in the area of learning and teaching in higher education. In addition, Ian has extensive experience of undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum development and has led Faculty wide projects related to assessment and student research. Externally, Ian is part of a number of BASES committees based on his expertise in pedagogy and has been on the panel for numerous validation events.

Degrees

2009, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, PhD
2001, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, PGCE
1999, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, MSc Sport Science
1998, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) Physical Education and Geography

Academic appointments

Subject Head, School of Sport, Leisure and Nutrition, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, 2017 - present
Acting Associate Dean: Student Experience, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, York St John University, York, 2015 - 2016
Head of Department: Applied Human Sciences, York St John University, York, 2014 - 2016

Highlighted publications

Sadler I, Reimann N, Sambell K. 2022. Feedforward practices: a systematic review of the literature Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Journal article

Sadler I, Reimann N, Sambell K. 2022. Feedforward practices: a systematic review of the literature Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Reimann N, Sadler I, Sambell K. 2019. What’s in a word? Practices associated with ‘feedforward’ in higher education Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 44 :1279-1290 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Whitehead AE, Sadler I. 2018. Research-informed teaching: releasing the power of the student research conference Innovations in Practice, 12 :18-23 Publisher Url Public Url

Sadler I, Reimann N. 2018. Variation in the development of teachers’ understandings of assessment and their assessment practices in higher education Higher Education Research and Development, 37 :131-144 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Reimann N, Sadler I. 2016. Personal understanding of assessment and the link to assessment practice: the perspectives of higher education staff Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42 :724-736 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sadler I. 2013. The role of self-confidence in learning to teach in higher education Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 50 :157-166 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sadler I. 2012. The challenges for new academics in adopting student-centred approaches to teaching Studies in Higher Education, 37 :731-745 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sadler I. 2012. The influence of interactions with students for the development of new academics as teachers in higher education Higher Education, 64 :147-160 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sanctuary C, Meir R, Sadler I. 2012. The seven step approach to the application of sports science in english professional rugby league: Practical considerations in strength and conditioning International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 7 :33-45 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Sadler I. 2009. Connection Learning: A Framework for the Development of Teaching Journal on excellence in college teaching, 20 Publisher Url Public Url

Chapters

Reimann N, Sambell K, Sadler I, Kreber C. 2021. Addressing the challenges of assessment and feedback in Business Schools: developing assessment practices which support learning. Kjaergaard A, Lindgreen A, Rosier E, Thomsen T, Tuncdogan A. Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Business Schools: A Practice-Based Approach. :207-225 Edward Elgar 978 1 78990 746 9

Highlighted activities

Other Professional Activity:

Advanced HE (AHE) Degree Standards project member. Includes the development and delivery of national training for external examiners.. 2019

Professional activities

Award:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award Winner, Teaching & Learning Excellence Awards, LJMU, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/teaching-and-learning-academy/teaching-and-learning-awards/tla-2022-winners. 2022

Research Grants Awarded:

UK Coaching, Impact Evaluation of the UK Coaching/1st4Sport/Mind eLearning Course 'Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity', Burton, Leanne; Whitehead, Amy; Sadler, Ian; Murphy, Becky, Grant value (£): 7997, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2020

Higher Education Academy, HLST Critical Review of Contemporary Practice: Feedback, Grant value (£): 5000.

External committees:

Steering Group member for the BASES Education and Teaching Special Interest Group, BASES. 2020

BASES Accreditation Committee, BASES, Pedagogy expertise. 2018

Undergraduate Endorsement Review Group, BASES. 2017

Other Professional Activity:

Advanced HE (AHE) Degree Standards project member. Includes the development and delivery of national training for external examiners.. 2019

Conference presentation:

Feedforward: a systematic review of a concept, Assessment in Higher Education, Manchester, England, Oral presentation. 2019

Feedforward in higher education: conceptualisations and practice, The Higher Education Conference - EARLI, Amsterdam, Holland, Oral presentation. 2016

Conceptualising Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy as an assessment process, 5th International Assessment in Higher Education Conference, Birmingham, England, Oral presentation. 2015

Plurality and difference in the development of teachers’ understanding of assessment in higher education, SRHE 2014 Annual Research Conference, Oral presentation. 2014

The interplay between staff understandings of assessment and their assessment practices in higher education, EARLI Biennial Conference 2013, Munich, Germany, Oral presentation. 2013

Fellowships:

Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy. 2014

Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist, British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences. 2013

Chartered Scientist, Science Council. 2013

Teaching qualification:

PGCE - Adult Education and Training. 2001

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