With Professor Nanette Mutrie, Dr Josie Booth & Grant Sutherland
What would it look like if being active was a part of our learning journey? From the start, at primary level through to higher education we explore what methods are being deployed and why to see more movement be introduced in Scotland’s places of learning.
Grant is the Active Campus Coordinator at Glasgow Kelvin College, where he focuses on engaging staff and students to lead more active lifestyles. He organizes sports clubs, fitness classes, and events that promote physical activity. With a lifelong passion for sport and fitness, Grant earned a BSc in Sports Coaching and Development from the University of the West of Scotland in May 2021.
Dr Josie Booth is a Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. Josie’s research seeks to understand and support how we learn and the relationship with movement behaviour (e.g. physical activity, sedentary behaviour). Much of Josie’s research involves school based programmes which are often co-created with teachers and pupils, and includes neurodivergent populations, such as ADHD. For example, Josie has led research into The Daily Mile, which is a school based physical activity programme now undertaken by more than 5 million children globally.
Retired as Chair of Physical Activity for Health at the University of Edinburgh in January 2022. Nanette had been directing the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre [PAHRC] since 2012. She will continue to be associated with PAHRC as Professor Emerita and has enjoyed delivering some lectures and attending seminars in the past year. Nanette has over 300 peer reviewed publications and the 4 th edition of the text book she co-authors ‘The Psychology of Physical Activity for Health” was published by Routledge in 2021. A particular interest for Nanette is how to communicate about physical activity to the public. She is chair of the Active Scotland Development Group for Sport and Physical Activity and so has a keen interest in policy. Recently Nanette has joined the board of Paths for All and strongly believes that ‘walking is the best buy’. Nanette received an MBE from the Queen in 2015 for services in Physical Activity for Health in Scotland. Her own activity involves dog walking, walking the golf course, playing pickleball and commuting by bike whenever possible.