Since the launch of our research project published in February 2021, we have been working alongside UK Athletics and a number of track & field coaches to support an understanding of it’s findings. We are pleased to announce that as… Read More »FCN and UK Athletics Work Together to Achieve Gender Equity in Athletics Coaching
Recognised as one of the premier events in the U.K. domestic athletics calendar, Manchester International will see some of the UK’s brightest talents going head-to-head at the Manchester Regional Arena. This years event will take place at Sportcity, Manchester August… Read More »Coaching Stats for Manchester International 2021 (U.K.)
UK Athletics and the Female Coaching Network are inviting all coaches to attend a ‘Let’s Talk About Gender in Coaching” webinar series in August 2021. UKA and FCN are hosting a number of webinar discussions for all coaches who have… Read More »Let’s Talk About Gender in Coaching
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. Representatives from each of the four home countries and UK Athletics were interviewed to explore their perspective and approaches towards the issue of gender equity within their high-performance coaching… Read More »Research Findings: NGB Approach is Fixing the Woman, not the System
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. The impact of the cultural and systemic issues have also impacted on the value ascribed to women by their governing bodies. There were a few examples of the coaches… Read More »Research Findings: Undervalued and Exploited within the System
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. This was a significant and recurrent theme across of all the 17 interviews. Professions have certain characteristics that differentiate them from crafts, occupations, or trades. It is not possible… Read More »Research Findings: A Lack of Professionalisation within High Performance Coaching
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. In addition to a feeling of being in the minority, many of the women described how gendered assumptions still shape the coaching culture across the NGBs and clubs. Such… Read More »Research Findings: Gendered Assumptions
Laura Turner-Alleyne is a Track & Field coach based in the U.K. She has accrued over 20 years of experience in Athletics, from grass roots through to her senior athletic career as a GB International Sprinter and medallist on the… Read More »Laura Turner-Alleyne – Interview
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. The other consequence of a lack of professionalised coaching system is that it is a breeding ground for same- sex, informal yet powerful exclusive networks. This ultimately works against women coaches… Read More »Research Findings: Closed and Exclusive Networks
Findings: Achieving Gender Equity in High Performance Athletics Coaching in the U.K. The culture of ‘poaching athletes’ was a frequent theme in the data. This is a similar finding to previous research that found such an issue in relation to Black… Read More »Research Findings: A Culture of ‘Poaching’