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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Lee Beaumont is an Associate Professor in Physical Education in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning. He joined the School in September 2007 on a year-long secondment and was appointed full-time in September 2008. Prior to working at UEA, Lee taught for six years in the state education sector. Lee has also held a variety of posts within the coaching, sports science, outdoor, and fitness industry sectors.
Lee holds a BSc (Hons.) in Sports Studies with Leisure Studies from De Montfort University (Bedford), an MSc in Sports Science from Loughborough University, and an EdD in Physical Education, a PGCE in Physical Education (Secondary), and a PGCert in Higher Education Practice from the University of East Anglia. He is also a Professional of Outdoor Learning (POL) with the Institute of Outdoor Learning (IOL).
Key Research Interests
Lee is a member of the Sport, Health and Education (SHE) Research Group. His research interests lie in the area of physical education and sport pedagogy, with a particular emphasis on health-related policy and practice within the physical education curriculum, the promotion of healthy active lifestyles in young people, sports coaching, outdoor education, and lifestyle sports. Lee’s most recent project investigated physical education teachers' lifestyle sports professional development. Current projects include the quality of teacher-pupil relationships, the development of pupils’ health knowledge, sports coaching and online learning, sports coaching and biographical learning, and the role of adults who teach physical education.
Lee has a longstanding interest in physical education curriculum design. As an international physical education consultant, he has led and assisted on many global physical education curriculum development projects. Lee has designed physical education curriculums that have been used in over one hundred countries worldwide.
Teaching Interests
Lee's main teaching responsibilities are on the suite of BSc Physical Education, Sport, and Health programmes, where he is module leader for Policy and Practice in Physical Education (Level 5), Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (Level 6), and Health, Wellbeing and Physical Activity Promotion (Level 6). He also contributes to the teaching on the Research and Experience in Physical Education, Sport and Health module (Level 5) and the EdD programme (Level 8). Lee supervises research projects at undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MRes, EdD, and PhD) levels.
Administrative Posts
Member of Promotions Committee (School of Education and Lifelong Learning)
Member of Research Ethics Committee (School of Education and Lifelong Learning)
Chair of UG and PGT Extenuating Circumstances Panel (School of Education and Lifelong Learning)
Member and Reserve Chair of Faculty Appeals and Complaints Panel (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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An evaluation of the Capoeira and mainstream education project
The Bedford Physical Education Old Students Association
1/01/14 → 31/08/14
Project: Research
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Characteristics of combined movement behavior interventions in children and adolescents: A scoping review
Maloney, C. M. C., Atkin, A. J., Beaumont, L. C., Budzynski-Seymour, E. & Warburton, V. E., 4 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Obesity Reviews. e13943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Concluding thoughts on teaching and coaching lifestyle sports: Steps forward for research and practice
Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C., 11 Feb 2025, Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: Research and Practice. Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Embedding lifestyle sports into a 21st century physical education curriculum: A motivational perspective and challenges of integration
Warburton, V. E. & Beaumont, L. C., 11 Feb 2025, Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: Research and Practice. Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 83-95 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Navigating the athlete-to-coach transition: Understanding the experiences, philosophies, and practices of British orienteering coaches
Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C., 19 May 2025, In: Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. 25, 2, p. 476-492 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"Orienteering is a way of life": Learning from and for lifestyle sports coaching
Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C., 2025, Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports: Research and Practice. Leeder, T. M. & Beaumont, L. C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 136-150 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prizes
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Sustainable UEA Awards 2021 (Finalist)
Beaumont, Lee (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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UEA Innovation and Impact Awards 2020 (Finalist)
Beaumont, Lee (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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British Educational Research Association (External organisation)
Lee C. Beaumont (Member)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Institute for Outdoor Learning (External organisation)
Lee C. Beaumont (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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External Examiner for City of Oxford College (FdSc and BSc Sports Coaching, Fitness and Rehabilitation)
Lee C. Beaumont (Examiner)
2015 → 2018Activity: Examination
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External Examiner for Solihull College (FdSc Coaching Science, BSc Applied Sports Science, and BSc Applied Sports Science [Coaching])
Lee C. Beaumont (Examiner)
2014 → 2018Activity: Examination
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British Mountaineering Council (External organisation)
Lee C. Beaumont (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association