Dr Rick Hayman

Associate Professor

School: Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation

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Rick`s PhD investigated the role of deliberate practice in developing elite adolescent golfers and his research outputs to date have examined factors that aid and constrain the attainment of elite adolescent sports performance.

Rick has both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching responsibilities and undertakes an active role in promoting innovative and research informed teaching and learning methods across both the department and wider university community. Rick`s student centred approach is tailored to maximise the overall student experience at every stage and create a teaching and learning environment that develops a range of academic, professional, personal and employability skills.

Rick is proactive in terms of his own continuing professional development and regularly presents at nationally recognised conferences and workshops related to learning and teaching enhancement. Rick is passionate about encouraging student learning in all forms and contexts and fully engages students in dialogue about their learning needs and styles. This is evidenced in his highly interactive teaching approaches and use of students as key collaborators in his research initiatives.

Rick is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has extensive experience of undertaking community based sports coaching projects with children. In his spare time, Rick competes nationally for Sale Harriers Manchester Athletics Club and is a volunteer grass roots football coach.

Campus Address

Room 234 Northumberland Building
Northumbria University
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Rick Hayman is an Associate Professor (Education) and Faculty Director for Access and Participation at Northumbria University, United Kingdom. He is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has an established reputation for informing education practice and policy having led multiple student engagement and partnership projects at institutional and national levels.

Key Publications

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Addressing Racialised Awarding Gap in Higher Education: Insights from Personal Tutors, Ajibade, B., Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Gabi, J. 8 Apr 2026, In: British Educational Research Journal
Decolonising the Sciences: Enhancing the Experience of Staff and Students from Racially Minoritised Ethnic Groups Using LEGO® Serious Play®, Ajibade, B., Hayman, R., Burns, C., Navarro-Reguero, C., Milian, J. 26 Feb 2026, In: Equity in Education & Society
Engineering Students Educational Experiences of Further and Higher Education Teaching in the United Kingdom, Hayman, R., Hibbs, A., Elsdon, M., Polman, R. 13 Apr 2026, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
Examining the cost of learning in United Kingdom higher education: Qualitative insights from academic and professional service staff at a post-92 English university, Graham, P., Shotton, L., Goodall, A., Hayman, R. 25 Mar 2026, In: Equity in Education & Society
Pre-Arrival Confidence and Perceived Importance in First-Year UK Sport Students: A Multi-Institutional Examination of Gender, Institution and Programme Differences, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Tomlinson, A., King, S., Kaiseler, M., Stephens, D., Timmis, M., Polman, R. 28 Jan 2026, In: Social Sciences
The Transition from Further to Higher Education: Expectations and Experiences of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Students, Tomlinson, A., King, S., Hibbs, A., Polman, R., Hayman, R. 12 Mar 2026, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education
Early indicators of success: linking undergraduate sports students pre-arrival views to first year retention and performance outcomes, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Polman, R. 2 Dec 2025
Exploring access to postgraduate research: Perceptions and experiences of ethnic minority students at a Post-92 United Kingdom university, Ajibade, B., Hayman, R., Ackah, M., Oguna, C. 14 Mar 2025, In: Equity in Education & Society
Identifying gender gaps on sports degrees: a retrospective case study, Bradburn, R., Quinn, E., Avner, Z., McCullogh, N., Hayman, R., Johns, K., Cook, P., Peart, D., Ansdell, P. 1 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: “Trying to juggle study and work”: University staff reflections on supporting students experiencing financial hardship 2024
Oral presentation: Impact of early sport specialisation on physical literacy, movement competency and long term intrinsic motivation 2018
Oral presentation: Exploring social integration of sport students during the transition to university 2017
Oral presentation: Exploring social integration of sport students during the transition to university 2017
Oral presentation: Exploring social integration of sport students during the transition to university 2017
Oral presentation: Exploring social integration of sport students during the transition to university 2017
Oral presentation: Exploring social integration and the retention of sport students through the transition to university 2017
Oral presentation: Using flipped learning to place sport students and their employability at centre stage: insights and food for thought 2016
Oral presentation: Flipped learning classroom with sports students: a new way of doing business 2016
Oral presentation: Flipped learning maiden voyage through uncharted waters 2015