Jonathan Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Coaching and Pedagogy
Jonathan is Programme Leader for FdSc Coaching Sport and Fitness and Lecturer for the BSc Applied Sport Science Science and BSc Football Coaching and the Performance Specialist. His main areas of focus are coaching pedagogy, alongside sport conditioning and outdoor pursuits.
After serving seven years with the Royal Marines, Jonathan gained a wide range of experience employed across several industry sectors. This included setting up and managing his own fitness club business. After selling the business, he returned to higher education as a mature student studying BSc (Hons) Sports Science 2004-7. Following the completion of his UG Degree, he continued to coach adventure fitness activities and provide sport science support for recreational athletes participating in challenging events worldwide.
He joined the SES staff team lecturing on the Sport Coaching Programme at Wrexham Glyndŵr University in 2010, after attaining his PGCE (PCET). This enabled him to further develop his research interests in traditional martial arts and self-defence training, and he was awarded MPhil in 2017.
Jonathan is a Black belt 5th Dan in Japanese Ju Jitsu and has taught Ju Jitsu internationally. He has been an active triathlete since 1984, completing seven Ironman distance events including IM New Zealand and IM Canada.
Hobbies include adventure travel, real ale sampling and world cuisine.