Dr Victoria Goodyear PhD, SFHEA

• PhD Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
• MA Education
• PGCE Physical Education
• BSc Sport and Exercise Science 

Victoria is a previous physical education teacher and school sport coordinator. She was awarded an Alexander Trust Bursary to complete a PhD at the University of Bedfordshire, where she was subsequently appointed as a Lecturer. Victoria joined the University of Birmingham in 2015. 

• Physical Education and Wellbeing Msc (Distance Learning)

• Sport Coaching MSc (Distance Learning) 

Victoria’s research focuses on:

• Social Media/Digital Technologies and Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing
• Learning/Pedagogy in online environments
• Online Teacher/Coach Professional Development 

Victoria’s research has been supported by research councils, trusts and industry, including the ESRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust, British Academy, Google and the Society for Educational Studies. Key examples of recent funded projects include: 

• NIHR – PI – Smart Schools: Smartphones, social Media and Adolescent mental wellbeing: the impact of school policies Restricting daytime use
• ESRC – PI – Project Safety Net: The risks and opportunities of safeguarding adolescents on social media in relation to organised sport
• NIHR – Co-I – Physical activity insecurity as experienced by LGBTQ+ children and young people living with deprivation
• ESRC – Co-I – Improving physical activity through community-based inclusive sports and exercise for people living with paralysis
• ESRC - PI - Optimising Social Media for Physical Activity and Nutrition during COVID-19
• ESRC – Co-I – Safe Gaming: Developing guidelines to help young people engage safely in online gaming
• Google -PI - My teachers don't have a clue": Digital Literacy for Teachers
• British Academy – PI - Activating Health: Developing user-informed optimal teaching behaviors and health assessments for Health Optimizing Physical Education
• Wellcome Trust - PI - Social media and its impact on adolescent health and wellbeing: A scoping study of the new ethical challenges
• Society for Educational Studies - PI - "There's an app for that!" An Exploratory Study into Digital Technologies and Health/Wellbeing Education in Schools 

Victoria is an impact case lead for REF2021, and her research has impacted on national policy and practice and has been reported in the media. In 2019 she received the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Impact on Society, and she was University of Birmingham Hero for the 21^st Century Bodies campaign. 

Victoria has advised on policy issues related to social media, and contributed to the following policy documents:

• UK CMO commentary on screen time and social media
• UK Online Harms Bill
• APPG Young People and Social Media No Filters Report
• Youth Select Committee Report on Body Image
• Science and Technology Report Impact of Social Media and Screen-Use on Young People’s Health 

An example of her impactful research can be accessed here

External Roles:

• Panel member for the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines, communications committee
• Section Editor (Sport Education); Routledge Encyclopedia of Sport Studies
• Associate Editor Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Journal
• Editorial Board Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health Journal
• Editorial Board Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Journal
• Editorial Board Quest Journal
• Advisory Board Spanish Journal of Physical Education and Sport 

Victoria has given keynotes and invited talks in numerous countries around the world, including Dubai, Sweden, Germany, and Canada. She has been awarded 10 competitive international research awards, including the exemplary paper award from the American Education Research Association in 2019 and 2014, the Early Career Scholar Award from the Qualitative Research on Sport and Exercise, the AIESEP Young Scholar Award and the European Education Research Association Early Career Award. Victoria frequently engages in Public Engagement Activities, key examples: 

• Smartphones are powerful personal pocket computers – should schools ban them? Conversation Article
• Social media can help young people live healthy lives Conversation Article
• Coronavirus: How Joe Wicks’ fitness workouts ‘changed my life’ – BBC Article
• What role does social media play in young people’s perceptions of their bodies – Article, Beauty Demands Network
• Social Media and Young People’s Health: Are Alarmist Narratives Wrong? – The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 21^st Century Body – Being Human Festival
• Perfect Bodies – British Science Festival
• Growing up Digital – BBC Radio 4, The Fix
• Fitbits could be putting children off exercise – Sky News TV
• Young People oppose Fitbits in schools – Conversation Article