Profile – Secondary 11

Education

Volos High School
Qualifications

University of Athens, Greece (PE and Sports Science,1988-1992), University of Sheffield (MSc Sports Coaching, 1994-1995), De Montfort University Bedford (PhD Exercise Physiology, 1997-2001), Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (MA Learning and Teaching, 2004-2008)
Work History

De Montfort University, Bedford College, Reading University, Buckinghamshire New University
Current Job

Lecturing and research
Employer

Buckinghamshire New University

Favourite thing to do in my job:

Run maximal tests where I exercise people to exhaustion, take blood samples for analysis, measure body fat levels.
My Work

Research into sports nutrition
My Typical Day:

4-5 hours teaching lectures and labs, 2 hours admin, 2 hours lecture prep
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Teaching in the classroom or the human performance lab followed by administrative work and student tutorials or meetings.
What I'd do with the prize money:

I would buy a ticket for the Olympics to watch the swimming events and conduct some research during the events.
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Swimming has always been my passion. I was an athlete and now swim for recreation. I attended the swimming events in Beijing in 2008 while I carried out research on visitors’ experiences at the Games. In 2005 I also carried out research on the environmental and socio-cultural impact of the 2012 Games. I would like to follow up this research and the research I conducted in Beijing but when I looked for tickets for the 2012 Olympics there were either sold out or sold at extortionate prices. With the £500 I could buy tickets to the swimming events and administer research questionnaires at the Olympic site.

Maria Konstantaki