Dr Owen Spendiff

Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
Department of Applied and Human Sciences
School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry
Penrhyn Road

Head of Department of Applied and Human Sciences & Associate Professor

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About

Owen is Head of the Department of Applied and Human Sciences, previously the Field Leader to Sport and Exercise Sciences.

Under his tenure for Sport and Exercise, the Sport Degree Courses at Kingston were ranked as high as first in England in the Guardian league tables (second in the UK) and the students consistently provided the highest satisfaction rates in the National Student Survey for teaching /learning/assessment and feedback. The Department of Applied and Human Sciences offers a diverse range of courses including Forensic Science, Biological Sciences, Sport and Exercise Science and Nutrition. The Department also have numerous Partner Colleges offering an array of courses such as Animal and Equine Management.

Owen's research is very much focused on Sport Nutrition, with recent PhD student projects focused on High Flavanol Dark Chocolate and also different algae such as Spirulina and Chlorella, analysing their effects on oxygen consumption and performance. Owen is also very active in researching diets for health and exercise. Recent PhD projects analysed the effects that Ketogenic diets (High Fat-Low Carbohydrate) have on exercise and performance.

Qualifications

PhD Sport Nutrition
MSc Sport and Exercise
BSc (Hons) Sport and Leisure
Cert Ed Higher and Further Education
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Domains

Owen's teaching expertise centres on Exercise Physiology, Sport Nutrition and Research Methods and his teaching philosophy is centred on the continued development in strategies to engage students and inspire curiosity within our disciplines. The goal of any HE provision is for a team to deliver contemporary student centred (inclusive) curricula which is vocationally relevant and research-informed for every session, module and course. Over the 20 years teaching experience, Owen has been responsible for developing teaching and learning within the teams he has led and addressed aspects such as learner engagements strategies, novel use of VLE, inclusive and applied assessments and vocational centred approaches to teaching. As a result of his leadership, Owen is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Since 2004, Owen has been responsible for the design, vision and validation of degree programmes listed below.

Degree validations

MSc Sport & Exercise (Performance) (Kingston University, 2017)
MSc Sport and Exercise (Health) (Kingston University, 2017)
FdSc Sport Coaching (Kingston University in collaboration with Nescot, 2016)
BSc (Hons) Sport Science (Coaching) (Kingston University, 2016)
BSc (Hons) Sport Science with Business (Kingston University, 2012)
BSc (Hons) Sport Science (BASES ENDORSED) (Kingston University, 2012)
BSc (Hons) Exercise, Nutrition & Health (Kingston University, 2012)
BSc (Hons) Sport Analysis & Coaching (Kingston University, 2012)
FdA in Early Years (SECTOR ENDORSED) (UniS, 2008).
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies (UniS, 2007).
FdA in Early Years (UniS, 2007).
FdSc Personal Training and Sport Performance (REPS Accredited) (UniS, 2005 & 2008).
FdA in Health and Social Care (UniS, 2006)
FdSc in Holistic Therapies (UniS, 2004/2006/2008),
BSc (Hons) in Sport Science and Management (UniS, 2004 & 2008).

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Publications

Acute 1,3-butanediol co-ingestion with carbohydrate does not improve endurance performance in chronically ketogenic male athletes

Carpenter, Matthew, Brouner, James and Spendiff, Owen, 2026, Nutrients (18), 14, Published

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