Dr Candice Lingam-Willgoss

Professional biography

Candice is the  Associate Dean for Tuition within WELS.  Candice joined the Sport and Fitness team in 2013 having worked as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University since 2010. Prior to working for the Open University she was based at Southampton University where she was the Assistant Programme Director for Sport. 

Candice's main areas of interest are within sport and exercise psychology and sociology of sport.

Research interests

Teaching interests

Candice has been involved in the writing and development of a range of sport and fitness related modules including:

E314 - Exploring Contemporary Issues in Sport and Exercise

E235 - Sport and Exercise Psychology in Action

As well as authoring and development of core content she has authored several OpenLearn courses as well as Co-authoring a Badged Open Course (BOC) focused on Career transitions in sport (4000 enrolled students)

​Candice is also an Associate Lecturer on E117, E235 and E312

Impact and engagement

Candice disseminates her knowledge of sport and exercise science to engage diverse communities and foster knowledge exchange. Examples of media used to disseminate such knowledge include:

• The Conversation (click here to see articles written by Candice) 
• OpenLearn (click here to see articles written by Candice)
• Broadcast media (e.g. academic consultant on Channel 4 Chasing Perfections, BBC Ideas how to be a good sporting parent, BBC The truth about exercise at home and The Sports Desk Podcast - Women's sport matters)
• Sport and Fitness team blog (click here to see posts written by Candice)  

She also works closely with the Neurodiversity in Sport network, and is developing materials to support professional development for coaches in this area. 

External collaborations

Neurodiverse Sport Network