Dr Charlotte Williams

Charlotte leads modules for Sport and Exercise Psychology within our undergraduate programme. She is responsible for the delivery qualitative research methods. Her approach to teaching and learning is informed by evidence-based empirical and applied research. Charlotte delivers mindset support to athletes as part of our Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). Charlotte’s research interests focus on life skills development through sport, parents in sport, and exploring high performance sport.

Charlotte completed her undergraduate degree in Sport Coaching in 2011 and discovered a love for Sport Psychology. Following this, she embarked on a MSc. in Applied Sport Psychology. It was during this time that she began training to become an accredited sport and exercise psychologist. She was offered supervised experience within the sports of golf, netball, football and rugby.

As a result of her introduction to the applied side of Sport Psychology, Charlotte engaged in consultations. Through these conversations, she secured a PhD and began exploring the life skills development of young people through golf. Charlotte studied for her PhD part-time whilst working at Cardiff Metropolitan University in administrate and associate lecturer roles and as a trainee sport and exercise psychologist. In 2020, Charlotte completed her PhD and was appointed as a lecturer with us.