Jo Batey

Dr. Jo Batey is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Winchester, affiliated with the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing and the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. She has been teaching since 1998 and holds a PhD exploring expectancy effects in educational assessment. Her academic roles include co-founding the university's Sport and Exercise Consultancy Unit (SECU), which supports athletes across various levels. She has extensive applied experience with elite teams like the Great Britain Archery Olympic squad, Royal Navy rugby union, and British Armed Forces mountaineering teams.

Her education includes a BSc from the University of Roehampton, an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Exeter, and a PhD from an unspecified institution. Her research focuses on applied sport psychology, career transitions, expectancy effects in education, and women's experiences in sport. She has published widely in journals such as Injury Prevention, Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, and Sport and Exercise Psychology Review.

Key awards include BASES accreditation (2005) and Chartered Scientist status (2013). Her work often addresses equity issues, such as gender and ethnicity biases in education and sport. Grants include investigations into heteronormativity in classrooms and the impact of reputation on academic assessment. She advises military and elite sports teams, emphasizing practical psychological strategies for performance improvement and injury recovery.