Liz Durden-Myers

Liz Durden-Myers is a British academic and a senior lecturer in physical education at the University of Gloucestershire and Bath Spa University.

Career
In 2010, while she was still an undergraduate, Durden-Myers founded PE Scholar, a website for sharing physical education resources for PE teachers.

Durden-Myers has a PhD in physical literacy.

In 2021, Durden-Myers contributed to the House of Lords report A National Plan for Sport, Health and Wellbeing. She has been as a keynote speaker in conferences in the area of Physical Education and Physical literacy across the UK and beyond.

In 2022 in a UK political journal, she again called for the government to establish a national plan for sport and recreation. She often comments in the media on topics related to the benefits of physical activity in youngsters.

Books
Durden-Myers is the author of Physical Literacy: A Guide for Educators and a contributor to other books: ''Is PE in Crisis? Leading Meaningful Change in Physical Education, Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School, Physical Literacy Across the World, and Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity''.

Durden-Myers is a contributor to Perspectives on Flourishing Schools (Rowman and LittleField).

Personal life
Durden-Myers lives in Bath with her two sons and her husband.