Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Manchester Metropolitan University. 2018.
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCert AP). Manchester Metropolitan University. 2015.
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). 2015.
MSc Exercise and Sport Science (Coaching and Physiology). Manchester Metropolitan University. 2014.
BSc Sport Science and Kinesiology. University of Salzburg, Austria. 2012.
Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Activities Coordinator and Coach at Manchester Metropolitan University (Cheshire) Sports Centre.
Fitness Coach at Fitness FASA GmbH in Linz, Austria.
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at Red Bull Ice Hockey Club Salzburg, Austria.
Figure Skating Coach at Union Eissportklub Linz in Linz, Austria.
Departmental Representative Faculty Ethics Committee (Science & Engineering). 2019-ongoing.
Area Interest Group (AIG) Lead for Coaching in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. 2016-ongoing.
Coaching Representative in Departhmental Ethics Sub-Committee. 2015-2017.
Mother tongues: Croatian, German
Proficiency at academic and conversational level: English
Fluent skills at conversational level: French
Level 5
Coaching and Performance Analysis
Personal tutor
Level 6
Working in High Performance Sport
Working in High Performance Sport (Distance Learning)
Project supervisor
Level 7
Project supervisor (taught and research degrees)
Co-supervisor. Doctor of Philosophy (full-time, in progress). Thesis title: ‘Non-exercise micro-interventions to mitigate sedentarism-induced poor health’
Co-supervisor. Masters by Research (part-time, in progress). Thesis title: 'Management and control of the menstrual cycle in habitually active women'
P. Kolic, W. Taylor, N. Groom, L. Nelson The academic-ness of the UKCC CL4 award: Turning points, status passage and identity. Liverpool John Morse University, 31/7/2017.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor, . Groom, L. Nelson From outsider to insider (?) Ethnographic observations of high performance coach education programmes in the UK. Chichester, 30/8/2016.
WG. Taylor, P. kolic Professional ethics and being the knowledgeable other. Seattle, University of Washington, USA,, 21/6/2016.
WG. Taylor Professional ethics and being the knowledgeable other. Seattle, USA, 21/6/2016.
WG. Taylor, IM. McEwan The use of video in sports coaching: a generational schism. Paper presentated at: SHAPE Amercian National Coaching Conference. Seattle, Washington University, USA, 21st -23rd June, 2016. Seattle, USA, 21/6/2016.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor, NR. Groom, L. Nelson Coaches’ perceptions of formal elite coach education in the UK. Seattle, USA, 21/6/2016.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor, NR. Groom, L. Nelson The perceived value of the UKCC CL4 programme: Coaches’ perceptions and values. Ediburgh, UK, 8/3/2016.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor, NR. Groom, L. Nelson High performance coach learning: Scoping and mapping the literature (2003 – 2014). Crewe, UK, 9/9/2015.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor, NR. Groom, L. Nelson, S. Collins High performance coach education: Scoping the literature (2003 – 2014). Vierumaki, Finland, 23/8/2015.
WG. Taylor, P. kolic (2015). Taylor, W. G. & Kolić, P. (2015) The Role of Nostalgic and Nostophobic Referencing in the Construction of Coaching Knowledge. Vierumaki Finland, 21/8/2015.
WG. Taylor, A. Consterdine, P. Kolic The Future of Professionalisation and the Sports Coach. Gloucester, 6/3/2015.
P. Kolic, WG. Taylor (2017). An examination of the UKCC Coach Level 4 Award: Interim report for British Canoeing. , British Canoeing.
Journal of Women in Sport and Physical Activity (WSPAJ)
United Kingdom Doping Association (UKAD) Accredited Advisor
Les Burlitz Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research 2014-2015. Manchester Metropolitan University.