Dr Heather Piper is a Professorial Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She has co-authored and edited a number of special issues and books (including Don’t Touch! the educational story of a panic and Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom: Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Schools (both published by Routledge) and has published widely elsewhere. Her ‘voice’ in research practice and academic writing is typified by a contrarian approach, a broad based and eclectic intellectual territory in sociology, philosophy, social policy, and a sensitivity to inter-professional practice informed both by practical experience and her concern with social justice. Dr Dean Garratt is Professor in Education at the University of Chester, UK. His interests span a wide range of issues informed by a critical perspective and commitment to social justice. A key focus is on issues around citizenship education and implications for social and education policy. His current interest lies in emerging notions of professionalism, including that of sports coaching, and the formation of identities among learners and academics in Higher Education. This substantive focus is coupled with a long-standing interest in research methodologies and their underpinning philosophies. Dr Bill Taylor is Head of postgraduate taught provision in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His doctoral research centred on the shifting landscape of professionalism in sports coaching and he has published in the area. More recently he was the main researcher for the ESRC project referred to throughout in the book.