Sara de Jong

Staff profile

Junior Lecturer - HE Equine

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Career Overview

I try not to keep to the beaten path and after spending my life travelling around the world, I have joined Hartpury University as a junior lecturer. My education and work careers have crossed over multiple times; I have started up businesses within the equine sector in Vietnam (2014), England (2021) and Italy (2022). I obtained my BSc (Hons) Equine Science from Hartpury in 2017 and my MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience in Mental Health from King's College London in 2020.

Teaching and supervision

  • Equestrian Project Management
  • Sales, Negotiation and Customer Service
  • Equestrian Research in Professional Practice
  • Equestrian Event Management and Fundraising
  • Professional Development and Influence Within the Equestrian Sector

Research interests

  • Personal/group engagement and development within the equestrian industries
  • Psychology and the relevant theories within equestrian business and wider industries
  • Human-Equine interactions and its use within therapy

Equine degrees

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