About
I am Head of Psychological Research at the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT), Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Aston University, and Associate Editor of the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.
In 2024 I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of my teaching and leadership in higher education.
My research background is in educational and legal psychology, with a particular focus on issues that relate to human memory, cognition, and social influence. For example, my work has focused on themes such as:
"feedback literacy": how we nurture people's (e.g. students' and teachers') skill as receivers of feedback
how people react to feedback on their skills, performance, and memories
how people retrieve memories of past events, experiences, and information they have learned
factors that shape or distort what we remember/believe
how we can help people to remember more effectively
My work has been funded by the Economic & Social Research Council, Assessments & Qualifications Alliance (AQA), Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust, European Commission FP7, College of Policing, Higher Education Academy, British Academy, British Psychological Society, and Richard Benjamin Trust.
