I am Head of Psychological Research at the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT), and Visiting Associate Professor at Aston University.Â
I am also an Executive Editor of Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, and Associate Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology.
I am a National Teaching Fellow, in recognition of my teaching and leadership in higher education.
My research background is in educational and legal psychology, with a particular focus on 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 we can help people to remember more effectively
factors that shape or distort what we remember/believe
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.