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Helping students and teachers to realise their potential

Dr Victoria Armstrong

Research and Development Manager

Research specialisms

  • Music education
  • Inclusion and EdTech assessment in arts education
  • Gender and education
  • Gender and work

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Josie Brett

Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Statistical modelling and analysis
  • Economics of education
  • Social mobility
  • Education and gender


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Lucy Howarth

Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Statistical modelling
  • Quantitative research
  • Data analysis and creating visualisations

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Dr Chinwe Njoku

Education Insights Lead

Research specialisms

  • Maths education
  • Data analysis
  • Quantitative research

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Dr Claire Tupling

Research and Development Manager

Research specialisms

  • History of education
  • Digital data practices in education
  • Dysfluency in higher education and the intersections with digital technologies

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Dr Chris Vincent

Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Psychometrics
  • Organisational culture and human values
  • Q methodology

Dr Yaw Bimpeh

Lead Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Statistical modelling and analysis
  • Rater reliability
  • Psychometric models
  • Standard-setting methods

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Dr Katy Finch

Lead Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Language pedagogy and assessment
  • Impact of language background on educational outcomes
  • Student and teacher voice in educational assessment
  • Fairness and accessibility in assessment

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Alina Husain

Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Statistical analysis and data mining
  • Widening participation and student transition
  • Online learning and assessment
  • Experimental psychology

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Dr Handan Lu

Research Fellow

Research specialisms

  • Reading and language comprehension
  • Second language acquisition from psycholinguistic perspective
  • Digital literacy
  • On-screen assessment

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Phoebe Surridge

Research Fellow

Research specialisms

  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Accessibility of assessment
  • Risk factors and vulnerable groups

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Laura Verdasco Menendez

Research Fellow

Research specialisms

  • Statistical modelling and analysis
  • Quantitative research methods
  • Experimental psychology
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion

Faye Walker

Researcher

Research specialisms

  • Language and identity
  • Communication behaviour
  • Qualitative research

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