Research Grants and Awards

British Psychological Society West Midlands Branch Conference and Event Bursary 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

University of Cambridge Homerton College Postgraduate Research and Training Grant 2022, 2023, 2024

University of Cambridge Faculty of Education Conference Expenses Fund 2024

British Psychological Society Postgraduate Study Visit Scheme Award 2023

National Centre for Research Methods e-Festival on Research Methods Bursary 2023

Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) Training Bursary 2023

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MSc Psychology (Conversion)

Fully funded by University of Chester Santander Masters Scholarship
University of Chester Volunteering Gold Award, 2019
Chester Difference Award, 2019

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LLM Law

Fully funded by Arts and Humanities Research Board Postgraduate Studentship
Trinity Hall College Prize, 1999 - first class in LLM examinations

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LLB (Hons) Law & Criminology

Sweet & Maxwell Prize 1997 - best overall performance in law in final year
Criminology Departmental Prize 1997 - outstanding performance

Training

Professional Writing Academy Running Writing Workshops Certificate 2024

Mental Health First Aid Certificate 2024

Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health Summer School on Youth Mental Health Research 2023 and 2024, Online

International Research Summer School 2023 (five day residential) on Qualitative Research and Academic Integrity in Education, University of Warsaw, Poland
[Selected for a place following peer review of application by the IRSS committee]

European Educational Research Association Summer School 2023 (five day residential) on Participatory Approaches in Educational Research, University of Porto, Portugal
[Selected for a place following peer review of application by the EERASS committee]

European Educational Research Association Summer School 2022 (five day residential) on Research Design From Scratch: Making Sense of the Whats, Whos and Hows of Your Investigation, University of Porto, Portugal
[Selected for a place following peer review of application by the EERASS committee]

General research skills: bibliographic databases, reference management software; research ethics; research data management

Systematic and scoping reviews

Quantitative research: introduction to empirical research; survey research and design; foundations in applied statistics; quantitative analysis; issues in measurement, validity and reliability

Qualitative research: qualitative data collection and analysis; qualitative research rigour; qualitative interviews; diary methodology; creative research methods; thematic analysis

Academic publishing: writing masterclasses; writing for publication; how to get research published

European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) 2019