LAURA NICHOLSON

Personal profile

Research interests

My research interests focus on the psychology of education, particularly student engagement and motivation and the variables that affect and are affected by these. I primarily conduct quantitative research but also have extensive experience of qualitative research. I am currently leading a research project investigating how GCSE students evaluate teacher messages about their exams and how this affects their academic emotions, student engagement and GCSE grades.

Biography

Whilst working towards my PhD in psychology, I worked as a Sessional Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University from 2004 to 2009. I then joined the Department of Social and Psychological Sciences at Edge Hill University as a Research Assistant, in which I worked on several educational psychology projects. I also became an Associate Tutor in the same department, where I remained, on a casual basis, until 2016. I joined the research team in the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University in October 2013. In my position as Senior Research Fellow, I conduct high-quality research, supervise PhD students, mentor academic staff with their research and serve as editor and reviewer for several academic journals. I am a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and an active member of the BPS Psychology of Education Section committee.

Teaching

I have extensive experience of teaching research methods, experimental design, data analysis and the psychology of education (teaching, learning and instruction) to students ranging from levels 3 to 7.

Education/Academic qualification

Psychology, PhD, Liverpool John Moores University

Award Date: 11 May 2010

Psychology, BSc, University of Central Lancashire

Award Date: 31 Jul 2002

Other positions

Associate Tutor, Edge Hill University

20 Sep 2015 → 31 Jul 2016

Associate Tutor, Edge Hill University

7 Jan 2012 → 31 Jul 2013

Database Assistant (0.5 FTE), Liverpool John Moores University

8 Jun 2008 → 2 Feb 2009

Research Assistant (0.1 FTE), Liverpool John Moores University

2 Sep 2007 → 3 Mar 2008

Sessional Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

16 Sep 2004 → 7 Jan 2009

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Research Output

136 Citations
7 h-Index
23 Paper
20 Article
3 Chapter
1 Poster

Cinderella academics: Teacher educators in the academy

Lander, V. & NICHOLSON, LAURA., 8 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) Mentoring in higher education: Case studies of peer learning and pedagogical development. Woolhouse, C. & Nicholson, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Practices of Freedom: Seeking the social justice aims of peer mentoring within a professional development context for Teaching Assistants

WOOLHOUSE, CLARE. & NICHOLSON, LAURA., 8 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) Mentoring in Higher Education: Case Studies of Peer Learning and Pedagogical Development. Woolhouse, C. & Nicholson, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter