University of Cambridge PhD Student - Offering Tuition in Psychology Online/ In Cambridge

SOPHIE's CV

Profile
I am a gregarious hard working 26 year old, currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Cambridge in which I am researching Child Sexual Exploitation Networks in the UK. Throughout my working and academic career I have taken on a number of voluntary and professional roles in which I have both planned and lead workshops, seminars and lectures. Through these experiences I have developed a range of skills that I believe make me and effective and enthusiastic teacher.


Teaching Experience

SLV Mental Health Placement (July – August 2016) – Voluntary
> Received two bursary awards from the University of Birmingham to undertake this placement; the International Work Experience Bursary and the Gateway Bursary.
>Worked across a number of different sites, from psychiatric hospitals to schools, with many types of service users, running therapeutic creative workshops.
>Worked in a team alongside other volunteers and was required to produce detailed session plans, and feedback for each workshop, lead sessions and supported my other team members during the workshops.

NCS session Leader (June – July 2018) - Employment
>Was responsible for leading, inspiring and developing a team of 13 young people aged 15-17 years old throughout a 3 week program
>Learned how to vary my approach according to each young person’s strengths and weaknesses in order to support them in the development of new skills, including leadership, communication and organisation skills.
>Planned and delivered curriculum sessions to the team, tailoring them as necessary to the resources available and the level of engagement in the group.

Postgraduate Outreach Program (2019 – current) – Employment
>Plan and deliver a range of lectures and seminars to young people aged between 11-18 who have the potential to apply to universities such as Cambridge.
>Subjects covered include criminology, psychology, and research methods in the social sciences.
>Each session is tailored to specific interests and age range of the audience I am teaching.
>Learned to gage how to far to push a class in order to challenge them without lousing understanding or engagement.


Research Work Experience

Research Assistant – Forensic Psychology Department, University of Birmingham (June 2016) – Employment
>Employed by Dr Kloess within the Forensic Psychology department at the University of Birmingham, to conduct a search into the available literature on software that is able to automatically identify indecent images of children.
>Developed research skills further, gave me experience talking about difficult topics such as sexual exploitation and child maltreatment, and provided the opportunity to practice presenting research in a professional and work based environment.

Selective Attention and Awareness Laboratory, University of Birmingham (June – July 2016) – Voluntary
>Volunteered as a research assistant in the Selective Attention and Awareness Lab.
>Gained valuable practice and experience in running experiments first-hand; from leading the participants through the questionnaires to the application of psychophysiological measures including skin conductance responses, hand / body temperature and oximetry.

Forensic Psychology Department, University of Birmingham (June – July 2016) - Voluntary
>Volunteered for Professor Anthony Beech in the Forensic Psychology Department at the University of Birmingham, summarising research papers to help in his preparation for a literature review.

Healthwatch Staffordshire Internship (September 2017) - Employment
>Worked as a member of the research team, and analysed a broad range of data sources including customer feedback to produce insight reports on health services in order to monitor and challenge service provision and commissioning.
>Was able monitor the effect of policy decisions on people’s experiences and health outcomes, and also gain some hands on experience in using qualitative research methods.
MPhil in Criminological Research (October – August 2019) - Student
>Conducted exploratory research into the role of drill music in gangs in the UK.
>Successfully completed interview based research with a hard to reach population covering complex and sensitive topics.

Research Methods Course Completion

• Research Methods A: basic skills (2015)
• Research Methods B: introduction to psychological investigation and statistics (2016)
• Research Methods C: experimental design and qualitative designs (2016)
• Research Methods D: designing, validating and running a questionnaire based study (2017)
• Dissertation Undergrad: questionnaire and task based observational study (4000 words) (2018)
• Doing Multivariate analysis (2018)
• Social Networks Analysis (2019)
• Criminological Research Methods (2019)
• MPhil Thesis: Interview based study on the role of drill music in gangs in the UK (2019)
• The Epistemological Foundations of Qualitative Social Research (2019)
• Randomised Controlled Trials: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know (2019)
• Introduction to R (2020)