Profile
Jessie Ricketts
My CV
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Education:
Camden School for Girls, University of Bristol, University of Oxford
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Qualifications:
BSc, MSc, PhD
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Work History:
Institute of Education, UCL, Institute of Education, University of Reading
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Current Job:
Senior Lecturer
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About Me:
Reading researcher, developmental psychologist
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My Interview
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What did you want to be after you left school?
I didn’t know, was thinking about teaching (come from a family of teachers)
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Once or twice - oops!
What's your favourite food?
Tomatoes!
What topics do you work on?
Literacy and language learning and development
What methods do you use?
Longitudinal, experimental
Who was your favourite teacher?
My chemistry teacher at Camden – such a support personally and academically
Me and my work
I am keen to find out more about how language impacts on literacy learning and how once you can read, this feeds back into language learning
Typical day
In my role I juggle research (e.g., planning studies, analysis, writing), teaching (lectures, marking, student research supervision) and what we call admin (e.g., leadership in the department, I support others to engage with non-academic stakeholders)
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