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Publications

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International Journal of Educational Research (2026)

Jenkins Laura, King Allyson, , Maskew Kathryn, O'Connor Paddy, Savickaite Sarune,

Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2026 (2026)

Learning and Teaching Day 2026 @ 51cg (2026)

Psychology Teaching Review (2026)

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Shaping the Future of Women in Leadership Conference (2026)

Hussain Yasmeen,

Women's Studies International Forum Vol 109 (2025)

Teaching

I lead the training and professional development programme for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) in Psychology, ensuring that new GTAs receive a comprehensive induction covering professionalism, effective teaching practice, high quality assessment and feedback, and the standards required for invigilation. In addition, I design and deliver a HaSS Faculty training session for postgraduate research students who teach, enabling consistency and good practice across disciplines.

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My teaching at both undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught levels is grounded in my expertise in vision science, with a particular focus on visual perception and the visual system. I teach students how visual information is processed from the eye to the brain, highlighting not only the underlying neural mechanisms but also the points at which these processes can break down. In addition to this systems-level approach, I cover core topics in visual perception, including the developmental trajectory of perceptual abilities in early infancy, and disorders of perception such as Alice in Wonderland Syndrome and Charles Bonnet Syndrome.

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Alongside my work in vision science, I contribute to teaching in biological psychology through sessions on sex and gender. This includes a critical examination of evidence from human and animal research, enabling students to evaluate claims regarding biological influences on sex differences in behaviour.

Research Interests

My pedagogical research interests include;

• use of technology in teaching, e.g. use of GenAI in Higher Education; effectiveness of polling apps in teaching;
• the impact of neurodivergence on learning and teaching;
• students' perceptions of success/failure;
• the impact of fear of failure / attitudes towards failure on student outcomes.

I am currently engaged in the following research projects:

• the utility of GenAI prompts to enable students to personalise the learning experience
• a qualitative investigation of the use of GenAI by neurodivergent people
• the impact of growth mindset on feelings of failure

My discipline-specific research focusses on depth perception, specifically binocular (stereoscopic) depth perception, and the functional impact of poor or absent stereoscopic depth perception.

Professional Activities

Organiser

4/11/2023

Organiser

25/8/2023

Peer reviewer

22/8/2023

Advisor

3/5/2023

Speaker

19/10/2022

Recipient

10/5/2022

Projects

Findlay, Kelly (Principal Investigator)

AI was used to generate examples for a newly introduced research proposal assessment. These AI-generated examples were then evaluated by students. This case study used AI to promote active student engagement, develop critical thinking skills, model academic integrity, and introduce students to AI tools that have the potential to create a more inclusive learning experience.

16-Jan-2023 - 15-Jan-2023

Findlay, Kelly (Principal Investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) McGilvray, Lisa (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)

A mixed methods pedagogical research project exploring the role of "failure" on student learning. The project seeks to understand student perceptions of failure, and how it influences learning.

28-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022