Institute of Education London

Vivian Hill

• Qualifications and position:
  • Director of Professional Educational Psychology Training
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Department of Psychology and Human Development
• Summary:
  • Director of Professional Educational Psychology training and Programme Director: DEdPsy Doctorate in Professional Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology
    Chair of the BPS working group to develop the curriculum and accreditation criteria for extended training in Educational Psychology
    Past Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Child and Educational Psychologists' Training Committee
    Practising Senior Educational Psychologist
    Past Joint Chair of the National Educational Psychology Training Directors Group
    Director of Programme of Continuing Professional Development for Practising EPs
    Chair of the National Interest Group for EPs Working with Children in Public Care
    
• Teaching:
  • Programme Director Doctorate in Professional, Educational, Child, and Adolescent Psychology
• Research Projects:
  • (1) Intervention to Promote Good Literacy in 'Looked After' Children
    Promoting Literacy Report
    DfES Grant
    (2) Transition from Primary to Secondary School for Children in Public Care London Borough of Wandsworth
    (3) Raising Attainment in Children in Public Care
    Surrey Children's Services
    (4) Promoting Resilience in Children in Public Care
    Wandsworth Children's Services
    (5) Evaluating the Impact of public and private education: An Evaluation of the Dulwich College Saturday School Project for Motivated Year 6 Learners attending Southwark Primary Schools
    A Southwark Community Education Project
    (6) The Emotional Well-being and MentalHealth of Young Londoners – a focused review of evidence Young London Matters and Government Office for London
    (7)Developing research initiatives that include participation from people with learning disabilities in relation to issues germane to learning disability and social inclusion
    London Research and Development Consortium, NHSE
• Postgraduate Research:
  • (1) Veronica Roberts DEdPsy Perceptions and experiences of bullying for young people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder
    (2) Hannah Gorham DEdPsy: The Profile of Educationally Successful Children in Public Care in a London Borough
    (3) Alyson Costa: Factors influencing participation in GCSEs for Children in Public Care in an inner London Borough
    (4) Marnie Walker: Managing transitions for Children in Public Care
    (5) Susan Beenstock: TBC
    (6) Colm Longeran: ADHD
    (7) Louise Macaully: Evaluation of the Early Bird ASD intervention
    (8) Heloise Morgan: tbc
• Professional Activities:
  • 2000- present. Current Chair of the British Psychological Society working group to develop the accreditation criteria for extended training in professional educational psychology
    
• Conferences/presentations:
  • 2008 Surrey Children's Services: Promoting Improved Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Care.
    2000-2008 Annual paper at NAS conference: Understanding the Social World of Children with ASD
    2008 Attachment Theory a shared paradigm for Children's Services
    
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Involvement in training Educational Psychologists to work in :
    Brunei
    China
    Greece
    Ireland
    Singapore
• Media Appearances:
  • 2008 BBC News: Examination stress
    2007 BBC2 Horizon: The Battle of the Brains - A review of the theories and models of intelligence and associated assessment techniques, with Robert Stromberg and Howard Gardener.
    2006 BBC Radio Woman's Hour: Children's Language Development, Children's stress during examinations.
    2005 Teacher's TV: Managing Adolescent Mental Health in School Context.
    Channel 4: The Unteachables. Four-part documentary: Effecting Change in Disaffected Adolescents with Professor Ted Wragg.
    BBC2 television documentary in two parts: In Search of Genius. An evaluation af an intervention by Tony Buzan to elicit genius in six children identified as a cause of concern in the lowest achieving comprehensive school in the UK.
    2003 BBC Radio: Testing, Stress and Learning. Debate with Professor Nell Nodding.