Researcher on “The Future of Artificially Intelligent Examination: The Users view on the PTE Test of English”, UCL, London (Nov 2021 – Dec 2022)
- Designing instruments, carrying out online interviews, and overseeing RedCap Surveys. Analysing data and drafting a report and other outputs.
Researcher on “Skills, Knowledge, Artificial Intelligence and Labour” (SKAIL) project, UCL, London (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021)
- Literature review of two research areas: articles reporting the challenges and opportunities associated with the application of AI in a variety of professions (e.g. healthcare, education) and articles discussing the technology-mediated learning at work (e.g. sociomaterial, distributed cognition and activity theory approaches).
Researcher on “Guidance of Adult Learning (GOAL)” project, UCL, London (Nov 2016 – Dec 2017)
- Part of the team that led a mixed-method evaluation study of adult education provision at national and regional levels across six European countries.
- Contributed to the development of the survey questionnaire for adult learning counsellors and data analysis, conducted online interviews with programme coordinators (policy-makers) in each country and led a focus group with the coordinators during the project team meeting.
Contract Researcher, IPSOS MORI, London (Oct – Dec 2013)
- Designing instruments in the domain of large-scale European surveys.
Policy Researcher, DG Education and Culture, The European Commission, Brussels (Mar – Jul 2013)
- Carrying out cross-country evaluation on EU2020 benchmarks for six European Countries. Drafting country-specific chapters for the annual publication: ‘Education and Training Monitor 2013’
Admissions, marketing and alumni lead, BA Education Studies, UCL, London (Sep 2018 – Sep 2020)
- Planning, designing and delivering admissions and marketing activities to raise the profile of the BA.
- Extensive collaboration with the rest of the Senior Leadership Team, senior faculty members (such as heads of department) and across UCL (such as UCL’s marketing and admissions team).
- Member of the working group on assessment and workload for the BA students.
- Member of the working group responsible for implementing online platforms in formative and summative assessment at UCL.
PhD in Education, UCL Institute of Education, London (2013 – 2018)
- ESRC PhD Studentship (3 years) and Advanced Quantitative Methods Scholarship (3 years) grant code:
- Research topic: “Graduate transition to work: from qualifications and skills to ‘horizontal expertise’”.
- Mixed-method study combining large-scale survey data (REFLEX and PIAAC) and interview / focus group data
MA Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management, Institute of Education, the University of London and University of Deusto, Spain (2011 – 2013)
- Graduated with Distinction
- European Commission grant to study on the MA programme (Erasmus Mundus)
- Dissertation: ‘Recognition of prior learning (RPL), experiential learning and problem of learning transfer’.
- BA, MSc (integrated) Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (2005 –
2010) - Achieved 2.1. equivalent
Dissertation in Experimental Psychopathology: The White Bear Effect: Scrambled Sentence test as a
tool for screening for depression vulnerability?
Scholarship and award
- Economic and Social Research Council (UK) PhD Studentship (2013 – 2016)
- Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Advanced Quantitative Methods stipend (2013 – 2016)
- Open Society Grant (2013-2014)
- European Commission Erasmus Mundus scholarship for MA studies (2011 – 2013)
