Jan 2024 – Sep 2024
Kingston University London
First Grants and Kickstarter Schemes

Grant amount: £9,930

Project title: Redefining sleep: Empowering autism through a participatory approach

Role: Co-Investigator

Jan 2024 – Jul 2024
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom - IGI-IAS 7078
IAS Follow on Funding

Grant amount: £10,000.00

Project title: Promoting the school inclusion of children and adolescents with sensory impairment: The development of a digital intervention

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

Sep 2023 – Aug 2024
United Kingdom – FR-00495
Thomas Pocklington Trust Research Grant

Grant amount: £47,599.00

Project title: Developing university guidance for the socio-emotional needs of students with Vision Impairment

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023
University of Birmingham
Successful IAS Workshop proposal Propose an IAS Workshop

Promoting the school inclusion of children and adolescents with sensory impairment: The development of a digital intervention

Outcome: The Institute for Global Innovation within the University of Birmingham agreed to organise and support a one-day workshop with refreshments and lunch for up to 15 participants, and hybrid facilities to allow external participation. This workshop will bring together colleagues from the Schools of Psychology, Education, Computer Science and Chemistry, King’s College, Birmingham City Council and Bristol City Council

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

Mar 2023
University of Birmingham
College of Life and Environmental Sciences – Impact Fund

Activity title: Phase One of the research project “Developing staff recommendations and a social network for BAME university students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities”

Grant amount: £500

Mar 2023
University of Birmingham
Conference Travel Fund, School of Psychology
Mar 2023
University of Birmingham
Conference Travel Fund, School of Psychology

Grant amount: £350

Mar 2023
University of Birmingham
College of Life and Environmental Sciences – Impact Fund

Activity title: Engaging with Eye-YPAG https://generationr.org.uk/eye-ypag/

Grant amount: £500

Jan 2023
University of Birmingham
Conference Travel Fund, School of Psychology

Grant amount: £165

Dec 2022
University of Birmingham
Public Engagement Fund, University of Birmingham

Grant amount: £1990

Project title: Meeting the social-emotional needs of adolescents with sight impairment and preventing school exclusion: The development of a digital intervention based on an adolescent and adult advisory group

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

Sep 2022
Developing Minds Lab, Kingston University London
Santander Universities

Grant amount: £20.750

Project title: Supporting autistic students in higher education Role: Lab Member

Sep 2022
University of Birmingham
Conference Travel Fund, School of Psychology

Grant amount: £540

Sep 2022
University of Birmingham
Conference Travel Fund, Institute for Mental Health

Grant amount: £815

Feb 2022
Kingston University
‘Making the Future’: An interdisciplinary series of postgraduate conferences at Kingston

Grant amount: £900

Role: Co-Organiser

July 2021
Kingston University
Academic Impact Award Nominee

Finalist for the Best Postgraduate Teacher Award Kingston University London based on BSc and MSc students’ nominations for exceptional teaching

May 2021 – Jul 2021
Kingston University London
Equality Diversity and Inclusion Research Fund (ediRF)

School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Kingston University London

Grant amount: £4,5k

Project title: Exploring the service experiences of LGBTQ+ youth with special education needs and disabilities: A multi-perspective focus group study

Role: Co-Investigator

Jan 2021 - July 2021
Kingston University
GRS Activity Support Fund Award

Graduate Research School, Kingston University London

Grant amount: £200

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
The National Lottery Community Fund and Sight for Surrey
Sight for Surrey Vision Rehabilitation Services - RCP 10157

Grant amount: £10k

Project title: How do specialist vision rehabilitation services impact the lives of children and adolescents with visual impairments?

Role: Co-Investigator

Apr 2020 – Jul 2020
Kingston University
“Research during lockdown” Fund

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Kingston University London

Grant amount: £600

Project title: The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on young adults’ alcohol and cigarette consumption

Role: Co-Investigator

2019
Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust
PhD Research Grant

Grant amount: £1k

2019
Kingston University London
1st prize for the Best New Researcher

10th Annual Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (FBSS) Conference, Kingston University London

Paper: Self-concept in adolescents with visual impairments

2013
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
MSc of Pedagogy

Came first after written and oral examinations, in the field of Special Education