Fiorentina Sterkaj

I am a senior academic with over 17 years’ experience across 3 higher education institutions. I hold a Doctorate and a BSc Honours in Psychology and a Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. I have extensive training and experience in managing and leading change and have won several awards for student experience and leadership.

Areas of interest:

Pedagogical research with a focus on making a difference to student learning and improving student experience in HE
Problem-based learning and student engagement
Improving mood and student wellbeing and reducing study-related stress
Mental Health and Well-being, Mindfulness, Memory and Forgetting with a particular focus on Retrieval Induced Forgetting and Mood.
Cognitive neuropsychology and psychopharmacology of memory in clinical populations: executive functioning, cognitive deficits associated with depression and schizophrenia.