Helen Demetriou

Helen obtained her PhD in developmental psychology from the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London in 1998, where she also worked at the Centre for Social, Genetic and Developmental Research. Since then, she has worked at the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge as Research and Teaching Associate, working with, among others, Professor Jean Rudduck.

During this time she has also lectured in developmental psychology in the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies, was Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex College; and currently teaches at the Faculty of Education on undergraduate, masters and doctoral courses. She is also coordinator of the British Psychological Society accreditation programme for the Masters in Psychology and Education.

Helen's research at the Faculty of Education has included: Sustaining pupils’ progress at year 3 (for Ofsted); Boys’ performance in modern foreign languages (for QCA); Friendships and performance at transfer and transition (for DfES); Consulting pupils about teaching and learning (ESRC funded project); How young children talk about fairness and How pupils deal with incidents of unfairness (projects internally funded by Research and Development for Helen Demetriou); a Gatsby funded project with Elaine Wilson: Supporting opportunities for new teachers’ professional growth; and has been been part of the Kazakhstan Project, focusing on the professional development of teachers in Kazakhstan. Currently Helen is researching ways to develop creativity in the D&T classroom with Bill Nicholl.