Dr Sarah Wright BA, MSc, P.G.C.E, PhD

Programme Director: Doctoral Programme in Educational Psychology (DEdPsych), Educational Psychologist, Hampshire Local Authority

Dr Sarah Wright is Programme Director: Doctoral Programme in Educational Psychology (DEdPsych) within Psychology at the University of Southampton.

Sarah completed her first degree in psychology at Sussex University and has a Phd in Psychology from University College London. Her Phd looked at the definition of children with reading and spelling difficulties. Sarah worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bern, Switzerland on a number of dyslexia related projects. Sarah has worked part-time as an educational psychologist in Hampshire since 1997, and has been involved with the training of educational psychologists as a tutor at Southampton since 2004. Since 2010 she has been Programme Director of the D Ed Psy programme

I am a HCPC registered Practitioner and a Chartered Member of the BPS. I am also a full member of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology, and current chair of the training committee.

Qualifications

BA Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex,

P.G.C.E. La Sainte Union College of Higher Education,

PhD (Psychology) University College London. Thesis title: The Identification of reading and spelling problems in school children: a longitudinal study.

MSc (Educational Psychology) at the University of Southampton. Thesis title:  Parental Perceptions of Ritalin.