Our research team

Our research team

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is home to the largest research capability of its kind. Meet the people behind our leading-edge work.

Ajay Arunachalam

Ajay Arunachalam

Ajay is part of the Data Science Unit. He has vast experience in delivering Analytics and Data Science solutions.

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Tom Benton

Tom is a statistician and psychometrician and has worked exclusively on the analysis of educational datasets, with an interest in all applications of quantitative methods to educational data.

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Lisa Bowett

Lisa Bowett

Lisa is an Office Administrator, providing administrative support to the research team.

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Tom Bramley

Tom is the Director of the Research Division and his areas of expertise include the application of Comparative Judgement methods to assessment.

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Matthew Carroll

Matthew Carroll

Matthew’s expertise is in analysis of large datasets and statistical modelling, having previously worked as a scientist analysing ecological data.

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Lucy Chambers

Lucy Chambers

Lucy is a Principal Research Officer. Lucy's areas of expertise include the moderation of school-based assessment and research data management. She previously taught English.

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Filio Constantinou

Filio Constantinou

Filio is a Senior Researcher specialising in assessment and linguistics. She carries out research to inform qualification (re)development across the organisation, and is particularly interested in integrating assessment and linguistic perspectives to identify and explore novel questions.

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Victoria Crisp

Victoria's areas of expertise include question writing processes, question quality, validity, comparability, and the judgement processes involved in assessing learners.

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Gill Elliott

Gill Elliott

Gill has a background in Psychology and has been involved with the Aspects of Writing research for over 20 years examining elements of 16+ candidates' writing.

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Tim Gill

Tim's main areas of interest are the application of multilevel models in analysing assessment data, and the analysis of patterns of uptake and attainment in schools and colleges.

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Jackie Greatorex

Jackie is a Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society whose main area of interest is research focusing on education and curriculum.

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Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes

Sarah Hughes leads Research and Thought Leadership for a team dedicated to creating digital products. She is passionate about applying research to impact on practice and policy.

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Jo Ireland

Jo Ireland

Jo has worked on various comparability and validation projects at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, including the unique 'Aspects of Writing' research series.

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Martin Johnson

Martin Johnson

Martin is a senior researcher working in the Education & Curriculum team. He completed his PhD in Education at the University of Cambridge.

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Pia Kreijkes

Pia Kreijkes

Pia is a research officer who is conducting research in the Education and Curriculum team. Pia completed her PhD in Education at the University of Cambridge.

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Martina Kuvalja

Martina Kuvalja

Martina manages the "Digital Assessment and Evaluation" research programme. She is a mixed methods researcher, and her background is in educational psychology.

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Santi Lestari

Santi Lestari

Santi is a research officer in the Comparability & Change strand and has a background in language testing and assessment.

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Elinor Lieber

Elinor Lieber

Elinor is a mixed-methods researcher in the Qualifications and Assessment strand. She has a background in Criminology and Anthropology.

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Carmen Lim

Carmen Lim

Carmen is a research officer in the Educational Measurement strand and has a background in Economics and Econometrics.

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Dominika Majewska

Dominika Majewska

Dominika works in the Education and Curriculum team and has a background in psychology. She has previously worked in secondary schools and universities.

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Frank Morley

Frank Morley

Frank’s main area of interest is in understanding the impact of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), on assessment.

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Tim Oates

Tim Oates CBE joined Cambridge University Press & Assessment in May 2006 to spearhead the rapidly growing Assessment Research and Development division.

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Nicholas Raikes

Nicholas leads a programme of work in innovation and development having had over twenty years' experience in technical, research and leadership roles at Cambridge University Press and Assessment.

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Carmen Vidal Rodeiro

Carmen Vidal Rodeiro

Carmen is a Senior Research Officer in the Educational Measurement team. The focus of her work is on applying statistics and psychometrics to the analysis of assessment data.

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Nicky Rushton

Nicky's main area of interest is the comparability of examinations with a focus on comparisons of international education systems, having previously been a Primary teacher.

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Robert Shore

Rob Shore

Rob is part of the Data Science Unit and has a background in space physics data analysis, and space weather forecasting.

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Tom Sutch

Tom is part of the Data and Analytics team and is jointly responsible for Data Bytes. He has a background in Mathematics and Applied Statistics.

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Sylvia Vitello

Sylvia Vitello

Sylvia conducts research into various areas of education and assessment for different types and level of study, and has a background in psychology.

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Emma Walland

Emma’s main areas of interest are in assessment and education reform, technological innovations in education, and marking strategies and practices.

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Jackie White

Jackie White

Jackie provides support to the research team in her role as Divisional Administrator.

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Research Matters

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Research Matters is our free biannual publication which allows us to share our assessment research, in a range of fields, with the wider assessment community.

Data Bytes

A regular series of graphics from our research team, highlighting the latest research findings and trends in education and assessment.