Grace Pocock

PhD student @RoyalHolloway, investigating children's literacy learning from apps ||
Senior user researcher @MethodsDigital, helping to transform public services

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Had the best time facilitating this workshop with the team - the Children's Employment service is making great strides towards a better future 💪

[Digital Birmingham @digibrum]

Super session! Great interactions from service area colleagues in Children's Employment, working together to look at the assumptions against the user journeys and ideating actions on how they can take ownership and build confidence
#UserCenteredDesign #BeBold #BeBirmingham

[Digital Birmingham @digibrum]

It's been an intense couple of weeks within the Child Employment space for the #CustomerService Programme team building on common components of journey phases & developing the 'to be' state ready to be validated with service area colleagues next week. A real well done to you all!

[Tim Witney @TimWitney]

❗️Another week, another PhD student has come to my office in tears as they can’t afford to live in London on £18k. And this is before the price cap increase. @UKRI_News this time - can I ask what you are doing to support the next-generation so there is a next-generation?! Pls RT

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

So pleased to have been awarded a prize for my poster on parent app attitudes at the annual @RHULDocSchool conference. I love thinking outside the box to try to make a non-traditional poster, accessible to a mixed audience. Check it out here: @ricketts_lara @JLShinskey #EdTech

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

@ricketts_lara @RHULPsychology @AMuhinyi @amritabrains Gutted to have missed this this year; always a highlight in the calendar! Looks like this year's #workingtogether2022 was as excellent as always. Great work all @RHULPsychology!

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

This international women's day, I'm proud to be sharing this article I wrote for @UKHouseofLords @HLLibResearch about the women and girls in the fight against covid-19. Check it out here: https://t.co/hRQbOp8Dtm

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

@HLLibResearch Fantastic! Thanks for letting me know. Thoroughly enjoyed researching and writing this one.

[Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social @LaShaps1]

What a misleading headline! Phonics isn't magic, but it is a vital foundation. Agree we need to do much more to encourage reading for pleasure, and improve comprehension but undermining phonics isn't going to get us there.

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Latest article for @tes is out now! Applying research from the Science of Learning to educational apps - helping us think about ways an app's features might support learning, but being aware of pitfalls too. Not every app has to be educational, but 'educational' apps should be.

[Tes magazine @tes]

With so many educational apps to choose from, how do you work out which ones actually help children to learn? @Grace_Pocock offers some advice
https://t.co/5puSpnJRh1

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

For anyone interested in a fantastic PhD opportunity, with a wonderful lab, and amazing supervision - get in touch with @ricketts_lara!

[Jessie Ricketts, moving to @rickettslara.bsky @ricketts_lara]

We have funding for PhD starting in Jan, get in touch ASAP if interested. Projects on language and literacy development https://t.co/YgiHbrtuuz

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

@sahiravdw @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter @RHULPsychology Woohoo! Proud of you! Bring on the viva, you'll smash it 💪

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Had a fantastic time discussing my research and all things educational apps with the LiFT team from Oxford today. Thank you for having me along @vmurphyox @MathersSandra @hodgkiss_alex @drsophiebooton @PKolancali @dnl_singh and thank you all for such a fascinating discussion!

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Brilliant start to #BPSDev2021 today! Looking forward to presenting my research on educational apps for pre-schoolers' letter sound learning very shortly. Come join in Oral Presentations 1.2 if you can!

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

📢Attention all single-jabbed people!📢 You can now check to see if there is availability in your area BEFORE having to cancel and rebook.
I've just re-booked my 2nd dose for 25 days earlier than originally planned! #GameChanger #COVID19 #CovidVaccine
https://t.co/rrfkpjTjBD

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Day 4 of #SeNSSConf21, talking about external communication and blogs.
In light of this I wanted to re-share the @tes blog I wrote with @ricketts_lara on language development and the interconnected roles a child's genes and environment play. Read it here: https://t.co/h74lDc45pP

[Felicity Szesnat (Dr) @FSzesnat]

It's #SeNSSConf21 time!! Our @SeNSSDTP @ESRC funded postgraduate researchers have produced some amazing posters, communicating their research. This one from @Grace_Pocock. @RoyalHolloway #Education #SocialSciences #PhD

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Thank you for being a fantastic chair for our session @ricketts_lara! Really enjoyed answering such interesting questions from everyone today, thank you to everyone who came along

[Jessie Ricketts, moving to @rickettslara.bsky @ricketts_lara]

What a great session on reading in the digital age, I really enjoyed chairing it and well done @Grace_Pocock and all other speakers on adapting to the new format and giving interesting responses to the many questions! @SSSReading #SSSR2021

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

Still time to join our Q&A on reading in the digital world #SSSR2021 Stage 1 until 3.45pm BST. See you there!

[Dr Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan]

🚨Job alert 🚨 I'm looking for a postdoc to work with me (and collaborators @PabloRiVi, @brain_apps, @ricketts_lara) on #AMSspringboard grant, "The neural and cognitive basis of motivation in adolescents with reading disorder". Deadline: 25 Aug 21 https://t.co/86ir7utnsn RTs🙏

[Grace Pocock @Grace_Pocock]

@Jennyflower Me too!