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Dr Tim Fosker

School Of Psychology
Dr Tim Fosker

Dr Tim Fosker

School Of Psychology

Dr Fosker’s main research interests are broadly in the development of speech and language. His recent work has focused on the auditory precursors to speech processing and the impact that these have on later literacy development. He uses behavioural psychoacoustic methods and well as neural measures (EEG) with infants and young children. He works with both typically and atypically developing populations of children.

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  • t.fosker@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 5576

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • The measurement of auditory perception in young children
  • Early precursors to the development of language or literacy
  • Trajectories of neural development for speech and language processing in infancy and early childhood

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • "I'm a scientist get me out of here!" participant and finalist (2011, Welcome Trust Funded)
  • Engaged with school children through social media to promote their interest in scientific topics aligned to the Key Stage 3 science curriculum.
  • News articles of research published by Science Daily (June 2011), The Wall Street Journal Online (July 2011) and the Association for Psychological Science Blog (Nov 2011).
  • British Educational Research Association: 1 of 40 landmark studies in the last 40 years
  • British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist, CPsychol, and Associate Fellow AFBPsS)
  • Member of British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Member of European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Research students

DClinPsy area An Investigation into the Nature and Impact of Language and Communication Needs of Looked After and Adopted Children
Name Darren Maguire
Years of study 2018-2021
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area Capturing the Teaching and Learning of Struggling Readers in the Classroom
Name Maike Schermer (part-time)
Years of study 2014-2023
Country Netherlands

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area The Role of Speech Processing in the Phonological Awareness of Poor Readers
Name Patrick Stark
Years of study 2015
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast
   
PhD area Investigating the Nature of Auditory Predictors of Reading Development: Learning, Maturation and Behaviour
Name Ciara Laverty
Years of study 2018
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Research Specialist, The Lego Foundation
   
PhD area An Investigation into Hemispheric Lateralisation of Different Acoustic Rates during Infancy and its Relationship with Language Ability
Name Rebecca McKelvey
Years of study 2013-2019
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
   
PhD area Estimating Auditory Discrimination Thresholds in Preschool Children
Name Nicola Gillen
Years of study 2014-2019
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford
   

 


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