Personal profile
Biography
Dr Bradley completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Wariwck. He then completed a Master's in Psychological Research Methods at the University of Sussex before starting a PhD at the University of Nottingham.
Alex's thesis was looking at the antecedents to altruistic behaviour towards charities. This work included publication on the underdog effect and a meta analysis on the effects of observability on prosocial behaviour. During his PhD Alex completed an internship in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology researching the effects of behaviour change policies. Upon completion of Alex's PhD he became a Teaching Fellow at the University of Nottingham before joining the team here at Portsmouth.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Module Convenor of Psychological Science Module
- Lecturing on an Introduction to Social Psychology
- Seminar Leader for Developing your Sociological Imagination
- Lecturing and Seminar Leader for Research Design and Analysis
- Lecturing and Seminar Leader for Doing Sociological Research
- Dissertation and thesis supervisor
Research Interests
I have a number of current research interests:
- Looking at the effects of career service engagement and employability
- Exploring the stratergies of gamabling companies using social media to advertise their products
- Utilising big data methods like accessing API's and webscrapping to collect novel interesting data.
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Exploring the role of reluctant altruism on charitable donations. , University of Nottingham
Award Date: 31 Oct 2018
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Governments harnessing the power of data to get “value for money”: Simulation studies evaluating England’s Office for Student B3 Progression metric
Areshka, U. & Bradley, A., 10 Apr 2024, Society for Research into Higher Education. 27 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Is England’s Office for Students likely to falsely identify courses as below threshold on the B3 progression metric?
Areshka, U. & Bradley, A., 25 Jul 2024, (Early online) In: Studies in Higher Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Governments harnessing the power of data to get ‘value for money’: a simulation study of England’s Office for Students B3 Proceed Metric
Bradley, A. & Quigley, M., 4 Apr 2023, (Early online) In: Studies in Higher Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selection and recruitment of pre-registration occupational therapy students in the United Kingdom: Exploring entry criteria across education providers
Hamilton, S., Mcginley, S. L. & Bradley, A., 11 Jan 2023, (Early online) In: The British Journal of Occupational Therapy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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University students' perceptions of graduate employer selection tests
Quigley, M., Smith, C., Stocker, E. & Bradley, A., 28 Nov 2023, (Early online) In: Education + Training. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Governments harnessing the power of data to get value for money
Bradley, A. (PI) & Areshka, V. (Team Member)
Society for Research into Higher Education
5/03/23 → 12/12/23
Project: Research