
Mr Bill Myers
Senior Lecturer and Pathway Leader for PGCE Psychology and Social Sciences
- Email address B.Myers@wlv.ac.uk
- Phone number 01902 322873
- Location University of Wolverhampton WE Building Walsall Campus Gorway Road Walsall WS1 3BD
- Faculty Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing
- Institute School of Education
- Areas of expertise
PGCE Psychology
PGCE Social Sciences
Bill Myers is a senior lecturer and the Pathway Leader for PGCE Psychology and Social Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton and has been involved in research on cyberbullying, perceptions of self-harm in secondary schools and the locus of control and its role in trainee teacher professional development. Prior to his current post he graduated from the Queen’s University of Belfast, trained in teaching at the Institute of Education, London and taught in secondary schools in London, Leicestershire and Birmingham holding numerous roles including Head of Psychology and Health & Social Care, Head of Year, and Head of Mentoring.
Theories of learning
Psychology of education
Locus of control
Self-harm
Member of the Association for the Teachers of Psychology.
Senior Fellow of HEA.
Bsc (Hons) Psychology, The Queen’s University of Belfast, July 1992.
PGCE Science, The Institute of Education, University of London, July 1997.
MA (Education), The University of Wolverhampton, July 2013.
Contributed to a chapter on cyberbullying - Richards, G., & Armstrong, F. (Eds.). (2016). Key issues for teaching assistants: working in diverse and inclusive classrooms. Routledge. (ISBN:978.1.138.91964.8)
Contributed to a chapter named Mental Health in Digital Lives- Williams-Brown, Z, & Mander, S. (2020) Childhood well-being and resilience- Influence on eeducational outcomes. Routledge. (ISBM 978-0-367-34243-2
Sedgehill School, Lewisham, Teacher of Science & Psychology, 1997 to 1998.
Lutterworth Grammar, Teacher of Psychology, 1998 to 1999.
Arthur Terry School, Head of Psychology and Health & Social Care, Head of Year and Head of mentoring, 1999 to 2008.
Baverstock School, Head of Psychology2008 to 2009
Chair of Governors of Ormiston South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy