Background

I have been a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton for 14 years after completing an MSc in Occupational Psychology & Business at Aston Business School, Aston University. I have previously worked as a Research Associate at ABS and a Lecturer at Newman University, Birmingham.

I am a Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Coaching Psychologist with the BPS and hold current test user certificates in Ability and Personality testing.

My research interests are varied. At present my research projects are focused towards Academic Confidence, achievement and performance and understanding the impact of student satisfaction on performance. I have explored diverse areas in collaborative research with colleagues and students such as online consumer behaviour, paranormal beliefs & personality and the job/life satisfaction relationship.

Within the field of Occupational Psychology I am interested in the development and delivery of training programmes within educational settings..

Academic Confidence, achievement and performance. A range of diverse areas have also been explored in collaborative research with colleagues and students such as Online consumer behaviour, paranormal beliefs & personality and the job/life satisfaction relationship. 

Chartered Coaching Psychologist (British Psychological Society -2016)

Test User Certificate: Personality(British Psychological Society - 2014)

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (2014)

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (2012)

Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society - 2009)

Level A Psychometric Testing (British Psychological Society, 2002)

Post Graduate Teaching Certificate in Higher Education (2005) University of Central England in Birmingham

Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology(2002) Open University (Distance Learning)

MSc Work Psychology and Business (2001) Aston Business School, Aston University

BA (Hons) Social and Applied Psychology and Expressive English (2000)Newman College of Higher Education

Recent publications

Wesson, C, J. & Derrer-Rendall, N.M. (In Prep.) - Biases in Academic Expectations, Learning & Individual Differences.

Derrer-Rendall, N.M. & Attrill, A. (2016) Book Chapter: Online Consumer Behaviour in Applied Cyberpsychology: Practical Applications of Cyberpsychological Theory and Research (2016), Palgrave School UK, Editors: Alison Attrill, Chris Fullwood.

Wesson, C, J. & Derrer-Rendall, N.M. (2011). Self-Beliefs and Student Goal Achievement. Psychology Teaching Review, 17(1), 3 – 12.

Derrer-Rendall, N.M., Wesson, C., Anderson, L, & Bould, E. (2009) Students’ Goal Achievement: Investigating Individual and Situational Factors, Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, Vol. 7 (3), issue 19, pg 1031-1052.

Derrer, N.M, Fullwood, C., Davis, S., Martino, O., & Morris, N. (2006). An initial face-to-face meeting improves person-perceptions of interviewees across a video link. In P.T. McCabe (Ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics 2006. London: Taylor and Francis

Derrer, N.M. & Davis, S. (2006). A Preliminary investigation into the ‘Spill-over’ model of job satisfaction and life satisfaction in a student population. Poster presentation at British Psychological Society Postgraduate Occupational Psychology Conference, Bristol, January 2007

Davis, S., Fullwood, C., Martino, O., Derrer, N.M, & Morris, N. (2006). Here’s looking at you: a review of the nonverbal limitations of video-mediated communication. In P.T. McCabe (Ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics 2006. London: Taylor and Francis

Davis, S. & Derrer, N.M. (2006). The relationship between perceived stress in students who work part-time and Full-time workers. Poster presentation at British Psychological Society Postgraduate Occupational Psychology Conference, Bristol, January 2007

Fullwood, C., Derrer, N.M., Martino, O.I., Davis, S., & Morris, N. (2006). The effect of an ice-breaker on collaborative performance across a video link. In P.T. McCabe (Ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics 2006. London: Taylor and Francis

Martino, O., Fullwood, C., Davis, S., Derrer, N.M, & Morris, N. (2006). Maximising video-mediated communication: A review of the effects of system quality and set-up on communicative success. In P.T. McCabe (Ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics 2006. London: Taylor and Francis