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Coming from a snowsports background, Kelvin Ing is a performance psychologist trained in person-centred therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy with experience working with elite athletes in a range of sports and esports as well as professional poker players. He is currently the team psychologist for the British biathlon team and runs his own performance psychology consultancy Mental-fi Ltd, where he applies his knowledge and expertise in sport psychology to help athletes as well as professionals in other fields (e.g. finance, corporate, law, medicine and more) enhance their mental performance and improve mental wellbeing using an integrative, humanistic and holistic approach. 

Kelvin teaches using a pragmatic student-centred pedagogy and his teaching experience is mainly in research methods in psychology, but he has also taught in other core BPS areas of psychology as well. He has taught at other universities including Glasgow Caledonian University and Hult International Business School. Kelvin holds a masters of science in psychology of mental health as well as a masters of science in sports and exercise psychology and he is currently undertaking a doctorate in psychology. Kelvin is a member of the British Psychological Society and an Associate Fellow at Advance HE. 

Agnes Kosek is a Lecturer in the Child and Young People’s Mental Health and Global Perspectives in Mental Health programme. She has previously taught educational psychology, clinical psychology, and psychopathology at the University of Greenwich, as well as on the Primary Education and Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) Initial Teacher Training programme, where she mentored early years practitioners in line with Ofsted and teacher standards. 

Agnes has taught both postgraduate and undergraduate students and has over 10 years of experience as a teacher in primary schools and early years settings. She holds an MA in Philosophy of Education from UCL and is currently preparing to pursue her PhD there. Her scholarly interests include the misrecognition and historical misrepresentation of ethnic minorities and children with disabilities in political discourse, and how this influences the practice of psychologists and pedagogical decision-making in classrooms. 

Agnes is an Affiliate Member of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at IOE, UCL. Her research focuses on moral development and the importance of just and ethical encounters between educators and students. Her work spans the fields of critical pedagogy, inclusion, diversity, social justice, psychoanalysis, epistemology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, moral psychology, and political and moral philosophy. She is deeply inspired by the works of Aristotle, Iris Murdoch, W.E.B. Du Bois, Franz Fanon, Paul Standish, John Vorhaus, Daniel Vanello, and Miranda Fricker. 

Publications: 

Kosek, A. (2024). What are the benefits of philosophical talk in primary classrooms? In: Gibson, P., Morgan, R., and Brett, A. (eds.) Primary Teacher Solutions. Routledge. ISBN: 1032110287. 
 

Gibson, P.F., Morgan, R., Sinclair, A., Harriss, R., Kosek, A., and Clark, A. (2021). The power of a partnership approach: the tripartite relationship between academics, academic skills staff, and students. Journal of Learning and Teaching,  

Kosek, A. (Forthcoming 2025). Deconstructing the myth of progressive education in early years settings: How do children learn? In: Carter, J. and Gibson, P. (eds.) Early Years Essentials.London: Routledge. 
 

Miller, D., Kosek, A., and Morgan, R. (Forthcoming 2025). ‘A university should be a place open to the exchange of ideas, not one of censorship’: Balancing equity, diversity, and inclusion and free speech in academia. London Review of Education. 
 

Austin teaches economics, finance, accounting, and data literacy.  He previously worked in property finance. 

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

I joined UONL London in January 2025 as a sessional lecturer in psychology. I teach on the Mental health, Wellbeing, and the Individual module. I have previously taught a number of different areas including research methods and statistics for psychology, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. I completed my BSc in Psychology and MSc in Child & Adolescent Psychology at University of Greenwich, and I am currently completing my PhD in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at King’s College London.

My research is focused on executive function, motor skills, and academic achievement, particularly in populations such as people with neurodevelopmental conditions and those who were born preterm. I am also passionate about improving access to higher education for students from working class backgrounds. I hold Associate Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy.