Psychological Sciences
Teaching, research and other news from the Psychological Sciences courses at the University of Gloucestershire
Teaching, research and other news from the Psychological Sciences courses at the University of Gloucestershire
3 October 2019
by Dr Rachel Sumner – @Dr_Sumner A recent tweet from Erasmus+ showed a breakdown of the percentage of people aged 15-30 who could read and write in a second language. It made for grim reading. Of our European…
Read more20 September 2018
by Chloe Pike I started at the University of Gloucestershire 12 months ago on the Criminology and Psychology undergraduate course. There are several things in which I wish we knew before I had started that would have…
Read more10 September 2018
By. S. Lemon I am a ‘mature’ student aged 47 about to embark on my third year reading a BSc (Hons) Psychology degree at the University of Gloucestershire. My original understanding of a mature student was pretty egocentric…
Read more8 June 2018
This Easter saw our first international field trip to Finland, with an intrepid group of second year students. Our goal was to further investigate ideas introduced in the first year about the relationship between society, everyday psychology, and…
Read more29 May 2018
Thinking about a PhD either now or in the future? Then go to jobs.ac.uk and look at the range of fully funded PhD studentships on offer. Some of them are very specific such as one offered by Swansea…
Read more8 May 2018
by Julie Collins & Josie Truscott Undergraduate students in the School of Natural and Social Sciences were offered a unique opportunity to experience an authentic developmental assessment centre as part of the Ambitions Conference to support their career…
Read more5 May 2018
Did you know that the new ten pound note incorporates horse hair to stop it creasing? No? Well that might be because, as far as I know it’s untrue. But I can still type that and anything else…
Read more1 May 2018
By Dr Rachel Sumner As a psychoneuroimmunologist, I often find people looking very impressed when I say what I do. I’m sure some part of this is because it’s quite the mouthful, but another part is usually because…
Read more23 April 2018
By Dr Kim Schenke The face of psychology has evolved greatly since its first mention around the 18th century (according to Google), though I’m not sure it has lost some of its early connotations. Many still believe it…
Read more16 April 2018
By Dr David Biggs This is my first ever blog. So I thought I’d say a few words about our MSc in Occupational Psychology and the commendations we received recently from our British Psychological Society’s accreditation meeting. They…
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