Author: northumbriapsy
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University students: how to manage the stress of studying for your degree
In this post, Dr Michael Smith gives advice on managing stress during your undergraduate studies. He draws on some of the exciting research conducted in our Health and Wellbeing research group.
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Spotlight On: Dr Michael Smith
Our ‘spotlight on’ series interviews staff within the department about their careers in psychology. Michael is the Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Psychology Department and an Associate Professor of Health Psychology
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Spotlight on: Dr Lynn McInnes
Our ‘spotlight on’ series interviews staff within the department about their careers in psychology. Lynn is the Director of Education in the Department and an Associate Professor, working in our Hoarding Research Group.
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How the parrot got its chat (and its dance moves)
In this post, Dr Larry Taylor discusses research which shows unique brain areas in Parrots, which are associated with immitating speech and the ability to dance!
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Digital Hoarders: We’ve identified four types – which are you?
In this blog, Professor Nick Neave talks about the work of The Digital Hoarding group at Northumbria.
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Graduate Bio: Megan Holden
We interviewed one of our alumni, Megan Holden, about her career to date. Megan graduated from the BSc (Hons) Psychology in 2019 with a specialism in Clinical Psychology. She now works as an Assistant Psychologist supporting a team of Clinical Psycholists, and is working towards applying for the doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
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Graduate Bio: Shaun Carlton
In this blog, Shaun Carlton will talk about his career. Shaun graduated from the BSc (Hons) Psychology in 2015 and went on to do an MSc in Organizational Psychology. He now works as an Associate Consultant at a Talent Strategy Consultancy firm.
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Spotlight On: Dr Libby Orme
Our ‘spotlight on’ series interviews staff within the department about their careers in psychology. Libby is the Deputy Head of the Psychology Department and an Associate Professor of Learning and Teaching (she also manages this blog!)