As a branch, we have just endorsed Susan Fitzpatrick (York St John University), Loes Veldpaus (Newcastle University), and Matt Perry (Newcastle University) for the 3 North East HE seats up for election in the UCU UK elections 2025-26
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1419...
Congratulations to @cupandsword.bsky.social of @newcastleuni.bsky.social on your #NTFS2025 award! Patrick works with students to create authentic learning experiences, enhancing psychological literacy and expanding experiential learning in psychology.
🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
I‘m still buzzing from a great DARTP conference. Thank you for the 🐝 totem Prof Louise Taylor, CPsychol - has a special place on my desk! Thanks Anna Law , for organising this lovely event, and thank you to THESIS@Royal Holloway for hosting. #dartp2025
Fantastic start to Day 2 of our conference! Prof Victoria Bourne and members of the THESIS pedagogic research group presented on some of the work they do around community and co-production, diversifying the curriculum, and offering digital support. #dartp2025
...and that's a wrap! Our 2025 conference has closed and we are wishing all our speakers and delegates a safe journey home! See our LinkedIn post for some photos and a thank you to our exhibitors! #dartp2025
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
One of the particularly special moments from today was celebrating our HEPTOTY and PEPTOTY winners who were presented their prizes in the opening session - well done again Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed and Harriet Ennis #dartp2025
What an incredible first day! Some fantastic talks, discussions, and networking - we can't wait to do it all again tomorrow! Check out our LinkedIn post for a few photos from the day... #dartp2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/dart-p...
Our first keynote of the conference is Prof Louise Taylor, who is giving a fantastic talk about the power of collaborative teaching networks in connecting psychology educators. Great analogy - we should all "be a bee" and share our knowledge, experiences, and expertise with each other! 🐝 #dartp2025
Folks, universities here are have decided to cut international psychology programs, which will be devastating to psychological science in the Netherlands.
Please consider signing this open letter on behalf of my colleagues and me; anybody can sign.
openletter.earth/against-lang...
Trying to open a new campus while cutting jobs. Not a good look.
Our members should not lose their livelihoods because of management can't handle the finances.
14 days of strike action started today at @newcastleucu.bsky.social 👇
With hundreds of jobs at risk we must #STOPtheCUTS.
Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
Fire walk with me
RIP David Lynch
Lots of flatcaps…
There is something very comforting about the gardenterrace/smoking area at Dublin airport. Some kind of safe space for me.
Sunset over the Alps
Ich gestehe: Ich hab die Kontrolle über meine To-do-Liste verloren. Dass sie so voll ist, liegt u.a. daran, dass ich damit versuche, zumindest etwas Kontrolle über meine berufliche Zukunft zu erlangen. Führt zu Kontrollverlust im Kleinen & wird wohl eh nicht funktionieren. Heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss:
We are delighted to announce the short-listed candidates for our Pre-tertiary Psychology Teacher of the Year award!
Harriet Ennis (Bootham School)
Nick Serifin (Southport Grammar)
Many congratulations on reaching this stage of the process!
Have you seen this new network for teaching-focused academics in psychology and related disciplines? Check it out at the link: t-fun.co.uk You can sign up there for their mailing list!
Well, this is exciting! @mikehobbiss.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of our book - How to Teach Psychology: An evidence-informed approach
Available for pre-order now!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1915261953/
What a line up! Congratulations to all applicants for the awards - huge achievement! And congratulations to the shortlisted candidates- looking forward to hearing about your practice! Happy days! #psychology #teaching
Fully funded PhD studentship to study the psychology of the 'spiritual but not religious' at Oxford Brookes University. Please share and/or message me if interested.
Applications due: January 17th, 2025
#religion #spirituality #cultevo #psychology #PhD
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.
www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
Still buzzing from the @bps-dartp.bsky.social CPD day yesterday! Great to have space to reflect on education focussed careers in Psychology. Two great workshops from @diervilla.bsky.social and @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social! Thank you to all attendees and @drlornaham.bsky.social for organising!
Moon under the bridge.
"even if data are quantitative and numerical, the ways in which they are analysed and, to a greater extent, the inferences made from this analysis, will vary depending on who the researcher is."
I LOVE this paper, which talks about reflexivity in quant, not qual, research
tinyurl.com/3r3s39ty
A warm welcome from @cupandsword.bsky.social to today’s @bps-dartp.bsky.social CPD day. Excited to hear @diervilla.bsky.social’s talk soon, and I’m up talking #scholarship this afternoon 🤩 Thanks @drlornaham.bsky.social for organising us!
Our followers may be interested to know that the call for abstracts is open for the ESPLAT conference. www.uni-muenster.de/Psychologie/...
Hello! We've joined Bluesky 😀 Please follow us if you have an interest in #psychology #education
More details about us at our website: www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...
Welcome to Bluesky, Anna👋
