We are organising a retreat for our final year students between 23rd and 25th January 2017 with all sort of activities. The retreat is free of charge and includes 2 days and 1 night in the lovely YHA South Downs near…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Final Year Student Retreat in January 2017
Tagged with: Academic Advising, Academic Writing, Employability, Life after psychology, Student Experience, Third Year, Transferable skills, Undergrad
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JRA Memories
By George Britton Once I found out that I got the JRA award, I found myself explaining what the scheme is, and what I was going to do, to countless people. The reality of the project is only sinking in…
Tagged with: Academic Writing, JRA, Research, Student Experience, Transferable skills, Undergrad
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Assessment & Feedback FAQs
We start a new audiovisual section to answer some of the most frequently asked questions. The Director of Teaching and Learning of Psychology, Dr Alison Pike, and two of our undergraduate students, Leila Davis and Judith Luxmoore, explain the assessment…
Tagged with: Academic Advising, Assessement, DT&L, FAQs, Feedback, Undergrad, Vlog
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How storybook illustrations impact word learning
By Zoe Flack My research area is developmental psychology. In particular, I am investigating how different aspects of storybook reading with preschool children can help (or hinder!) word learning. Luckily, children like hearing stories, and adults enjoy reading them. But…
Tagged with: Award, Conference, PhD students, Psycholinguistics, Research, WORD Lab, word learning
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What is the role of shared identities in the aftermath of floods?
By Evangelos Ntontis As a PhD student at the School of Psychology of Sussex University, I recently had the honour of winning the 2016 PhD poster conference. Of course winning is accompanied with writing a blog for the School’s website,…
Tagged with: Academic Writing, Award, International Student, PhD students, Poster Presentations, Research, Social Psychology, Student Experience
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Language, Cognition and Gender
by Prof Alan Garnham This summer we published an E-book with Frontiers Media: Garnham, A., Oakhill, J., von Stockhausen, L., Sczesny, S., eds. (2016). Language, Cognition and Gender. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88919-892-4 The E-book is a compilation of papers…
Tagged with: Cognition, Gender, Language, Psycholinguistics, Publications, Research
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What’s in a name? A Call to Abandon the Use of the Term ‘Abnormal Psychology’.
By Cassie Hazell Universities have a duty to provide quality education and training to those who want it, and create a community that reflects all the best parts of society. Consequently, universities and their students have worked hard to stamp…
A busy week
By Dr Sarah King This is a fun but busy week for the Director of Doctoral Studies (DDS), the job I have recently taken over. I have been meeting all the new PhD students and signing their forms to approve…
Tagged with: DDS, Director, PhD students, Postgrad, Research, Student Experience, Welcome
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My experience studying Psychology at Sussex
By Ruihan Wu For the past three years I have been studying a BSc Psychology with Cognitive Science at Sussex. For the next two years, I will be doing a master programme in the area of neurodevelopment disorders, first at…
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Welcome!
By Dr Alison Pike Welcome (or welcome back) to your studies in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex! Whether you are part of the new Foundation Year, an incoming 1st year, a returning 2nd or 3rd year,…
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