By David Leavens Recently, van der Goot, Tomasello, and Liszkowski (2014) reported that human infants, but not great apes, pointed to desirable objects from a distance. The 10 apes in their study all moved as close as possible to desirable…
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Experience with the JRA scheme
By Ruihan Wu In the spring term of the second year of my undergraduate degree, I applied to the Junior Research Associate (JRA) scheme, with Nicola Yuill of the Children and Technology Lab (insert link) as my supervisor. This scheme,…
Tagged with: Child development, JRA, Research, Student Experience, Undergrad
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Unexpected
By Hause Lin Many assigned readings for most modules seemed uninteresting at best. Two papers in particular—White’s (1967) “The historical roots of our ecologic crisis” and Hardin’s (1968) “The tragedy of the commons”—come instantly to mind. These titles just…
Transferable Skills
Confession 1: I hate writing letters of recommendation. Of course, I still do it and I try to do it well. But I find writing letters of recommend to be relatively stressful. Each year, thousands of students graduate with an…
Do multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) lead to anxiety and depression in later life?
By Ellen Thompson I recently had the honour of winning The Best Poster Award at the 2015 Psychology student poster conference! I have just commenced the second year of my PhD (how time flies!) and wanted to take this opportunity…
Tagged with: Academic Writing, Award, PhD students, Poster Presentation, Research, Student Experience
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5 Minutes Thesis Competition
On Friday 4th September, we held a 5 Minute Thesis competition for doctoral students, where speakers explained their research to a non-specialist audience within just five minutes. We applied for funding from the Researcher Led Initiative run by the Sussex…
The School Technicians
You probably already know that the school of psychology has two dedicated technicians, Dan Hyndman and Martha Casey, who are here to provide research and technical support to all members of the school. But you might not have heard of…
My summer as a Junior Research Assistant
By Alex Earl I’ve had the great pleasure over the summer to work as Junior Research Associate with Dr Bonamy Oliver in the Nurture Lab that she codirects with Dr Alison Pike. I was supported throughout by my PhD mentor,…
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Psychology PhD Poster Conference 2015
At the start of every academic year, PhD students moving from Year 1 to Year 2 of their studies are asked to prepare a poster presentation of their research to date. This year it will be held on Wednesday 30th…
Academic Advising
Dear Students, Welcome – or welcome back – to the University of Sussex. As the Director of Student Experience (DoSE) for the School of Psychology, I felt that the start of the new academic year was a good time to…
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