Lincoln School of Psychology News
Three academics from the School of Psychology are offering insights into how psychology can inform business practice, in an evening of free bite-size lectures. The event is called “New ways to think about your business” and is open to business people, limited to 2 per company. When: Tuesday May 13, 6 – 8pm Where: David…
Zamira Noh, first year PhD student in Psychology, bravely volunteered to present her research at the first PubhD event in Lincoln. PubhD is an exciting initiative to take science out of the university and into the public domain. And what better place than a public house? The challenge is to present research to a lay…
Rachel Orritt’s presentation at the annual University of Lincoln Post Graduate Conference, hosted by The Graduate School, was awarded the prize for the Best Presentation. Rachel presented on ‘Qualitative Research: For Life Scientists’, discussing the use of qualitative methods outside the fields that traditionally employ them. Rachel is studying for a PhD on the ‘Development…
The School of Psychology is pleased to welcome Professor Ko Nakamura as a sabbatical visitor to the school for six months from April 2014. Prof Nakamura is from the Department of Life and Creative Sciences, Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan. He has interests in perception and perceptual development, particularly in the perception of animacy, causality…
Last week, students on the second year elective module on Comparative Social Behaviour and Cognition had an opportunity to visit the macaques at Trentham Monkey Forest, a park housing around 130 Barbary macaques in a large forested area. The visit combines the fun of watching the monkeys in action with work, as the students could…