Lincoln School of Psychology News
The College of Social Science research showcase took place on 6th June 2018. Attendees were treated to updates on research, income generation, and impact from all corners of the College. Psychology was represented this year by Hannah Merdian, Kirsty Miller and Kay Ritchie. Hannah’s talk (along with colleague, Danielle Kettleborough) detailed some of the work…
The Community Lab – a day of interactive psychology exhibits at Skegness Aquarium Members of staff from the School of psychology showed off their research in a collection of fun, interactive exhibits at Skegness Aquarium in November 2017. Members of the public from children to over 60’s enjoyed learning about colour vision, migraines, face perception,…
Dr. Kirsty Miller has been named as a finalist for the Writing with Integrity Award. This is part of the Turnitin Global Innovation Awards 2017. The Awards recognise excellence in promoting academic integrity, student engagement and the innovative use of Turnitin by individual members of staff. The Writing with Integrity Award is given to an educator…
Audition plays a crucial role in native or second language acquisition. Unlike English, Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. One of the main challenges of learning a second language is hearing and reproducing unfamiliar speech sounds. Despite several studies indicating that musical training and auditory acuity influence second language learning, little is known about whether…
We are delighted that our colleague Dr Rachel Bromnick won the Student Union Award for Inspiring Teacher 2017. Well done and well deserved! We are also proud of our BSc graduate and current Masters student Verity Harris who won an SU award for her charity project The Homeless Period, which distributes period product packs to…