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Take the Digital Technologies, Power and Control survey
20th December 2021
A survey about the digital divide, COVID-19 pandemic and issues of power and control in digital technology use.
The fallibilities of facial recognition
6th December 2021
Forensic research in areas such as facial recognition is a vital element in developing the knowledge base around the techniques required to reduce wrongful convictions. Find out more with Dr Catriona Havard.
Experience on the edge? A new book based around the work of Professor Paul Stenner
22nd November 2021
Announcing the publication of new edited book featuring the work of Paul Stenner, Experience on the edge: Theorizing liminality (Springer).
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
18th November 2021
This course describes what studying for a PhD in psychology involves and provides guidance on applying to a UK university.
ESRC GUDTP PhD Studentship Call for Applications is Open
15th November 2021
The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (GUDTP) for October 2022 is open now. The deadline for OU applications is 5pm on Tuesday, 11 January 2022.
Celebrating prestigious FASS Research Impact win for Dr Gemma Briggs
7th October 2021
Dr Gemma Briggs, Head of Discipline in the School of Psychology & Counselling has won an O²RB Excellence in Impact Award 2021 for her research on the dangers of hands-free phone use.
Pioneering Counselling CPD shortlisted for THE award 2021
1st October 2021
Most successful OU CPD, created by Professor Naomi Moller and Dr Andreas Vossler is shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award 2021.
Prestigious fellowship £50k fund award goes to Dr David Kaposi to “solve” the Milgram enigma and extend work into the theory of implicit violence
8th July 2021
What lies behind the enigma of human destructiveness? Psychotherapist and social psychologist, David Kaposi proposes to understand it as the outcome of violent acts that fall outside the awareness of perpetrators, bystanders and victims alike.
You’re invited to the launch of the Open Psychology Research Centre
25th June 2021
Open Psychology for changing times. Join us for a series of events to launch the Open Psychology Research Centre.
Psychology research cited by a motion in the Scottish Parliament on the Scots law
21st June 2021
A motion in the Scottish Parliament on the Scots law, three verdict system (guilty, not guilty, not proven) cited recent research from the School of Psychology and Counselling.