| [2 April 2012] Nicola Van Rijsbergen received the 'Best Dissertation Supervisor' award at the Annual Glasgow University Student Teaching Awards event. More than 300 university lecturers were nominated and this success was an excellent achievement. |
| [29 March 2012] Professor Paddy O'Donnell featured on BBC news on the 28th March, letting us know that a short spell of sunshine was not likely to change the mood of the nation. |
| [27 March 2012] Dr Bo Yao was interviewed live on BBC Radio 4 about his recent work on how the 'brain talks over boring stuff'. The audio clip is here and the study is also reported here. The research was conducted by Dr Yao with colleagues Professor Pascal Belin and Professor Christoph Scheepers within the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology’s Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. |
| [27 March 2012] The Annual Glasgow University Student Teaching Awards event was hosted by the SRC in the Senate Room on 23rd March. The School of Psychology was nominated in three categories and Rob Jenkins picked up the prize for Innovation in Teaching. |
| [27 March 2012] During Brain Awareness week (12-18 March 2012), 800 enthusiastic budding scientists from Glasgow and surrounding schools have enjoyed presentations and workshops letting them explore the wonders of the human brain. Teachers, parents and children have warmly commented on the success of this event. Thanks to all the post-graduates from the School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology who got involved! |
| Psychology at the University of Glasgow is rated very highly for research and teaching. In the RAE 2008, Psychology at Glasgow retained its position as one of the top ten research institutions in the country. The score for its proportion of research rated 4* (highest grade possible) was very high. On this figure, Psychology at Glasgow was ranked 7th in the UK. This excellent rating was achieved at the same time as increasing the number of staff submitted by nearly 50% over the previous exercise. In the most recent National Student Survey (2010) Psychology at Glasgow was ranked within the top 10 of all UK Psychology Departments. |
The Subject Area of Psychology spans two colleges: - the College of Science and Engineering - the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences |
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