| [8 May 2013] The independent Complete University Guide for 2014 once again places Psychology at Glasgow university in the very top flight. We are placed 5th this year out of 112 UK universities, narrowly behind Cambridge, Oxford and UCL. For the full table, please see here |
| [7 May 2013] Psychology offers 2 MSc courses from the School of Psychology and an MRes course from the Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology: The MSc in BRAIN IMAGING will train you in appropriate research skills for brain imaging research, emphasising advanced methods in the field and will provide you with knowledge of advanced research in key areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience. The MSc in RESEARCH METHODS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE will provide you with both theoretical instruction and practical experience in the methods appropriate for scientific research in psychology. The MRes in BRAIN SCIENCES: FROM MOLECULES TO MIND provides opportunities for combining research training in brain imaging, psychology and neuroscience. If you are an international student intending to do a PhD in the UK, the programme serves as an excellent introduction to UK research approaches. For further details on any of these courses and a list of potential supervisors please see here |
| [1 May 2013] Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award for OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY for her thesis completed in Glasgow University’s School of Psychology entitled ‘Action and Rehabilitation in Hemispatial Neglect’. The work was performed under the supervision of Dr. Monika Harvey and funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and Social European Fund (FCT, No: SFRH/BD/23230/2005). The award will be presented at the Annual BPS Conference in Birmingham in 2014. For further details please see here. For a list of past winners, see here |
| [18 April 2013] Professor Frank Pollick and a team of researchers in the School of Computing Science (Dr Yashar Moshfeghi, Luisa Pinto, Professor Joemon Jose) won the Best Paper award at this year's European Conference on Information Retrieval for their paper "Understanding Relevance: An fMRI Study" See here for more information and see here for an interview with the first author describing the paper. This research combined techniques of computing science and psychology to discover what parts of the brain have greater activation when we find an image that is relevant to our search needs. The goal of the research is to better understand brain mechanisms of how we evaluate the results of information search for use in developing new generations of technology for information retrieval. |
| [19 March 2013] Once again (as in the inaugural year 2012), 3 members of our psychology staff were shortlisted for the Student Teaching Awards. Sara Sereno - Best Teacher Science and Engineering, Stephany Biello - Best Research Supervisor, and Rob Jenkins - Most Innovative Teaching A brief ceremony took place in the Randolph Hall, on Friday 15th March. It was organised by SRC and attended by Professor Frank Coton (Vice Principal Learning and Teaching Vice Principal). |
| 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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