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Target parents to boost school science
Most attempts to interest young people in science have concentrated on making school science lessons more engaging and inclusive.
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Society award leads to research opportunity
Our Undergraduate Research Assistant Award A University of Hertfordshire academic has been able to employ a promising second-year undergraduate during the summer vacation thanks to an award from the Society.
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St Andrews student wins a BPS bursary
A psychology student is on the lookout for study participants after receiving a special grant to conduct research regarding the relationship between attention and memory in older people.
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Shortlist for our Book Award is announced
Five titles have been named on the shortlist for this year’s Society Book Award, made jointly by the Research Board and Psychology Education Board.
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Society prize for Cumbria student
A University of Cumbria graduate has won a prestigious prize from the British Psychological Society. Ernest Wagner, a BSc Applied Psychology student, will be handed the Society's award for achieving the highest grades on his course.
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"An invaluable experience": The varied pleasures of our Annual Conference
Submissions are open for next year’s Society Annual Conference, which takes place in Harrogate - with its international conference reputation and famous flower shows and healing spa waters - on 9-11 April 2013.
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Derby student has her paper accepted
Sufferers of dyslexia are set to benefit from new research carried out by a student at the University of Derby.
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Origins Timeline
The Society has developed a web-based, multimedia timeline of the development of
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Division of Teachers & Researchers in Psychology: Annual Review 2011
The Committee continues to promote the Division to many sectors of academic psychology to support new and future teachers and researchers through links with organisations such as the Association for Teachers of Psychology (ATP) and PsyPAG.
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Research Board: Annual Review 2011
The Research Board is responsible for the promotion, advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology pure and applied, and to encou
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Teacher-pupil feedback often hinders rather than helps
Feedback to primary school children from teachers is mainly given in a directive way and less frequently in a facilitative or encouraging way.
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Psychology of Education Section - Annual Review 2011
2011 was another extremely successful year for the Psychology of Education Section. The section currently has 422 members on roll, which is the same as in December 2010.
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Psychology Education Board: Annual Review 2011
The Psychology Education Board has been moving forward during 2011 by:
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Scottish head for suicide research group
A Scottish Chartered Psychologist is to become president of a leading international suicide research organisation.
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Psychology findings outside the lab
Most psychology research takes place under laboratory conditions allowing tight control over the exact interventions and procedures participants are exposed to.
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Countdown to the greatest psychological show on earth
Today (18 April) marks the 100-day countdown to the London Olympic Games.  Over the next few months, as London gets ready to host this great sporting event, the British Psychological Society's Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) aims to show the part psychology plays in making the Olympics and Paralympics the greatest psychological shows on earth.
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Scientists' struggles inspire students
Science suffers from an image problem. Many students see the subject as too difficult and they think scientists are aloof boffins with big brains.
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South Africa to host two major psychology events this year
The 30th International Congress of Psychology (ICP) will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 22 to 27 July 2012 on the theme of ‘psychology serving humanity’.
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Curiosity is vital to academic success
Curiosity plays a big part in academic achievement and is a trait that students will find beneficial during their time in higher education.
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Association for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference 2012
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Celebrating the 200th edition of the Research Digest
To celebrate the 200th edition of the
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Students find it hard to spot eating disorders
It can be difficult for students and young people to identify warning signs that may suggest eating disorders among their peers, new research has shown.
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Humans also play dead when threatened
When a rabbit or other animal is trapped by a predator, it will freeze and assess the situation. It might then flee or attack, what we usually call the "fight or flight response".
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About the Research Interests Database
Go to the Research Interests Database The Society is keen to provide postgraduates and researchers with direct access to information on the research interests of academics and researchers in psychology in the UK.
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New voices in science communication
The search is on for the new voices of science communication.The regional heats of FameLab UK, the UK’s biggest competition for new talent to engage the public in science, will start in October 2011.
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