Scottish Branch Postgraduate Conference 2024
- Teaching and learning
About
The BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Research Day is scheduled for Friday 6th September 2024 co-hosted by the School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
The event aims to bring together PGR and PGT students, to share their research and find out about opportunities available to PG students post-graduation.
This is a great opportunity for PG students to present their work to an external audience, network with staff and students from across different Scottish institutions and discuss how you can use psychology in a range of careers with our panel of experts.
This event will comprise presentations and posters by postgraduate students from all over Scotland. Prizes will be awarded for best abstract, best poster and best presentation.
Download the full event programme
This event is open to postgraduate taught (MSc, MSc conversion) and postgraduate research (MRes, PhD, DPsych) psychology students, academics and practitioners and will be held in person.
Submissions are open to PGT and PGR students studying at a Scottish University in any area of psychology. Submissions from PGT students currently working on their dissertation projects are encouraged and we welcome work-in-progress abstracts from students who don't yet have findings to present.
We aim to provide a varied programme representing the diversity of psychological research that will be useful to PG students and to those who work with PG students.
We know that you are all working fantastically hard on an exciting range of projects so do take this opportunity to share your work and network with your fellow PG researchers. We look forward to seeing you at our riverside campus.
Location:
- Sir Ian Wood Building
Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Rd
Aberdeen
AB10 7GJ
How to register
Attendance is free but registration is required.
Contact us
If you have any questions please contact us at [email protected].
Registration
Attendance is free but registration is required.
The deadline for registration is 23 August 2024.
How to register
Returning customers (members and non-members)
In order to register for the event you will need to sign in using your BPS website login details.
We have implemented a new Membership Database and if you haven't received your pre-registration email you will need to request your unique registration link.
Once you have the link, you can complete your registration on our portal.
Once you have registered on the portal please use your username and password to log in and register for the event.
If you have forgotten your login details, you can reset your username or password.
New customers (members and non-members)
If you are not a returning customer, you will need to create your BPS account on the portal. The process is straightforward and takes just a few minutes.
Once you have registered on the portal please use your username and password to log in and register for the event.
Submissions
Key submission dates
15 July 2024 - The deadline for oral presentation and poster submissions
09 August 2024 - Notification of submission outcomes for oral presentations and posters
16 August 2024 - Deadline for presenters to register
Authors are strongly advised to register on the on-line submission system and begin preparing their submissions well in advance of the following deadlines
If you wish to submit more than one abstract, please complete individual submissions for each.
How to submit
Please ensure you read the submission guidelines below before submitting, including the reviewer guidelines. These allow you to see how your submissions will be reviewed.
Access the Submission Guidelines
If this is your first time submitting you will need to create an account.
Submit an oral presentation or a poster
If you any queries please contact us at [email protected].
Speakers
Rhona Flin / Professor of Industrial Psychology at Aberdeen Business School
Professor of Industrial Psychology at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University and Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology, University of Aberdeen.
Her research examines human performance in high-risk work settings focusing on safety, organisational culture, and non-technical skills. She has published over 160 scientific papers based on studies from healthcare, the energy sector and aviation.
Lousie Phillips / Professor of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen
Professor in psychology at the University of Aberdeen specialising in research into adult aging and socioemotional cognition, with 130 published articles on these fields to date.
Currently, she is Vice-President of the European Cognitive Aging Society, and sits on the steering committees for the Aberdeen Birth Cohorts and Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study.