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Our first year students had an away day in the beautiful FCH campus in Cheltenham. This day is an opportunity for our st...
27/10/2026

Our first year students had an away day in the beautiful FCH campus in Cheltenham.

This day is an opportunity for our students to connect with each other and the staff, discover other parts of University of Gloucestershire and start thinking like a psychologist.

During the day, students did activities on psychological experiments, Ethics in Psychology research, and personality tests.

BBC Weather shared this graphic recently, showing how is going to lose 2 hours of daylight during October. Dr Kerry Re...
23/10/2026

BBC Weather shared this graphic recently, showing how is going to lose 2 hours of daylight during October.

Dr Kerry Rees has some advice on how to stay positive during the darkest month of the year:

- Beliefs influence how we feel and behave: think positive!

- Plan events and maintain a routine to feel in control

- Stay active

You can read the whole article here: https://www.glos.ac.uk/content/how-to-stay-positive-during-dark-winter-months-as-clocks-go-back-university-psychology-expert/

If you think you may have , Mind has useful tips and information.

So proud of our alumni!
16/10/2026

So proud of our alumni!

Do you follow ? Dr Kerry Rees is going to be in BBC Gloucestershire every Friday morning to apply Psychology to each ep...
08/10/2026

Do you follow ? Dr Kerry Rees is going to be in BBC Gloucestershire every Friday morning to apply Psychology to each episode. Tune in to Jon Smith's programme!

Find the link to listen to last week's contribution in Stories and Highlights. Fast forward to minute 1:53:13!

Recently, Taylor, one of our second year students, was interviewed by BBC Gloucestershire about being a commuter student...
05/10/2026

Recently, Taylor, one of our second year students, was interviewed by BBC Gloucestershire about being a commuter student.

Taylor Barker makes a 40-minute commute to campus. She said studying from home was "a bonus" and financially it worked "out better to commute".

"My family are really important to me, I don't want to lose that connection from moving away. It was quite scary, the thought of having to move."

She went to look at "a couple of universities a bit further away and I just didn't like it".

"It hasn't stopped me from being independent. You're meeting people in lectures, most of the time you'll find someone similar who commutes from either similar distances, or actually lives quite near you. It's just different ways of meeting people."

Read the full article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyzjgw7q6zo

Dr Kim Schenke's latest journal article, a systematic review examining 37 canine behavioural questionnaires, found that ...
01/10/2026

Dr Kim Schenke's latest journal article, a systematic review examining 37 canine behavioural questionnaires, found that many questionnaires conflate observable behaviour with inferred traits or emotions, making measurement inconsistent and often unreliable. Across studies, emotion‑based descriptors varied hugely (2.3% – 40.5%), and a large proportion of items were mixed or uncategorizable. This makes it difficult to compare findings or draw valid conclusions about how dogs actually behave.

Their recommendations:
• Clarify and standardise what counts as “canine behaviour”
• Develop tools that measure literal, observable actions rather than human interpretation

Better definitions mean better science - and ultimately, better outcomes for dogs.

Read the full article here: https://doi-org.glos.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/10888705.2026.2693645

At the beginning of September, we welcomed two new Graduate Teaching Assistants to , Trish and Poppy. Make sure you say...
24/09/2026

At the beginning of September, we welcomed two new Graduate Teaching Assistants to , Trish and Poppy. Make sure you say hi if you see them around campus! You will see them supporting your research methods module.

And don't worry, Immy and Aleysha, our previous GTAs, are still around - they have been promoted to lecturers!

Two weeks ago, our MSc Psychology presented their dissertation projects. This was the final day of an intense year, an...
21/09/2026

Two weeks ago, our MSc Psychology presented their dissertation projects.

This was the final day of an intense year, and it was great to see the product of everyone's work!

It was a pleasure to have you as part of and we wish you the best in your future endeavours.

As part of induction week for our postgraduate degrees, we did a staff meet and greet, where students were able to come ...
17/09/2026

As part of induction week for our postgraduate degrees, we did a staff meet and greet, where students were able to come see our research interests and discuss dissertation ideas.

It was great to meet everyone and hear their ideas. We look forward to working with you!

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