University of West London - UWL Psychology

07/09/2020

Developing Emotional Resilience - Short Course!
The Psychology department at the University of West London is pleased to present its short online course in Developing Emotional Resilience. The course consists of two sessions of two hours each (four hours in all). It is aimed at helping attendees acquire and develop resilience techniques and enable them to reflect on their own experience in a safe and supportive environment. This course, delivered by two senior chartered psychologists, will run on an online platform on the following dates/times:



Friday 2nd and 16th October, 4-6pm;

Friday 13th and 27th November, 4-6pm



For more information about the course, please click on the link below.

This half-day workshop will help you acquire and develop resilience techniques and enable you to reflect on your own experience in a safe and supportive environment.

19/06/2019

We are very pleased to invite you to our next Twilight Tuesday talk on ‘Women’s experience of coping with pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality’ which will be presented by Dr Caroline Lafarge, from the School of Human and Social Sciences. The talk which will take place on the 25th June 5-6 in Paragon G04. For more information and/or to reserve a seat please follow the link given below:

Women's experiences of coping with pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality, by Dr Caroline Lafarge About the talk Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality (TFA) can have significant psychological impact on those involved. Most studies examine the negative psychological consequences of TFA. Ho...

10/05/2019

Twilight Tuesday!

We have the great pleasure to welcome Dr Angel Chater, Reader in Health Psychology and Behaviour Change, from the University of Bedfordshire to our next Twilight Tuesday seminar. The talk will take place on the 28th May 5-6 in Paragon G04. A synopsis of the talk will be available shortly but for more information about Dr Chater and /or to register your interest, please click on the link below:

For our next Twlight Tuesday talk, we have the great pleasure to welcome Dr Angel Chater, Reader in Health Psychology and Behaviour Change, from the University of Bedfordshire. Further information about the lecture will be available shortly, but in the meantime for more information about Dr Chater,....

17/04/2019

Twilight Tuesday! 30th April, come on down!

We are very pleased to invite you to our next Twilight Tuesday talk ‘Pyramid Clubs and supporting 'invisible' children in schools’, which will take place on the 30th April 5-6 in Paragon G04. Bronach Hughes and Dr Michelle Jayman, from the School of Human and Social Sciences, will talk to us about the journey taken by Pyramid clubs from their early days to their latest incarnation, and the research into the clubs’ effectiveness in secondary school. Please join us for this very interesting talk.



For more information and/or to reserve a seat please follow the link:

Pyramid Clubs - supporting 'invisible' children in schools - by Bronach Hughes and Dr Michelle Jayman About the talk Developed initially in the 1970s on the instinct of a school-based Social Worker in Ealing, Pyramid clubs have developed into an intervention that has a solid evidence base, leading t...

05/11/2018

We are delighted to welcome Dr Vania Bajic, from the University of Kent, to our next Twilight Tuesday session. Dr Bajic’s lecture will be about “The influence of music on the perception of food taste and pleasantness” and will take place on Tuesday the 27th November in Paragon G03 between 5 and 6pm. For more information and/or book your place, please click on the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-influence-of-music-on-the-perception-of-food-taste-and-pleasantness-tickets-52041221695

As always, the lecture is open to all!!!

24/10/2018

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24/10/2018

Invitation to a talk!

As part of our Twilight Tuesday sessions, we are pleased to invite you to the lecture Honour Based Violence (HBV) and its intersections, by Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy from the School of Human and Social Sciences.

The lecture is open to all and will take place on Tuesday 30th October at 5pm in G03 between 5 and 6pm. For more information and/or book your place, please click on the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/honour-based-violence-hbv-and-its-intersections-by-dr-savin-bapir-tardy-tickets-51198478026

Abstract:

In recent years, Honour-based violence (HBV) has been at the centre of many public and academic debates. A mutual agreement in these debates is that HBV is complex in nature and need to be treated as an intersectional phenomenon, combining culture, gender and migration. One of the complexities of HBV is that it does not consist of a single crime, but of multiple types of crimes that fall under its umbrella. Current interventions in combating HBV are in their infancy, which mirrors the lack of local and national statistics assessing the scale of HBV (including in the UK).

This presentation will focus on HBV from a mental health perspective and explore the psychological and practical issues faced by women who experience HBV. The talk will also consider the overlapping similarities between domestic violence and HBV and highlight the features that differentiate HBV from traditional constructs of violence against women. The challenges faced by front-line workers who deal with victims of HBV will also be discussed.

10/10/2018

Invitation to a talk!

As part of our Twilight Tuesday sessions, we are pleased to invite you to the lecture Honour Based Violence (HBV) and its intersections, by Dr Savin Bapir-Tardy from the School of Human and Social Sciences.

The lecture is open to all and will take place on Tuesday 30th October at 5pm in G03 between 5 and 6pm. For more information and/or book your place, please click on the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/honour-based-violence-hbv-and-its-intersections-by-dr-savin-bapir-tardy-tickets-51198478026

Abstract:

In recent years, Honour-based violence (HBV) has been at the centre of many public and academic debates. A mutual agreement in these debates is that HBV is complex in nature and need to be treated as an intersectional phenomenon, combining culture, gender and migration. One of the complexities of HBV is that it does not consist of a single crime, but of multiple types of crimes that fall under its umbrella. Current interventions in combating HBV are in their infancy, which mirrors the lack of local and national statistics assessing the scale of HBV (including in the UK).

This presentation will focus on HBV from a mental health perspective and explore the psychological and practical issues faced by women who experience HBV. The talk will also consider the overlapping similarities between domestic violence and HBV and highlight the features that differentiate HBV from traditional constructs of violence against women. The challenges faced by front-line workers who deal with victims of HBV will also be discussed.

24/09/2018

Talking to someone new can be daunting, but such conversations “have the power to turn strangers into friends, coffee dates into marriages, and interviews into jobs,” note the authors of a new paper, published in Psychological Science, which has found that perhaps we shouldn’t feel so anxious ...

03/09/2018

We are very pleased to resume our Twilight Tuesday sessions for the new academic year. Our first lecture of 2018-2019 is ‘Becoming an ex-offender’ by Dr Cynthia Cordova-Sanchez. It will take place on Tuesday 25th September at 5pm in Paragon G04.

Please click on the link below for more information or to register your attendance:

Becoming an ex-offender, by Dr Cynthia Cordova-Sanchez About the talk Years of research about desistance from crime and prisoner rehabilitation have provided a broad but sometimes contradictory overview about the process of desisting from crime, also understood as the cessation of offending. An impo...

06/07/2018

Need extra support with your studies? Head down to the Engagement Team Drop in session! Open to all UWL students seeking additional support.

28/06/2018

Mapping the Landscape of Violence event on July 9th

Great opportunity to attend a conference.

This will be of interest to professionals working in policing and related settings, members of the public, those who are active in community and special interest groups, academics, students, and experts by experience.

9th July AT 2PM in Weston Hall, SMR.

Keynote speaker, Professor Betsy Stanko OBE, will highlight aspects of her internationally esteemed contribution to policing practice, especially in the area of violence against women.

Click the below link to register your attendance (external delegates - £25)

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