By Jane Elsley on May 19, 2011
Dr. Andy Mayers has been formally appointed Patron for Bournemouth & District Samaritans. This represents an opportunity not only to increase and enhance student experience via volunteer placements, but also to benefit the wider community through development of a night-line and crisis centre for the Samaritans based at Bournemouth University. Additionally, Andy will be part [...]
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By Jane Elsley on May 19, 2011
Here is the Term 2 overview of research news from the Psychology Centre. Next month will see a special section on falls prevention, published in the Canadian Journal on Aging that was coordinated by Samuel Nyman. Along with prefacing the Journal as a guest editor, Samuel wrote one of the five articles in this special [...]
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By Jane Elsley on May 19, 2011
We have recently compiled a list of ongoing staff research projects within the Psychology Centre. You can download the full document by clicking here: Newsletter
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By Jane Elsley on May 19, 2011
Dr. Andy Mayers (Psychology Centre) recently appeared in The Daily Echo discussing his research on the benefits of sleep along with some tips to getting an un-interrupted eight hours. The full article can be viewed here.
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By Jane Elsley on May 19, 2011
Senior Lecturer Dr. Judith de Groot (Psychology Centre) has had her research (based on de Groot & Steg, 2010) showcased both by the BU Bulletin and EE Research website. The project is in collaboration with Professor Linda Steg (University of Groningen) and aims to discover how to turn our widespread ‘green’ values into green actions that [...]
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