BCU Psychology & Counselling
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Department of Psychology and Counselling at Birmingham City University. Information for students & staff.
#research #studyadvert Annie O'Reilly is looking for participants for their dissertation research. More information below:
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#research #studyadvert Annie O'Reilly is looking for participants for their dissertation research. More information below:
Dr @drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has recently delivered two sessions at a primary school on how the brain works, including a demonstration of how an EEG study is run and how this helps us answer research questions. The children gave very positive feedback.
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Dr @drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has recently delivered two sessions at a primary school on how the brain works, including a demonstration of how an EEG study is run and how this helps us answer research questions. The children gave very positive feedback.
1/2 Dr Jessica Diaz, together with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section, are organising a free conference: Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research. Closing date to register is this Wednesday 10th.
Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research | BPS
Free in-person BPS event on reproducible ML in psychology: talks and hands-on workshops on LLM text analysis in R, open research, and linear regression in Jupyter. London.
www.bps.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1/2 Dr Jessica Diaz, together with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section, are organising a free conference: Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research. Closing date to register is this Wednesday 10th.
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Dr Keeley Abbott and other BCU colleagues were featured in the Dispatch regarding some of their studies on porn. Read here:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
With its porn studies strand, BCU earns its reputation for the radical
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dr Keeley Abbott and other BCU colleagues were featured in the Dispatch regarding some of their studies on porn. Read here:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
Prof Craig Jackson has been a guest speaker on "The Last Show" with David Cooper.
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
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Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
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Craig Jackson: Workplace Gaffe? Don't Worry! - November 17, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 2025-11-18 · 21m
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December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Prof Craig Jackson has been a guest speaker on "The Last Show" with David Cooper.
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Yesterday’s Trust and AI symposium, held by our department's PsyNET research group, had fantastic discussions and insightful presentations that covered multiple disciplines. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees!
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yesterday’s Trust and AI symposium, held by our department's PsyNET research group, had fantastic discussions and insightful presentations that covered multiple disciplines. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees!
Matt Kimberley was recently featured in two episodes of the Sex and Psychology podcast with Justin Lehmiller – Links are now below:
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Episode 439: Fantasy Confessions – Why Even Happy Couples Keep Secrets
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November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Matt Kimberley was recently featured in two episodes of the Sex and Psychology podcast with Justin Lehmiller – Links are now below:
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...
Congratulations to Dr Olga Fotakopoulou for their recent publication:
Misirli, A., Fotakopoulou, O., Dardanou, M., & Komis, V. (2025). The impact of touchscreen digital exposure on children’s social development and communication: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology.
Misirli, A., Fotakopoulou, O., Dardanou, M., & Komis, V. (2025). The impact of touchscreen digital exposure on children’s social development and communication: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology.
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Congratulations to Dr Olga Fotakopoulou for their recent publication:
Misirli, A., Fotakopoulou, O., Dardanou, M., & Komis, V. (2025). The impact of touchscreen digital exposure on children’s social development and communication: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology.
Misirli, A., Fotakopoulou, O., Dardanou, M., & Komis, V. (2025). The impact of touchscreen digital exposure on children’s social development and communication: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology.
Also congratulations to Dr Keeley Abbott for having a paper accepted in Porn Studies:
Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A., & Williams, G.C. (2025). Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies. (In Press)
Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A., & Williams, G.C. (2025). Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies. (In Press)
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Also congratulations to Dr Keeley Abbott for having a paper accepted in Porn Studies:
Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A., & Williams, G.C. (2025). Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies. (In Press)
Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A., & Williams, G.C. (2025). Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies. (In Press)
Anthony Gifford had a book chapter published 🎉:
Gifford, AJ. (2025). Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press. doi.org/10.17613/z0q...
Gifford, AJ. (2025). Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press. doi.org/10.17613/z0q...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Anthony Gifford had a book chapter published 🎉:
Gifford, AJ. (2025). Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press. doi.org/10.17613/z0q...
Gifford, AJ. (2025). Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture – Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press. doi.org/10.17613/z0q...
1/4 Samantha Jordan published an article in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, titled “Autobiographical memory specificity and flexibility moderate the influence of negative life events on major depression in UK undergraduate students: A one-year longitudinal study”.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
1/4 Samantha Jordan published an article in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, titled “Autobiographical memory specificity and flexibility moderate the influence of negative life events on major depression in UK undergraduate students: A one-year longitudinal study”.
1/2 BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section is hosting a free one-day conference titled “Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning in Psychological Research” on 11 Dec 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
1/2 BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section is hosting a free one-day conference titled “Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning in Psychological Research” on 11 Dec 2025.
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1/2📣 If you are a racially and/or ethnically marginalised student who withdrew from a UK Postgrad Counselling or Psychotherapy course, share your stories through
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Have you withdrawn from a UK Postgraduate Counselling or Psychotherapy course?
Have you withdrawn from a UK Postgraduate Counselling or Psychotherapy course?
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November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
1/2📣 If you are a racially and/or ethnically marginalised student who withdrew from a UK Postgrad Counselling or Psychotherapy course, share your stories through
🕒 30-40 min confidential interview
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1/3 Join us on Nov 27th for the Psychology and Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, organised by the PsyNET lab.
Follow this link to sign up: eventbrite.be/e/psychology...
#ai #psychology
Follow this link to sign up: eventbrite.be/e/psychology...
#ai #psychology
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
1/3 Join us on Nov 27th for the Psychology and Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium, organised by the PsyNET lab.
Follow this link to sign up: eventbrite.be/e/psychology...
#ai #psychology
Follow this link to sign up: eventbrite.be/e/psychology...
#ai #psychology
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This past Friday we recorded a podcast with Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and Tom Richards - we discussed the SCAMPER technique and its alignment with BCU STEAM values like creativity and criticality. It will be out soon, so watch this space! 😊 @bcupsychology.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This past Friday we recorded a podcast with Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and Tom Richards - we discussed the SCAMPER technique and its alignment with BCU STEAM values like creativity and criticality. It will be out soon, so watch this space! 😊 @bcupsychology.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social
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Graduating from BCU in January? 🎓
The deadline to register for your graduation ceremony is tomorrow by 4PM. Please check your inbox for your graduation ceremony invitation!
#IAMBCU
The deadline to register for your graduation ceremony is tomorrow by 4PM. Please check your inbox for your graduation ceremony invitation!
#IAMBCU
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Graduating from BCU in January? 🎓
The deadline to register for your graduation ceremony is tomorrow by 4PM. Please check your inbox for your graduation ceremony invitation!
#IAMBCU
The deadline to register for your graduation ceremony is tomorrow by 4PM. Please check your inbox for your graduation ceremony invitation!
#IAMBCU
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Just out: It is my pleasure to present our new paper in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: “Psychosocial Interventions for Edge of Care Families in the Early Years.”
Read here: lnkd.in/ecXHbPWA
Read here: lnkd.in/ecXHbPWA
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October 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Just out: It is my pleasure to present our new paper in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: “Psychosocial Interventions for Edge of Care Families in the Early Years.”
Read here: lnkd.in/ecXHbPWA
Read here: lnkd.in/ecXHbPWA
@drsilviafd.bsky.social was an invited presenter at the "Impact Accelerator Event: Paraphilias, Sexual Offending Behaviours, and Associated Harms" organised by CORE-FP (Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology) at the University of Kent on Friday 19th September.
October 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@drsilviafd.bsky.social was an invited presenter at the "Impact Accelerator Event: Paraphilias, Sexual Offending Behaviours, and Associated Harms" organised by CORE-FP (Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology) at the University of Kent on Friday 19th September.
Dr Chris Fullwood had a new study published on Europe’s Journal of Psychology, titled "Psychometric evaluation of the Serbian adaptation of the Presentation of Online Self Scale (POSS) and further construct validation."
Read here:
doi.org/10.5964/ejop...
Read here:
doi.org/10.5964/ejop...
Psychometric Evaluation of the Serbian Adaptation of the Presentation of Online Self Scale (POSS) and Further Construct Validation| Europe’s Journal of Psychology
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September 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dr Chris Fullwood had a new study published on Europe’s Journal of Psychology, titled "Psychometric evaluation of the Serbian adaptation of the Presentation of Online Self Scale (POSS) and further construct validation."
Read here:
doi.org/10.5964/ejop...
Read here:
doi.org/10.5964/ejop...
Congratulations to Dr Hammond and @drsilviafd.bsky.social for their recent publication, titled "Seeking to be Heard: Reflections on the Value of a Partnership Approach to Involving Victims in the Development of Domestic Abuse Policy and Practice". Read here:
doi.org/10.3390/bs15...
doi.org/10.3390/bs15...
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Congratulations to Dr Hammond and @drsilviafd.bsky.social for their recent publication, titled "Seeking to be Heard: Reflections on the Value of a Partnership Approach to Involving Victims in the Development of Domestic Abuse Policy and Practice". Read here:
doi.org/10.3390/bs15...
doi.org/10.3390/bs15...
Dr Mariel Marcano-Olivier had an article published in The Conversation discussing a recent finding that spouses are more likely to be in a relationship with somebody who also has a mental illness diagnosis. Read more about it here: theconversation.com/spouses-are-...
Spouses are more likely to be diagnosed with the same mental health conditions – here’s why
A recent study found that people diagnosed with a psychiatric condition were more likely to be married to someone with a similar diagnosis.
theconversation.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Dr Mariel Marcano-Olivier had an article published in The Conversation discussing a recent finding that spouses are more likely to be in a relationship with somebody who also has a mental illness diagnosis. Read more about it here: theconversation.com/spouses-are-...
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Our paper "Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI-T)" just got published in Cogent Psychology! 😊
Find here:
doi.org/10.1080/2331...
Find here:
doi.org/10.1080/2331...
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the eating pathology symptoms inventory (EPSI-T)
The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI‑T), and to explore gender differenc...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our paper "Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI-T)" just got published in Cogent Psychology! 😊
Find here:
doi.org/10.1080/2331...
Find here:
doi.org/10.1080/2331...
A huge thank you to all our new students for joining us during Welcome Week! Wishing all our students a great start to the new academic year 🎓✨
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A huge thank you to all our new students for joining us during Welcome Week! Wishing all our students a great start to the new academic year 🎓✨