Where Are All the Psych PhDs?
Now that you’ve graduated, and you’ve got your degree in your hands, you’ve realized that you don’t want to be a psychologist. After battling through Harvard, or got the best PhD online, and completing...
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Been there, done that, got the t-shirt
I’m writing this post on the train back to Derby from Cardiff, where I’ve been for my OU graduation ceremony today, along with 280 other graduands and their families and friends. I’d travelled to...
View ArticleIt must be OU revision time again
Over the last few days, there’s been a steady increase in the number of people visiting my Open University ED209, DD303 and DD307 notes pages. It’s revision time, isn’t it? I knew there was something...
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Unpaid Internships at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are currently offering: Unpaid … ten high quality internships in 2012-13 … for a commitment to volunteer with us for 3-12 months, depending on the specific...
View ArticleDoes measuring personality make sense?
This is a rather long post (nearly 1,800 words) and I’m fully aware that it will break (by some margin) the tl;dr(*) threshold of many people! But I’ve written it for me, primarily to remind me of some...
View ArticleWhy oh why …
… isn’t Q methodology even mentioned in the OU Psychology degree, let alone taught? I’m currently making my way through the 3rd chapter of Simon Watts and Paul Stenner’s 2012 book “Doing Q...
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Qualitative Methods in Psychology
If anyone can explain why liking the Qualitative Methods in Psychology page on Facebook results in this particular set of suggested pages, then I’m all ears!
View ArticleHow to start a riot
At the time of the August 2011 riots I was on holiday in Cyprus. By the time I came home, they were over. As I had far better things to think about at the time (or rather, not think about), I didn’t...
View ArticleDon’t bother with selections or elections – the best leaders are picked randomly
I’m currently working my way through Alex Haslam’s book Psychology in Organizations – The Social Identity Approach. One of the more intriguing pieces of research it presents is on the impact of...
View ArticleBystander intervention
Today, on an LBC radio station ‘phone-in, Nick Clegg was asked by a caller how he would have reacted if he had witnessed the incident between Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson, for which Saatchi has...
View ArticleFlaming and trolling are nothing new – so what can be done?
I happened to be listening to Richard Bacon on Radio 5 Live this afternoon. One of the topics he covered was the recent flaming and trolling incidents on Twitter. A couple of times I thought that he or...
View ArticleThe return of the psycho
Prompted by a message this morning on the OU Psychology Graduates Facebook group, I’ve been re-reading the prospectus for the Occupational Psychology MSc I’ve been accepted onto at Leicester...
View ArticleStop being a dick, Stuart Wheeler
Using the form of words favoured by comedian Adam Hills, Stuart Wheeler, the UKIP treasurer, needs to stop being a dick. The latest drivel he’s reportedly spouting is that because women, in his...
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I don’t think this bunny is going to be gorped by that duck …
A photograph especially for anyone revising for their Open University ED209 exam at the moment. But even if you aren’t and you have no idea of the significance of ducks, rabbits and gorping, it’s still...
View ArticleMy MSc is underway …
… and the clock is already ticking, with just 13 days to go before I need to submit a 1,000 word early assignment. The topic for the assignment is on how different approaches to psychology contribute...
View ArticleLeave it out!
I’ve successfully completed a first draft of my Early Assignment this weekend, so that leaves me with a week to tidy it up and tweak it. It’s been fairly difficult getting back in the swing of writing...
View Article1,000 word essays are harder to write than 2,000 word essays
Six years ago when I first started to study psychology I would never have believed that a 1,000 word essay was more difficult to write than a 2,000 word essay. After all, a 1,000 word essay is half as...
View ArticleDamn you Kenneth Clarke – you’ve made me agree with Theresa May!
Kenneth Clarke, many Lib Dems favourite Tory, said last weekend that women should not be allowed to be veiled when giving evidence in court. This is at odds with the views of the Home Secretary,...
View ArticleBiased studies and flawed arguments
One of the parts of my research methods module assignment that I’m currently working on is being used to assess if we are able to read an academic paper and understand what it has set out to achieve....
View ArticlePersonality at work
In my first post, I did say that I wasn’t here. Which is still true of course, but last Thursday (14th November) I did manage to make a fleeting visit to the university to listen to a guest lecture by...
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