Psychology
The Department of Psychology is committed to supporting staff to produce high quality research across a range of topics, both basic and applied, and to developing strong links between research, teaching and out-reach activities. Research in the department covers all the major areas of Psychology and includes language, evolutionary psychology, working and autobiographical memory, visual perception, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, teaching and learning methods and research into fans' attitudes at football matches.
Psychology has four large laboratories (Computing, Cognitive, Social Observation and General Purpose) which are used for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students (particularly empirical projects) for approximately half the year, and are available for staff use exclusively out of this time. Additionally, smaller specialised research laboratories for visual perception, and eye-tracking have been constructed for academic staff research. Further developments are planned to accommodate recently appointed staff¿s research needs.
We encourage collaborations within the University and have particularly close links with the School of Computing and Technology. Programmes of collaborative research have supported the EU funded AGILE and EPSRC JREI DrEAM projects involving mainly the effects of age and experience on driving.
Another aspect of our policy is to encourage collaboration with other institutions. Team members are actively engaged in a total of 70 collaborations: 10% are with other sections of the University, 50% with other universities or institutions concerned with research (such as hospitals) in the UK, and 40% with universities in 11 other countries. We actively pursue the University policy, as shown in its Research Development Fellowship scheme, of emphasising collaboration with highly rated Departments in other institutions. Our aim is to achieve even greater success in this respect.
For further information see the Psychology Website
