So I really find it interesting to look
at the brain and the things that make
people act in certain ways. So between
brain and behaviour and especially in
children as they develop into adulthood.
So psychology is a fascinating and hugely
diverse discipline and I think that
breadth is really reflected in the
expertise that we have in the department.
So through from social psychology
through to cognitive neuroscience,
occupational consumer areas of
psychology too. So in the department we do lots of world leading research and some
of our research has been featured in
international and national media,
including in the BBC. Some of the
research we've done in the department
has shown exposure to green spaces has a positive impact on people's well-being
and body image. Oh it's a legendary place
of psychology training and it's a great
area to study anywhere. It's very exciting
to be participating with other students
that are of the same interest and
getting lectures from lecturers that
really know their stuff. So we are now based in a purpose-built,
brand new science centre, which is
absolutely fantastic and has been made
especially for us and our science
department. We have some amazing
facilities including things like eye
tracking, EEG, we have a bio lab where we
can do things around kind of hormones,
for example, like cortisol, stress hormones,
things like this. So Anglia Ruskin we
take employability very seriously in the
psychology department and we're putting
into place quite a lot of activities to
give our students excellent
skills and understanding of their
employability option, which supports
students, asks them to get work
experience and also gives them the
skills they need to reflect on that
experience and to learn from it in terms
of guiding their future career decisions
and their future destinations.
