Research in Psychology

Active areas of interest include:

• Decision making in health and industry contexts
• EEG imaging, emotion processing and emotion processing disorders
• Efficient navigation and signage in healthcare settings
• Creating therapeutic environments
• Poverty-based stigma

Active areas of interest include:

• Cannabis, alcohol, mental health and addiction
• Individual differences in alcohol use and consequences and effects of alcohol hangover
• Social determinants of mental health

Active areas of interest include:

• Online identity and impression formation, including the impact of online presentation on political views and employability
• Online images and body satisfaction; prejudicial beliefs and culture in online environments, including sexism in gaming
• Technological facilitation in cybercrime (cyberstalking, domestic abuse, cyberflashing)
• Online victim blame
• Gaming and serious games

Active areas of interest include:

• Adverse childhood experiences
• Understanding the experiences of neurodiverse children and young people
• Youth skills and employability development via work-based learning experiences
• Social and cumulative learning in pre-schoolers

Active areas of interest include:

• Online/hybrid learning and post-digital learning
• Inclusion and neurodiversity
• Language and literacy skills
• Designing effective learning spaces
• Applying learning theory to classroom practice

The minimum requirements for an applicant for registration for the degree of MRes or MPhil or for the degree of MRes/MPhil with the intention of transfer to PhD shall be a first or second class honours degree of a university in the United Kingdom, or of an equivalent qualification.

Applicants holding qualifications other than those specified in (above) shall be considered on their merits and in relation to the nature and scope of the programme of work proposed.

Direct registration for the degree of PhD may also be approved, at the discretion of the University if the applicant holds an MRes/MPhil degree of a United Kingdom University, or an MRes/MPhil degree of equivalent standard of a non-UK University, provided that the MRes/MPhil degree is in a subject area which is appropriate to the proposed programme of work.

Exceptionally, direct registration for the degree of PhD may also be approved, at the discretion of the University, even if the applicant is not the holder of an MRes/MPhil degree, but does hold an exceptionally high-quality honours degree or taught master’s degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline, AND has appropriate research experience at postgraduate level which has resulted in significant peer-reviewed publications, and where verifiable evidence of accomplishment is supplied.

For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. The qualifications below must have been gained within two years of the start of your course.

General English language requirements at UWS: International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

For our research degrees (MRes, MPhil, PhD, DBA, DProf), applicants are required to have an IELTS score as follows:

• Overall score of 6.5
• No sub-test less than 6.0

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS