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25th January
10:00 to 16:00
30 You will earn 30 silver points for completing this activity.
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Future Me Week: Applying Psychology to Real-World Challenges

25th January 10:00 to 16:00
Psychology can be applied to many real-world scenarios; this event is an opportunity for you to work with psychology staff and students to apply psychological theory and principles to real-world problems.

How can we support the wellbeing of jurors?

How can we support pupil and teacher wellbeing in primary schools?​

How can we prepare helping professionals for indirect exposure to trauma? ​

How can we reduce bias against sexual assault victims in court?​

How can we reduce misinformation ​on social media?​

How can we offer a personalised care and support plan to people living with cancer?​

These are just some of the exciting challenges that you will have the opportunity to work on during the Psychology Future Me event.

You will start the day by attending the Psychology Future Me welcome event where you will be presented with a range of real-world challenges by staff members leading in these areas.

Then, guided by one of the psychology staff team, you will work in small groups on one of the specified challenges. This will involve working together to explore the challenge, generating solutions and action plans. Throughout the day your group will collaborate and produce an output to be shared at the end of the day.

All the groups will come back together at the end of the day to share their work, developing a shared vision of a future with psychology.

Associated Badges:

In A Nutshell...

  • Collaborate...with other students to explore how psychology can be applied in real-world scenarios
  • Explore .... how psychology can be applied to a range of problems
  • Share... your findings at the Psychology Future Me showcase
  • Gain experience ... that will help you with your future career in psychology
  • Earn up to 30 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.

Schedule

  • place 10:00 to 11:00 on 25/01/24 - Brooks Lecture Theatre 4
    Attend the Psychology Future Me welcome event
    You will start off the day hearing about how psychology can be applied to real-world problems
  • place 11:00 to 12:30 on 25/01/24 - Brooks tbc
    Group challenge time
    Now you will split into smaller groups to work on a specific challenge; initially you will be accompanied by a staff member who will give you advice on how to approach the challenge, and then you will work as a group on the challenge
  • place 12:30 to 13:30 on 25/01/24 - Brooks tbc
    Lunch break
    Network with staff and students over lunch (lunch is provided)
  • place 13:30 to 15:00 on 25/01/24 - Brooks tbc
    Group challenge time
    Continue working on your challenge with your group
  • place 15:00 to 16:00 on 25/01/24 - Brooks LT4
    Psychology Future Me Showcase Event
    Come together to share your work; hear about how the other groups tackled their challenges