Some exciting news from our department: Our Dr Charlotte Pennington has been appointed to the American Psychological Association’s Expert Panel on Open Science and Methodology.

Passionate about healthcare and its improvement? We are looking for a KTP associate to help design & evaluate an evaluation framework to aid decision-making. More info ⬇️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC467/i...

The Govt will be reviewing mental health conditions, ADHD & autism in England. To make sure the voice of psychologists are heard, we're hosting a workshop so our members can contribute evidence to support this review. Date: 5 Feb '26 12pm Register your interest: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

We want to wish our Psychology students the very best luck for their January exams!

Happy Holidays/ Merry Christmas to all! Aston University is closed now and will reopen on 5th of January. See you all in 2026!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… break! Our Aston campus in its festive attire ⬇️

Calling all PGRs! Join the Psychology PGR away day this Thursday! Make new connections and have some pre-holiday fun!

Congratulations to our Prof. Rachel Shaw, Dr Megan Jarman, Prof. Ian Wong, and Prof. Aoife McDermott (Aston Business School) have won a management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Birmingham Community Health Care Trust.

Our psychology staff and PGR students had a very festive time yesterday! Starting with a quiz and finishing with a meal and Christmas crackers! We even learnt some new words: flamboyance, Decapoda or discombobulated! Same time next year everyone? #Christmas

Some useful tips on managing festive break from University for students from the Mental Health Foundation. t.co/loBJNQ772o

Very important talk today by our Michael Larkin on whether resilience research has got resilience all wrong. It’s time to make systems resilience-enabling rather than the individual.

Aston’s Psychology Society is running this lovely crafty event tomorrow ⬇️ Join if you need a pause!

Free BPS membership for psychology students! Sign up and enjoy all the perks!

Research assistant needed! Join the project aimed at obtaining knowledge to inform the development of meaningful, effective and sustainable mental health interventions for children attending special educational needs (SEN) schools. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS448/r...

Happy 1st of December to all our students and staff! Have you spotted our festive beasts of Aston on our campus yet? They are a lovely sight 😊

So lovely news! Congratulations to our newest Dr and the supervising team!

Another successful grant! Drs Luc Boutsen & Martin Jüttner were awarded £10k from the British Academy 2025 Small Grant Scheme to conduct a research on “Does a facial difference determine how we see faces? A comparison of holistic and analytic perception of facial disfigurements.”

We welcome the government's new Men's Health Strategy. "This is an important first step to improving the mental health & wellbeing of men & boys throughout the country." Chair of the Male Psychology Section. Full response: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-welcomes-new-mens-health-strategy-england

We are pleased to announce that Dr Matt Buckley had been awarded a British Academy Leverhulme small research grant to study spatial and event memory. Congratulations Matt!

Happy it’s almost the weekend time! We have finished our Reading week and will be back with classes on Monday!

Really inspiring talk about moral injury among various occupations! Thank you for sharing this with us Victoria!

Why not join us today at 1pm to listen to a talk on Psychological adjustment after trauma by Dr Vicki Williamson from King’s College London? See all of those interested in the Sumpner Lecture Theatre!

Research away day for our staff today with a middle break for exploring the new Aston Remembrance garden 🪴

Free this Thursday lunchtime? Join online and learn about what determines people’s food choices! Our Dr Angel Tan in partnership with BBC Women in STEM and Think Through Nutrition will be presenting.

Psychology matters! Now this is true e more than ever!

Fully-funded PhD studentship alert! 📢 Want to explore the psychology behind why we accept or reject alternative proteins? Apply now. Details here: [https://t.co/4fpvwWFrN6] @astonpsychology.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social

PhD studentship: what role does the gut play in mental health for young adults with selective eating and autism? Help us unlock this critical relationship. Apply now: [https://t.co/E9uf1NqTax] @astonpsychology.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social

Funding news. I have a fully funded 3-year doctoral studentship to study behavioural addiction with me. Get in touch if you're interested.

Curious about risky decision-making and aging? Explore this topic with a PhD opportunity at our school! See ⬇️

Aston psychologists, Dr Charlotte Pennington and and Dr James Reynolds have contributed to a global study examining how people encounter and engage with information about science. This is one of the biggest #science #communication studies to date.

Interested in gut microbiome and its link with various conditions? Looking for a PhD? Look no further. See more info about this opportunity👇

More PhD opportunities in our School! See ⬇️ a project on meat alternatives and people’s attitudes towards them.

Looking for a PhD in Psychology? Look ⬇️ and apply to join our school at Aston!

Today for our research seminar series we are hearing from Dr James Reynolds about public policy and people’s attitudes towards it.

Govt to fund research into better mental health treatments. Positive news this #WorldMentalHealthDay. Dr Roman Raczka responds: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-welcomes-new-mental-health-research-funding-government?utm_campaign=PsychMat&utm_source=bpsofficial.bsky.social&utm_medium=social

Lovely to host you in our school Dr Madeleine Pownall! Thank you for sharing your insights with Aston community!

Psychology is indeed crucial for better healthcare! Our MSc in Health Psychology is a stepping stone to embark on that journey that can improve services within NHS!

Social connectedness is crucial when navigating life transitions. Our PhD student Lucy Keller talks more about it in the Psychology in the classroom podcast. Listen here to learn about challenges of school transitions changingstatesofmind.libsyn.com/navigating-f...

Help shape the future of the health & care workforce. We’re calling for evidence to inform our response to the govt’s 10-Year Workforce Plan, highlighting prevention, digital innovation & community-based care. BPS members submit by 20 Oct '25: forms.office.com/e/cgD7YkVv5e...

New paper alert! Our Dr Gemma Heath has published her work “A longitudinal study of sensory and quasi-sensory experiences following bereavement using interpretative phenomenological analysis“ in the journal Death Studies. Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We’re calling for better mental health & wellbeing support in the workplace in a new IOSH report. “Workplaces can no longer afford to ignore the growing impact of mental health-related conditions that limit employees' ability to work.” Dr Roman Raczka 👉 www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-cal...

Interested in Aston’s Psychology society? Then join the free event tomorrow and learn more about what it has to offer!

Have a sunny and chilled week everyone! Just like the beasts of Aston!

Do you work with people affected by trauma? Join Dr Heather Sequeira on 7 Oct '25 for a #BPSLearn workshop to deepen your understanding of trauma, its impact, and the latest neuroscience. Book now: learn.bps.org.uk/local/intell...

To all our students and staff we wish you an amazing start of the teaching period and whole academic year! Let the power (skills) be with you! 😄

Ready to make some new friends? Friend roulette event happening today at noon for our year 1 students. Join us online via Blackboard -> year 1 organisation-> class collaborate

We had a bit of rain, a bit of sun and a lot of running during our Scavenger Hunt for year 1 students. One happy team won themselves some lovely hoodies! Well done to all the teams for their efforts and determination!

Hopefully our year 1 students and staff enjoyed the pizza during our Meet the Tutor session. What can we say there was quite a lot of it! 😄

Today we are continuing with running our lab tours. We even might have some bangs ;)

Dear Year 1 students we have lots on offer for you today. There are research lab tours, Get your questions answered Q&A, Wellbeing Walk and Meet your Tutor + Scavenger Hunt session. See you there!