Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #academicsky #edusky

Thanks so much for a fabulous #sarmac2025, @ciaragreene.bsky.social @gillian-murphy.bsky.social! Many details made it such a joyess Irish-tinted celebration of the sarmac community. You're legends & we're immensely grateful ❤️ And I'm wildly proud of this lot too! (Thxs for putting up with me x)

The Teaching About Research in Memory & Cognition #sarmac2025 @officialsarmac.bsky.social was full of good examples of how to get students to engage E-portfolios puzzle boxes, using mobile phone tech learning to learn, to public science communication. Thanks for organising @drrobnash.bsky.social‬

Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation. Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

New book written by teachers for teachers (who happen to also be cognitive experts in learning)! My chapter interleaving is probably one of my favorite things that I've written. I'm so excited about this book. The chapters are all digestible and concrete without sacrificing deeper understanding.

Psychology and education-minded people in the UK! We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽‍🏫. Deadline April 20. niot.org.uk/careers/rese...

Psychology and education-minded people in the UK! We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽‍🏫. Deadline April 20. niot.org.uk/careers/rese...

The Truth by Repetition Effect New research finds the repetition of statements makes them more believable, *but only for certain people.* Preprint: osf.io/aeukr_v1 With BSky author: @bwiernik.bsky.social

Latest applications data shows that teacher training recruitment in England has not improved much since last year, although there are very tentative signs it may be picking up a little Headlines so far this cycle: - secondary up 9% - primary down 2% A thread with some top lines 👇

Looking forward to chairing this teaching symposium at @sarmac2025.bsky.social - hope to receive lots of interesting applications! #PsychSciSky #CogPsy

Students whose universities demand quicker feedback-turnaround by staff are barely (if any) more satisfied with their feedback. Who would guess it? My new paper 🙃 doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Looking forward to chairing this teaching symposium at @sarmac2025.bsky.social - hope to receive lots of interesting applications! #PsychSciSky #CogPsy

Teachers who want to be truly ‘evidence-informed’ need to treat all research equally, avoiding bias in favour of the studies that they like, says @cbokhove.bsky.social

🚨Out in Applied Cognitive Psychology🚨 The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation. A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n) doi.org/10.1002/acp....

How do we continue to make feedback effective as students increasingly move away from studying on campus, with fewer opportunities for dialogue with lecturers (& other students)? @drrobnash.bsky.social & I ponder this question @timeshighered.bsky.social: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...

There are so many barriers to ethnic diversity and representation in teaching, and we need to tackle them all. I’m so proud to have played a role in securing the funding for this exciting new collaboration, and really looking forward to the positive impact it will create niot.org.uk/news-events/...

Now that my Twitter profile is happily and irrevocably deleted, I keep thinking that some day I should actually say something here. That day is not today. But as a placeholder here’s an elderly cat under the Xmas tree 🌲 Hi everyone 😊👍

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your abstract to SARMAC. Don't miss it! www.sarmac2025.org/submissions

Did you know the Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association has a (free!) podcast where yours truly interviews authors about their fantastic articles & ideas? It's true! Check out all the episodes here & on your favorite podcast app: apadiv15.org/podcast-seri...

Interested in memory and applied cognition? Want to visit Ireland? ☘️You’re in luck! Abstract submissions for SARMAC 2025 are open until 1 December! www.sarmac2025.org #psychscisky

I have written a guide for how to use AI to write multiple choice questions that follows best practices. sway.cloud.microsoft/lZANk0W69G9j... Feedback welcome! #AcademicSky

Ta-da!! So happy to announce that my book, Psychology in Everyday Life, enabling students to develop their #PsychologicalLiteracy, is available for pre-order, out on 28th Feb 2025! global.oup.com/ukhe/product...