‘The core value of our profession is supposed to be inclusion!’ @clinpsychdavid.bsky.social & Serena Parkar argue that inflexible pathways in Clinical and Educational Psychology exclude potential applicants and place unnecessary strain on trainees and their families. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

On this day 20 years ago, 52 Londoners, of 18 different nationalities, were killed in 7/7 bombings. Nearly 800 more were injured, many of whom continue to live with the physical & psychological consequences of that day. I was privileged to know some & am thinking of them all & their families today.🌹

The consultation on social media restrictions for young people closes today. The Academy of Medical Colleges response is all across the news news.sky.com/story/doctor... but nothing on a BPS response. I went to the website to look for it, nothing. Surely psychologists are well-placed to contribute?

An unfortunate consequences of the current Labour leadership turmoil was that the news coverage of today's King's speech had no mention of @nazshahbfd.bsky.social MP's brilliant speech opening the HoC debate. It made me proud to be British🇬🇧. Full speech video here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

An unfortunate consequences of the current Labour leadership turmoil was that the news coverage of today's King's speech had no mention of @nazshahbfd.bsky.social MP's brilliant speech opening the HoC debate. It made me proud to be British🇬🇧. Full speech video here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Really encouraging to see fellow psychologists from across the world coming together today for the 19th Psychology Day at the United Nation. In the words of UN Psychology Coalition President, Dr Kalyani Gopal, “The world is asking questions that Psychology can answer! 🌍

Such a privilege to be part of a @plymuni.bsky.social inter-professional learning event yesterday which brought together students from across different health programmes to work together with experts by experience with a range of physical & mental health issues, with help from Well Connected SW

After many years arguing that professional accreditation in psychology should be only doctoral level, the American Psychological Association has announced it will begin accrediting masters-level professionals, although they won't be able to use the title "Psychologist" www.apa.org/education-ca...

I have just published a new, updated version of my YouTube video "Deciding where to apply for UK Clinical Psychology Training". I hope its helpful. ▶️ youtu.be/tOBqAPQHcYs

The 2026 Entry Clinical Psychology Training Alternative Handbook has been published today. It contains in-depth perspectives from almost 1,500 current trainees who participated. It really is an invaluable resource for applicants & courses.https://www.bps.org.uk/dcp-alternative-handbook

A-level results day can be incredibly stressful if things don't go to plan. This helpful article in @psychmag.bsky.social offers help to avoid some decision making pitfalls. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Just back from my annual trip up to Edinburgh for the start of the festivals. My Fringe theatre recommendations are Ordinary Decent Criminal, Miles, & Paldem, all at Summerhall. Make it Happen at EIF is great if you can get tix. For some great music, I highly recommend Women in Rock www.edfringe.com

Practitioner psychologists became regulated by The HCPC in July 2009. Since then the number of registered psychologists has increased every year and, at the end of 2024, crossed the 30,000 mark for the first time (~80% increase in 15 years) making it one of the fastest-growing UK health professions🚀

On this day 20 years ago, 52 Londoners, of 18 different nationalities, were killed in 7/7 bombings. Nearly 800 more were injured, many of whom continue to live with the physical & psychological consequences of that day. Remembering them all and their families today🌺.

Excited to see a preview of the new BBC series "Reunion" this eve. The bilingual spoken English/BSL series, written by deaf writer William Mager, had a mixed deaf/hearing crew, a cast of brilliant deaf & hearing actors &, above all, is a gripping story. 📺 Monday 7th 9pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Excited to see a preview of the new BBC series "Reunion" this eve. The bilingual spoken English/BSL series, written by deaf writer William Mager, had a mixed deaf/hearing crew, a cast of brilliant deaf & hearing actors &, above all, is a gripping story. 📺 Monday 7th 9pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Such a privilege to attend a live recording of Michelle Obama & her brother Craig Robinson's new podcast IMO here at SXSW. Really interesting, & timely, discussion about fostering hope in challenging times with Yale Professor of Psychology, Laurie Santos. I highly recommend subscribing imopod.com

Very sad but true. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This study from Birmingham Uni has been widely covered in the legacy media today. However, the headlines are completely unfounded on the basis of the study. In fact, the study wasnt a controlled trial but a cross sectional comparsion study. 1/5 www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Practitioner psychologists became regulated by The HCPC in July 2009. Since then the number of registered psychologists has increased every year and, at the end of 2024, crossed the 30,000 mark for the first time (~80% increase in 15 years) making it one of the fastest-growing UK health professions🚀

'Why crowd behaviour matters - for psychology and society' Recording of my Professorial Lecture. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBZ...

I wrote an article about my dad's death, and how it affected my views on assisted dying, published in the Times Free version here

Published today (Open Access) Dr Emily Shipwright's powerful study conducted at Plymouth University on the long-term adverse effects after ECT. In the words of one participant “The Procedure Went Well, but You’ve Killed the Patient” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Very proud to be coauthor of a paper from Dr Imogen Campbell's Clinical Psychology Doctoral research @PlymUni on Equine-Assisted Therapy for military veterans, published today in the Journal of Veterans Studies. Veterans described very positive outcomes. journal-veterans-studies.org/articles/10....

New video just out in our series on applying for Clinical Psychology training in the UK, on deciding where to apply. Hope its useful for anyone applying, apologies its a bit late in the cycle for 2025 entry, I started it & then was unwell, hence a few imperfections! ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzQb...

Its a real privilege to be among more than 200 psychologists from 103 countries who contributed to the 2nd Ed. of the Handbook of International Psychology. The diversity of psychology across the world has always fascinated me & this book captures it its full glory🌍😊 www.routledge.com/The-Handbook...

My former colleague at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, Lord Alderdice, who has considerable experience of intractable conflicts, gave an extremely wise speech in the House of Lords this week, "There is no military solution in Israel/Gaza". I do recommend reading▶️ lordalderdice.com/2023/10/25/t...

Ethnicity data on practitioner psychologists published recently by the HCPC, shows how far the profession has to go to be reflective of the population in all domains, other than Counselling Psych. Although Sport & Ex. Psych has the lowest gender disparity it's the least diverse in terms of ethnicity

Well I managed to get in (thanks to @ruthieconnolly.bsky.social), isn't it nice here! I look forward to seeing how BlueSky develops.