Our awesome interns, Niamh Malone and Isabella Brinton, wrote an excellent reflective blog for our Digital Accessibility Unit on the work they did on creating a toolkit to include disabled people in research (blogs.york.ac.uk/digital-acce...). Link to the Toolkit is in the article ☺️

@alexanderreid.bsky.social also talks a bit about the toolkit in his recent T-FUN presentation on working with student collaborators. Link here: buff.ly/92gD5KX (approx. 37 min into this recording) If you haven't already, please consider subscribing to our channel! buff.ly/c4ZSjYt #HigherEd

If anyone wants to hear me talk about developing collaborative projects with students my presentation has been uploaded to YouTube below - thanks for having me T-FUN 🙂

I am just circulating our award winning guide on including disabled people in research, both as participants and collaborators (t.ly/UoYDToolkit). It is designed for all disciplines and we hope makes a difference, so please share widely!

I’m doing an online talk next Thursday on working with students, details are below :-)

Well. Looks like London’s new Tolkien theme park is going to be this year’s Glasgow Wonkaland.

I had a lovely chat with Phil Lang on his podcast "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist" where I talk a lot about dreams and sleep! Phil interviews researchers from across the University of York about their work in all sorts of fascinating areas. (creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...).

Event 2 When: Thurs 22nd Jan 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT) Guest Speaker: @alexanderreid.bsky.social Title: Developing collaborative relationships with Student Partners To join the event + get updates please subscribe buff.ly/zcNUK5P Note: This is a rescheduling of the event we had to postpone on 27/11

My awesome team won an Inclusive Impact Ward! Details are below, but my team built a Toolkit to help researchers navigate the sensitives around including disabled people in research practice.

We are happy to be circulating the latest issue of the UoY student-run Psychology magazine: Psychout. Issue 21 is themed on clinical psychology and mental health, and has an interview with Dr Clara Humpston on her work www.york.ac.uk/media/psycho... Accessible version & refs are on our website 😊

I am extremely flattered to win the 'Supporting Student Voice, Activities and Partnership' award at the University of York Students'​ Union 2025 Excellence Awards. It wouldn’t be possible without our amazing students, reps and staff - teamwork! 🥳 💪

My Higher Education Psychology Teacher of the Year finalist case study has now been published. It focusses on collaborative work with alumni to develop employability skills and mitigate imposter syndrome in our students. A huge thank you to all my collaborators! explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsptr

Interested in learning more about great teaching and scholarship practice? Check out the new YouTube channel for the T-Fun (Teaching-Focussed University Network) with two great talks already posted! @t-fun.bsky.social m.youtube.com/@tfunnetwork

Issue 20 of our student-run psychology magazine is out now! This issue is on Artificial Intelligence, and includes 8 articles, one interview with 'AI and risk' expert Prof. Rob Jenkins, and info on getting into clinical psychology: shorturl.at/N26BU An accessible version is on our website :-)

Our Department’s student-run magazine is joining BlueSky, please retweet them and follow so they can share their work 😊

Our second featured nominee for DARTP Psychology Teacher of the Year award is, Dr @alexanderreid.bsky.social who is passionate about developing critical thinking skills in both his students and the public.

We now have 100 accounts in our University of York Starter Pack! The number 100 has great cultural significance, but of course it's not THAT different to the 98 we were on before we added @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social and @jimleary.bsky.social - we're excited about it nevertheless. Welcome!

Students, if interested, please consider applying to this paid summer internship working with myself and the science advacocy charity @senseaboutsci.bsky.social. Click here for more info: generationresearch.ac.uk/studentships... #SenseAboutScience

I am happy to be sharing the outcomes and Toolkit of an initiative I led called the Graduate Voices Project. Our students interviewed @york.ac.uk alumni from underrepresented backgrounds seeking advice they might have for others. Here is the playlist, please circulate. shorturl.at/8xQEf

I've written a Data Analysis Handbook that explains 8 common errors in data analysis: Selection Bias Regression to the Mean Correlation vs. Causation Clustering Illusion Gambler's Fallacy Base Rate Fallacy Survivorship Bias Simpson's Paradox It's short and simple and has examples of each one.

Really good advice here for #inclusion #AccessibleLearning #UDL

We did a fun bit of psychology outreach today with the awesome kids at East Garforth Academy School in Leeds. A big thanks to my colleague Tabea-Maria Haase for her help with everything, particularly the pipe cleaner brain cells! #outreach #psychology

It's lovely to get shortlisted for this, and congratulations to the other excellent candidates too.

New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

Anatomy of the brain - a cool lego project that needs some votes on Lego Ideas to bring it to fruition! ideas.lego.com/s/p:60be6b96...

I created a ‘starter pack’ for science advocacy and critical thinking, suggestions for further individuals and organisations welcome! go.bsky.app/5ByxT3z