BCU Psychology & Counselling
@bcupsychology.bsky.social
Department of Psychology and Counselling at Birmingham City University. Information for students & staff.
We welcomed our new students into the department yesterday with a programme full of information and fun activities. Our Welcome Week programme will continue tomorrow with course team drop-ins.
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We welcomed our new students into the department yesterday with a programme full of information and fun activities. Our Welcome Week programme will continue tomorrow with course team drop-ins.
@drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has organised a free online event with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section: Computational Modelling Applications in Psychology Using Large Datasets, to take place on July 20th.
All interested can register here: www.bps.org.uk/event/comput...
All interested can register here: www.bps.org.uk/event/comput...
Computational Modelling Applications in Psychology Using Large Datasets | BPS
The session will feature Dr Ioannis Delis, a leading expert in computational modelling and its applications in psychological research.
www.bps.org.uk
July 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
@drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has organised a free online event with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section: Computational Modelling Applications in Psychology Using Large Datasets, to take place on July 20th.
All interested can register here: www.bps.org.uk/event/comput...
All interested can register here: www.bps.org.uk/event/comput...
#research #studyadvert
Prof Craig Jackson and Dr Jeff Wood are currently running a study to learn about the behaviours and attitudes of the drivers in the UK - taking part helps build safer roads, and you get feedback for free!
Click below for more:
bcu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
Prof Craig Jackson and Dr Jeff Wood are currently running a study to learn about the behaviours and attitudes of the drivers in the UK - taking part helps build safer roads, and you get feedback for free!
Click below for more:
bcu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
RoSPA stage 1 V2 - This survey is created by QuestionPro
RoSPA stage 1 V2 - This survey is created by QuestionPro
bcu.questionpro.eu
June 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
#research #studyadvert
Prof Craig Jackson and Dr Jeff Wood are currently running a study to learn about the behaviours and attitudes of the drivers in the UK - taking part helps build safer roads, and you get feedback for free!
Click below for more:
bcu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
Prof Craig Jackson and Dr Jeff Wood are currently running a study to learn about the behaviours and attitudes of the drivers in the UK - taking part helps build safer roads, and you get feedback for free!
Click below for more:
bcu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
On Monday, academics from our department attended the LHS ResCon. Research across the School of Life and Health Sciences were presented in the morning, which included three projects from our department, and we discussed research activity within our department in the afternoon.
June 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On Monday, academics from our department attended the LHS ResCon. Research across the School of Life and Health Sciences were presented in the morning, which included three projects from our department, and we discussed research activity within our department in the afternoon.
1/2 Behind the Screens, an initiative led by Antonieta Fostier and Prof Laura Hammond to “Recognise, Respond and Prevent” online harassment and violence against girls and women, held an inaugural workshop on June 1, which brought a wide range of stakeholders to discuss the topic.
June 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
1/2 Behind the Screens, an initiative led by Antonieta Fostier and Prof Laura Hammond to “Recognise, Respond and Prevent” online harassment and violence against girls and women, held an inaugural workshop on June 1, which brought a wide range of stakeholders to discuss the topic.
Reposted by BCU Psychology & Counselling
“Volunteering boosts your mental health and builds career resilience.”
To mark #VolunteersWeek, Professor Craig Jackson explores the psychological benefits of volunteering, along with considerations to keep in mind before starting new roles: www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...
#PsychologyMatters
To mark #VolunteersWeek, Professor Craig Jackson explores the psychological benefits of volunteering, along with considerations to keep in mind before starting new roles: www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...
#PsychologyMatters
June 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
“Volunteering boosts your mental health and builds career resilience.”
To mark #VolunteersWeek, Professor Craig Jackson explores the psychological benefits of volunteering, along with considerations to keep in mind before starting new roles: www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...
#PsychologyMatters
To mark #VolunteersWeek, Professor Craig Jackson explores the psychological benefits of volunteering, along with considerations to keep in mind before starting new roles: www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...
#PsychologyMatters
Did you know that our department is the first within the University to achieve an Athena Swan Silver Award? We celebrated good news in our last department meeting - congratulations once more to Dr Olga Fotakopoulou, Dr Marisa Kolovos and the wider team for their important work.
May 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Did you know that our department is the first within the University to achieve an Athena Swan Silver Award? We celebrated good news in our last department meeting - congratulations once more to Dr Olga Fotakopoulou, Dr Marisa Kolovos and the wider team for their important work.
1/2 Have you visited the Stress Less @ BCU drop‑in wellbeing event yet? Stationed in Curzon ground floor atrium area (opposite main entry barriers), our team are waiting for students to support them during the exam period.
May 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
1/2 Have you visited the Stress Less @ BCU drop‑in wellbeing event yet? Stationed in Curzon ground floor atrium area (opposite main entry barriers), our team are waiting for students to support them during the exam period.
Dr Chris Fullwood & Dr Vasilena Stefanova are looking for participants for a new study investigating self-presentation strategies on LinkedIn. If you’re a LinkedIn member, aged 18+ and can spare 20-30 minutes, they would love your help. Click on the following link to take part shorturl.at/mxi1S
Self-presentation strategies on LinkedIn - This survey is created by QuestionPro
Self-presentation strategies on LinkedIn - This survey is created by QuestionPro
shorturl.at
May 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Dr Chris Fullwood & Dr Vasilena Stefanova are looking for participants for a new study investigating self-presentation strategies on LinkedIn. If you’re a LinkedIn member, aged 18+ and can spare 20-30 minutes, they would love your help. Click on the following link to take part shorturl.at/mxi1S
1/2 Amatullah Azhar from our MSc course is looking for participants for their dissertation. Please feel free to take part or share this post to support them. Below is their message and poster:
May 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
1/2 Amatullah Azhar from our MSc course is looking for participants for their dissertation. Please feel free to take part or share this post to support them. Below is their message and poster:
#studyadvert
1/3 Please consider joining Isobel Tinsley, our BSc student, on their study as a participant. The study is related to parasocial relationships and mental health. Their message is below:
1/3 Please consider joining Isobel Tinsley, our BSc student, on their study as a participant. The study is related to parasocial relationships and mental health. Their message is below:
April 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
#studyadvert
1/3 Please consider joining Isobel Tinsley, our BSc student, on their study as a participant. The study is related to parasocial relationships and mental health. Their message is below:
1/3 Please consider joining Isobel Tinsley, our BSc student, on their study as a participant. The study is related to parasocial relationships and mental health. Their message is below:
Reposted by BCU Psychology & Counselling
Hi all,
I'm here to announce a great free opportunity for migrant mumpreneurs in the UK!
Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and I designed a full-day workshop for you to take place on April 22nd. Don't miss the chance if you are a migrant in the UK, have your own business, and have at least a child under 18.
I'm here to announce a great free opportunity for migrant mumpreneurs in the UK!
Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and I designed a full-day workshop for you to take place on April 22nd. Don't miss the chance if you are a migrant in the UK, have your own business, and have at least a child under 18.
April 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Hi all,
I'm here to announce a great free opportunity for migrant mumpreneurs in the UK!
Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and I designed a full-day workshop for you to take place on April 22nd. Don't miss the chance if you are a migrant in the UK, have your own business, and have at least a child under 18.
I'm here to announce a great free opportunity for migrant mumpreneurs in the UK!
Dr Begüm Samur-Teraman and I designed a full-day workshop for you to take place on April 22nd. Don't miss the chance if you are a migrant in the UK, have your own business, and have at least a child under 18.
Our department had a strong presence at the recent EARPIL conference in Malta with two presentations. Dr Mona Wong and Dr Emily Coyne-Umfreville had a presentation on play and learning, whereas Natasha Ikhlaq presented her preliminary PhD research design.
January 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Our department had a strong presence at the recent EARPIL conference in Malta with two presentations. Dr Mona Wong and Dr Emily Coyne-Umfreville had a presentation on play and learning, whereas Natasha Ikhlaq presented her preliminary PhD research design.
Do you watch The Traitors? Then you will also enjoy reading about the psychology behind it. Read Dr Rebecca Wheeler-Mundy unpack detecting deception and unconscious bias via this link: www.bcu.ac.uk/blog/psychol...
How is unconscious bias used in The Traitors?
Like many others, I am currently gripped by The Traitors. We may have only just recovered from watching perhaps the most unlikely of traitors take the prize in Celebrity Traitors, but a fresh group of...
www.bcu.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Do you watch The Traitors? Then you will also enjoy reading about the psychology behind it. Read Dr Rebecca Wheeler-Mundy unpack detecting deception and unconscious bias via this link: www.bcu.ac.uk/blog/psychol...
#studyadvert
Abigail Cottam, our BSc Psychology student, is interested in bedtime smartphone habits, sleep, and mindfulness. If you would like to take part in their study, see the advert and click on the link below: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Abigail Cottam, our BSc Psychology student, is interested in bedtime smartphone habits, sleep, and mindfulness. If you would like to take part in their study, see the advert and click on the link below: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
January 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
#studyadvert
Abigail Cottam, our BSc Psychology student, is interested in bedtime smartphone habits, sleep, and mindfulness. If you would like to take part in their study, see the advert and click on the link below: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Abigail Cottam, our BSc Psychology student, is interested in bedtime smartphone habits, sleep, and mindfulness. If you would like to take part in their study, see the advert and click on the link below: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
#studyadvert
Bethany Freeman, our Psychology BSc student, is looking for participants for their dissertation on ADHD traits and eating disorders. They would appreciate your support. More information and joining instructions are below:
Bethany Freeman, our Psychology BSc student, is looking for participants for their dissertation on ADHD traits and eating disorders. They would appreciate your support. More information and joining instructions are below:
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
#studyadvert
Bethany Freeman, our Psychology BSc student, is looking for participants for their dissertation on ADHD traits and eating disorders. They would appreciate your support. More information and joining instructions are below:
Bethany Freeman, our Psychology BSc student, is looking for participants for their dissertation on ADHD traits and eating disorders. They would appreciate your support. More information and joining instructions are below:
#studyadvert
Jodie Duffill, or Psychology BSc student, is interested in the impact of the What I Eat in a Day TikTok videos - would you be interested in taking part in their research?
If yes, please see information below:
Jodie Duffill, or Psychology BSc student, is interested in the impact of the What I Eat in a Day TikTok videos - would you be interested in taking part in their research?
If yes, please see information below:
January 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
#studyadvert
Jodie Duffill, or Psychology BSc student, is interested in the impact of the What I Eat in a Day TikTok videos - would you be interested in taking part in their research?
If yes, please see information below:
Jodie Duffill, or Psychology BSc student, is interested in the impact of the What I Eat in a Day TikTok videos - would you be interested in taking part in their research?
If yes, please see information below:
#research #studyadvert Annie O'Reilly is looking for participants for their dissertation research. More information below:
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#research #studyadvert Annie O'Reilly is looking for participants for their dissertation research. More information below:
Dr @drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has recently delivered two sessions at a primary school on how the brain works, including a demonstration of how an EEG study is run and how this helps us answer research questions. The children gave very positive feedback.
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Dr @drjessicadiaz.bsky.social has recently delivered two sessions at a primary school on how the brain works, including a demonstration of how an EEG study is run and how this helps us answer research questions. The children gave very positive feedback.
1/2 Dr Jessica Diaz, together with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section, are organising a free conference: Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research. Closing date to register is this Wednesday 10th.
Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research | BPS
Free in-person BPS event on reproducible ML in psychology: talks and hands-on workshops on LLM text analysis in R, open research, and linear regression in Jupyter. London.
www.bps.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1/2 Dr Jessica Diaz, together with the BPS Mathematical, Statistical and Computing Psychology Section, are organising a free conference: Advancing Reproducible Machine Learning for Psychological Research. Closing date to register is this Wednesday 10th.
Reposted by BCU Psychology & Counselling
Dr Keeley Abbott and other BCU colleagues were featured in the Dispatch regarding some of their studies on porn. Read here:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
With its porn studies strand, BCU earns its reputation for the radical
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dr Keeley Abbott and other BCU colleagues were featured in the Dispatch regarding some of their studies on porn. Read here:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
Prof Craig Jackson has been a guest speaker on "The Last Show" with David Cooper.
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Craig Jackson: Workplace Gaffe? Don't Worry! - November 17, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 2025-11-18 · 21m
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Prof Craig Jackson has been a guest speaker on "The Last Show" with David Cooper.
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Jump to the following timepoints to listen:
59:50 - Surviving Workplace Screw Ups
109:50 - Do Weighted Blankets Work?
url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BvpfCR568h...
Yesterday’s Trust and AI symposium, held by our department's PsyNET research group, had fantastic discussions and insightful presentations that covered multiple disciplines. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees!
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yesterday’s Trust and AI symposium, held by our department's PsyNET research group, had fantastic discussions and insightful presentations that covered multiple disciplines. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees!
Matt Kimberley was recently featured in two episodes of the Sex and Psychology podcast with Justin Lehmiller – Links are now below:
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...
Episode 439: Fantasy Confessions – Why Even Happy Couples Keep Secrets
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Matt Kimberley was recently featured in two episodes of the Sex and Psychology podcast with Justin Lehmiller – Links are now below:
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...
open.spotify.com/episode/7ENp...
open.spotify.com/episode/3cLM...