Opinion

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Decolonising the Curriculum – new issue

The latest issue of Decolonising the Curriculum is now available with a focus on teaching and learning about race equality. The publication features multidisciplinary articles, with examples of evidenced-based practices, from academics and thoughts from students across five Higher Education institutions including Dr Lambros Fatsis from the School of Applied Social Sciences. Download your copy.(pdf)

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Now’s the time to rethink your relationship with nature

Principal lecturer in psychology, Dr Matthew Adams, has written an article for The Conversation on how people engage with and think about nature. This is discussed further in his new book Anthropocene Psychology. Anthropos is Greek for human and cene refers to a distinctive geological time period. The term is used to convey how, for […]

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Has lockdown altered our perception of happiness?

Two University of Brighton researchers believe the societal changes caused by lockdown may be changing how we define being happy. Dr Emma Anderson and Dr Charlie Lea, both Senior Lecturers in Psychology, have been combining their different research approaches to examine social media posts before, during and after the Covid-19 lockdown to map out how […]

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Podcast: Dr Zoe Boden

Psychology with Counselling Studies course leader and lecturer, Dr Zoe Boden, discusses relationships and mental health during COVID-19 in our latest podcast. ​Dr Boden also talks about her research, which currently focuses on mental health medication use. Listen via the player below or via Apple Podcasts and Spotify – for a full list of available […]

Podcast: Catching up with Dr Matthew Adams

Podcast: Catching up with Dr Matthew Adams

Dr Matthew Adams discusses the role of social sciences at a time of environmental crisis and the strengths of the University’s psychology department. Matthew also clears up why he’s been posting photos of sheep on Twitter recently.​.. To listen, either click the links below or search ‘University of Brighton’ in your preferred podcast app – […]

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