With over 8000 Metropolitan Police stating in a recent survey that they should be allowed to carry a taser, this has become a hot topic for debate. Professor Peter Squires, of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton, speaks to The Conversation about the lessons learnt from countries where police carry weapons, and what the research […]
By Gabrielle Reid, Estelle Kessi and Helen Johnson After weeks of planning, third year Psychology students immersed themselves into their role as Community Psychologists on 23rd November, with the aim of creating social change through action in a Day of Social Justice. The idea was first implemented by Liz Cunningham, when she taught at the […]
We’ve welcomed ten new members of staff since 1st September. Stephanie Davis, Psychology, whom many of you will know as one of our PhD students, is covering Katherine Johnson’s sabbatical this year. Anna Zoli, Psychology, joins us from York St John Donna Ewing, Psychology, joins us from BSMS Deanna Dadusc, Criminology, joins us from Kent Paul […]
On behalf of the widening participation team I am writing to thank everyone who was involved with the planning and attending of the SASS summer school.
Many congratulations to Hannah Frith, Principal Lecturer, on being successfully awarded a Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) award of £1000 to investigate “Inclusive practice in psychology undergraduate dissertation supervision”. Professor Kate Bullen Professor of Psychology and Head of The School of Applied Social Science
Our collective thanks should go to Julie Green, Senior Administrator, for her excellent organisation skills in project managing the 2016 Festival of Social Science and a very stimulating and thought provoking Public Lecture by Professor Danny Dorling. Thanks too to everyone who presented or chaired on the day. We are aiming for a more amenable […]
Yesterday afternoon saw the award tea party for the first Julian Crampton “Remarkable Colleagues” award. I know that all our staff are remarkable in some way but some are even more remarkable than others. I am sure that you will all join me in congratulating our very remarkable Becky Farmer (Deputy School Admin Manager) who […]
Our school undergraduate prize winners for this year have now been announced and the prizes will be presented at the summer graduation ceremony later this month.
I am delighted to be able to let you know that, from September, Emily Cubitt, who has been an Admin Assistant for the last two years, will become our new Departmental Administrator – a full time permanent role. Helen Basterra, Admin Manager, has created this new role to provide greater administrative capacity to support a […]
We said goodbye to a number of colleagues in June. Bob Withers in the Psychotherapy team and Geoff Davies in the Psychology team were both with us on one year contracts and we’ve been grateful for their contributions. Emma Conduct in Criminology and Andrew Bassett in Sociology have been longer serving members of staff who […]