Stories

If you are a 2nd/3rd year student thinking about what to do next summer , an internship is a fantastic first chance to gain experience in conducting research. Receiving the opportunity to choose your own project and see how research is done first-hand provides invaluable experience for the future…

During the final months of my PhD, I still wasn’t absolutely sure on what my next step would be once I got my thesis submitted. I had always planned to move into industry after finishing my studies, but due to COVID-19 and its impact on the sectors I had initially…

The decision to continue with a MSc Psychology Studies Conversion Postgraduate Programme at Aberdeen was a life changing one. Re-entering academic life after a decade of work was a major transition and having done so at the University of Aberdeen proved an excellent choice. Considering the circumstances and change of…

I felt over the moon to receive a letter commending the high quality of my thesis. I worked hard during the year, and this recognition rounded it off just nicely .

To backtrack a bit, I was drawn to study at University of Aberdeen both for its ranking and seemingly…

In this blog, Carrie reflects on her experience as an intern on the project: Exploring the Experiences of Advanced Entry Students’ Transition to University. This internship was funded by the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Programme, under the QAA Enhancement Theme: Resilient Learning Communities.

I completed a qualitative internship over the…

It is a great honour for me to be awarded the Anderson Prize for the highest performing student in Master of Research in Psychology. It is a pleasure to receive this prize after such an unusual and challenging year – a demonstration of how much the School of Psychology values…

Although I only spend my first semester in Aberdeen, I fondly look back at the time I spent there. I remember the scenic walk to campus, along the granite buildings contrasted beautifully against the richly coloured leaves in autumn. I would usually go to the Sir Duncan Rice library, catching…

This summer, I have had the honour of completing an internship in Professor Jie Sui’s lab on campus, under the supervision of Dr Meike Scheller and Prof Sui. I got involved in the project earlier this spring, when the research question and design were readily formulated, but before testing had…

I am very grateful to receive The Anderson Prize for the best Master of Research Psychology thesis in the 2020-2021 academic year. It was a very unusual year to say the least which makes me appreciate this honour even more. That being said, I do not see this award just…

I usually prefer not to start a monologue with clichés, but studying Psychology feels somewhat of a lifestyle to me. The past three years have reshaped how I see people and the human mind and the best part is, that learning about the brain and human behaviour has only strengthened…