In the autumn of 2022, my dissertation student Ria Amirapu did just that. She had started her studies during the Covid-19 Pandemic and had witnessed the effects of the lockdowns on her Indian friends and family. In particular, she noticed that her female friends were struggling with the level of…
Today we introduce Dr Mirjam Brady-Van den Bos, one of our lecturers and the coordinator of the Level 1 Research Methods course in the School of Psychology. Get to know Mirjam a little more here:
What is your favourite book?
I’ve just finished the Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey. An…
I know that most people are by now craving a bit of normality. Being able to do the things they loved doing before March, meeting up with people, going out for meals, travelling. And of course I do too – looking at photos from last year makes…
Educators around the world are thinking in earnest about online teaching. A global pedagogical experiment is about to begin. Except that there’s no control group. Everyone is doing it. And we’re all asking the same questions: how do we engage students if they’re not in our classroom? What is the…
I'm a frustrated swimmer. Suddenly, after 10 years, my daily training came to an abrupt halt 32 days ago when the pool shut. I'm counting the days and soon I will be counting the weeks, with a sad sigh of longing.
Of course whenever one complains about these things, there…
Brits are born with a special gene that enables them to form orderly queues. They are absolutely expert at it. On my former commute home (when “the commute” was still a thing) I would often walk past people waiting for the bus. No matter how many people there were, you…
“I’m on Annual Leave in a different room of my house”, so read the Out-of-Office message on my email last week. I had booked a flight to go and see my parents at the end of the semester, but obviously that wasn’t happening anymore. With my line manager adamant that…
I am the archetypal introvert. In terms of my physical make-up, this means that my Ascending Reticular Activating System (which connects brainstem to cortex) is chronically over-stimulated. In terms of everyday life, it simply means that while I love people, I re-charge my batteries by being alone. My weekends tend…
