Facilities and expertise in Psychology

Undergraduate

Hands-on experience of industry-leading technology and techniques, together with simulated and actual work-related experiences helps bridge the gap between learning and real-world practice.

Digitally enabled and technologically advanced, our facilities take you out of the classroom so you can experience the feel of real-world working and prepare for your future career. You can use VR to monitor anything from eye tracking and motor control to personal interaction or the physiological changes from controlled hazards.

Our extensive specialist equipment includes lab-based and mobile electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), and biometric signal recording. You can monitor temperature-induced pain stimuli or test body responses including heart rate, galvanic skin response.

In our children’s lab, you can discover the work we do with volunteer families on campus and out in the community. Previous research topics have, for example, included exploring the impact of TV screen time on children’s behaviour, assessing creativity, and the role of psychology in preventing young children from suffering dog bites.

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The staff in the Psychology Department were very approachable which made my time at University of Staffordshire more enjoyable. I gained training in all the latest equipment and software related to psychology research and the Science Centre, where the Psychology department is based, has state-of-the-art equipment that is available to all students.

Sian Calvert

Graduate, BSc (Hons) Psychology and Child Development

Facilities

Psychology Simulation Facilities

Simulation equipment is available throughout the psychology laboratory areas and as stand-alone resources for facilitating research and teaching.

Psychology Human Sciences Suite

The Psychology Human Sciences Suite has an impressive array of laboratory equipment which includes the Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory, the Pain Laboratory, and the Cardiovascular Laboratory.

Psychology Cognitive Cubicles

The Psychology Cognitive Cubicles are a set of small cubicles used to run Psychology based tests on individual participants using specialist software.

Psychology Eye Tracking Cubicles

The Psychology Eye Tracking Cubicles house desktop and portable eye trackers that allow us to track participants’ visual attention during psychology experiments.

Psychology Observation Suite

The Observation Suite contains an Observation Laboratory setup with a one-way mirror, video cameras and microphones to allow activities to be observed and recorded from the Control Room.

Counselling Suite

The counselling suite contains four cubicles for practising counselling skills or conducting interviews with participants, and a base room for teaching and peer observation of counselling sessions.

Children's Lab

The Staffordshire University Children's lab is a research facility where we invite young children and their parents to join us to take part in research projects.

Expertise

You will be taught by health psychologists who are actively involved in conducting high-quality research, as well as teaching and consultancy in a wide range of areas spanning health, illness and healthcare. The depth and breadth of their expertise is evidenced by the diversity of current projects. These range, for example, from developing a drawing technique to facilitate children’s eyewitness testimony to exploring the facilitators and barriers to breastfeeding in the Pakistani community and determining the links between exposure to natural outdoor environments and human health and well-being across Europe. Staff will incorporate their experience and insight into teaching and explore contemporary issues, such as conspiracy theories or cyber-bullying.

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Our staff

Mel Hall

Lecturer

Mel's research interests include legal and criminological psychology and the impact of psychology in E-learning and the web. She is module leader for 'People Behaving Badly', 'The Psychology of Crime', 'Psychological Contexts of Crime and Punish…

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Linda Szekely

Senior Lecturer

My research interests are in the field of counselling mostly related to working with children with attachment difficulties and the impact of trauma on the body and the brain.

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Dr Sarah Rose

Associate Professor

I love inspiring students at all levels about child development and how we can share our psychological expertise to make a difference to children and their families. My research focuses on education, children’s wellbeing and children’s use of tech.

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Dr Claire Barlow

Course Director

Claire's research is primarily focused on children's drawings with further projects focussing on the development of expressive drawing, and more specifically how this compares to the development of representational drawing skill, longitudinal de…

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Dr Gemma Hurst

Course Director

I am the Course Leader for the MSc Health Psychology. My research focuses on measuring the impact of environment exposures on health and wellbeing and exploring the wider determinants of health in relation to health inequality. I am also experie…

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Dr Emily Buckley

Senior Lecturer

Emily is the Admissions Tutor for Health Psychology, alongside being a registered Health Psychologist with a background in health promotion.

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The staff were incredibly motivating.

Studying Psychology at University of Staffordshire changed my career and lifestyle. The staff were incredibly motivating and gave me a level of confidence that was the foundation to being successful in my Masters. The course is broad, it covers all areas of the discipline, this is great. It will allow you to find which area is best suited to you.

Luke Foulser

Graduate, BSc (Hons) Psychology

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