2019 news
Friday 18 October 2019
Emma James has received the EPS committee nomination for the Frith Prize, on the basis of her PhD thesis.
Thursday 10 October 2019
The Department of Psychology has been awarded a Gold Athena SWAN Award recognising the extraordinary work undertaken in the Department to improve gender equality.
Monday 7 October 2019
Congratulations to Professor Liz Meins who has been elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of her outstanding research contribution.
Monday 23 September 2019
A child’s desire to share becomes influenced by social norms around the age of eight, new research has revealed.
Monday 23 September 2019
Psychology at York in the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide
Monday 9 September 2019
Dr Philip Quinlan provides an introduction to cognitive psychology as an experimental science in our new online course.
Friday 5 July 2019
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest psychology students in the UK.
Tuesday 2 July 2019
Professor Mike Burton has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of his influential work.
Friday 14 June 2019
Dr Karla Evans' new article about the perceptual "gist" of breast cancer at the top of the "Aunt Minnie" newsfeed (the main Radiology news site)
Friday 7 June 2019
Psychology at York in the top ten in the Guardian University Guide.
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Dr Rob Jenkins has been awarded £124,774 to support his research.
Friday 3 May 2019
On Thursday 30th May, members of the ECR Forum from the Department of Psychology will be running the 'Psych!York: Interactive family fun' event at the Hospitium, Museum Gardens, York. The event runs from 11am to 4:30 pm and admission is free.
Wednesday 17 April 2019
The York Memory Games project is looking at our ability to hold information in mind. We aim to understand what might affect or limit this ability, and how we might do a better job at preserving it. We are looking for a large number of volunteers to help us collect data through a series of games that we have designed.
Friday 15 March 2019
Many congratulations to Dr Harriet Over, winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
The Department of Psychology maintains its place in the world top 100.