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The Resilience Project 2024

For their last assessment, our final year psychology students worked on a creative piece inline with the resilience theme for 2024. Following on from what they learned during their visit to the Winter Gardens, our students presented their information using creative means, including poetry, 3D works of art, critical essay reviews, and more.

Watch our video to find out what resilience means to our students.

Field Trip to the Winter Gardens 2024

In February 2024, our third year psychology students took a trip to the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to participate in a workshop. Our students were able to explore creative methods of presenting work, as well as getting the chance to explore the history of the local area within the museum.

One of the tasks our students completed included designing a room set to represent a person living in Sunderland in 2019. Students were encouraged to make creative responses including drawing, writing, recording (audio and video) and making model 3-D room sets.

Watch our video to find out more about the field trip and hear from the staff and students who visited the museum.

The Belonging Project 2023

To enhance the feeling of belonging both within psychology and on the wider Sunderland campus, we have been running an initiative to help our students feel more included and involved during their time with us.

The Belonging Project has involved hosting a range of activities throughout the year, as well as our students creating final art projects about a subject chosen by them. At the end of the academic year, we celebrated our accomplishments with an event where our students can share their projects with staff and other students, and reflect on their experiences.

Watch our video to find out more information about our project, as well as hearing from some of the staff and students who participated.

Athena Swan Award

In 2021, Psychology was awarded an Athena Swan Bronze award, a framework used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within Higher Education and research.

For our Athena SWAN application, we committed to a four-year action plan focusing on male psychology, the underrepresentation of male psychology and counselling students as well as developing the careers of women and supporting members of other underrepresented groups.

Find out more information about the Athena Swan Award for Psychology.

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Five reasons to study psychology

Dr Helen Driscoll is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology and Team Leader for the undergraduate Psychology courses at the University of Sunderland. Her areas of specialism are evolutionary psychology, individual differences and quantitative research. Here, Helen shares her five reasons why you should study Psychology at Sunderland.

What careers can a degree in psychology lead to?

A psychology degree develops important skills that could help you land your dream job. We talked to Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Employability Coordinator, Carole Carter, about the wide range of careers you can have as a psychology graduate.

All about Forensic Psychology

Being a forensic psychologist can be challenging, but rewarding at the same time. You could be working with prisoners, or giving evidence in court as an expert witness. It's safe to say that no two days will be the same. We spoke with BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychology Programme Leader Dr Laura Farrugia about being a forensic psychologist and why Sunderland's course is unique.

Which Psychology course is right for me?

If you know you’re passionate about psychology, but you’re unsure which course is right for you, we’re breaking down our specialist Psychology courses to help you choose the right pathway. All our undergraduate Psychology programmes are accredited by the British Psychological Society.