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Performance Psychology Conference at Staffordshire University (26th October 2016)

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Staffordshire University is hosting an exciting Performance Psychology Conference in October 2016.

The Sport and Performance Psychology Team at Staffordshire have brought together world-leading expert practitioners who will speak on their use of evidence-based approaches to sport, exercise, and performance psychology.  The conference will take place on Wednesday 26th October and is approved by the British Psychological Society.

The format of the day includes interactive workshops, keynote speakers, and an opportunity for delegates to present their own applied/research work.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Prof. Chris Shambrook, the Director of PlanetK2 and has been the Psychology Consultant to British Rowing since 1997,
  • Andy McCann, the Director of DNA Definitive.

Conference attendees will also be involved in interactive workshops with world-leading sport and performance psychology academics and consultants including Dr. Chris Harwood, Dr. Andrew Evans, Helen O’Connor, Roy White, facilitating in collaboration with the team at Staffordshire University.

The conference is suitable for practitioners at all levels, from trainees to experienced psychologists, and it’s evidence-based focus means the conference will also be of interest to researchers.

For further information, the conference programme, and how to register, please visit: www.staffs.ac.uk/PsychConf

The Sport and Performance Psychology Team: Dr Jamie Barker, Dr Martin Turner, Dr Matt Slater, & Andrew Wood.

Follow Sport & Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University via @SEPsychStaffs

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The School of Psychology, Sport and Exercise at Staffordshire University is a leading School in the UK for Psychology degrees and is situated in the heart of England.  We produce internationally recognized research which is driving knowledge in this area forward and we work with a variety of healthcare providers, charities, international sports teams and private sector organisations.

Interested in a Psychology degree? Come to an Open Day – for further details, and to book your place at an open day, please visit: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/openyourmind/

For more information or details of the wide range of Psychology degrees on offer at Staffordshire University please visit our website and our courses page.

Have a “Woolly” good time: Staffordshire University’s Christmas Jumper Day!

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Dr Matt Slater

Dr Matt Slater, Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, guest blogs about the upcoming Christmas Jumper and Social Identity event held in the School of Psychology, Sport & Exercise:

Christmas is a time of year we value at Staffs. Staffordshire University will be lit up with festive spirit on Friday 11th December when staff and students alike don their favourite Christmas jumper. Conservative or overly zealous, traditional or contemporary, we can all get into the festive spirit by pulling on our favourite Christmassy pullover. Our Christmas Jumper event at Staffs is now in it’s third year and, once again, will be raising money for Save the Children.

The traditional Christmas jumper has had a resurgence in recent years with celebrities, professional athletes, and Staffordshire University (to name but a few!) seeing the funny side and collective benefits of wearing woollies displaying reindeers to Christmas puddings and everything in between. At Staffs University we help students to feel part of Christmas_Lecture_175px_tcm44-81733what we do, to connect with us. This is the vision of the Social Identity Project. It’s based on our own research here in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Staffs University that has shown that social identity (or belonging) improves students’ approach to their studies (e.g., motivation), the support they gain from their peers, and the students’ overall experience. We actively encourage a shared social identity at Staffs University through activities that strengthen student belonging with “us”. Inviting all staff and students to wear their favourite Christmas jumper will further strengthen this bond and is one way that we are demonstrating, as a group, that we have common values about the festive period.

The Staffordshire University Christmas Jumper Day will involve fun-filled activities including Dr. Matt Slater’s traditional Christmas Jumper Lecture full of festivities (10am in LT3, Ashley Building), a cake and Christmas bauble sale in the Brindley Building, a prize for the “most creative” woolly worn by a student or member of staff, as well a raising lots of money for a worthy cause.

Let’s have a “woolly” good time together.

Dr. Matt Slater

Email: m.slater@staffs.ac.uk

Twitter: @DrMattSlater

For more information or details of the wide range of Psychology degrees on offer at Staffordshire University please visit our website and our courses page.