The Department of Psychology are heavily engaged with out-reach work to local schools and colleges. This includes presentation sessions on Psychology and our courses, and general career advice. For example we recently participated in sessions for the following: London Borough of Barnet, Wandsworth Learning to Learn Programme, and Newham 6th Form College.
Our Taster Days give FE students the chance to experience university life first hand.
We put on a number of Academic Taster Workshop Days for our partner schools and colleges, with up to 180 students attending LSBU. Our staff regularly attend these events and their presentations have made a very positive impact by giving the students greater confidence and aspirations about progressing into HE. We continue to receive many applications from the institutions participating in the scheme.
- Louise Dobson,The students were absolutely glowing about the sessions and didn't talk of anything else on the way home!! It was of real benefit to many of our students who are actually quite anxious about what University is like. They really enjoyed themselves and hopefully it's given some of them the boost they need to really aim for a University place.
SPS has been involved in the faculty's widening participation programme for the last 3 years. The programme is designed to equip year 12 students from partner schools and colleges with the skills required for HE. The delivery (at LSBU) is over one year, with students attending 3 times and engaging in sessions on Law, Psychology and SPS. For each session the students attend and successfully complete, the Faculty recognises this as being the equivalent of 10 UCAS points. If they attend and successfully complete all 3 sessions the Faculty recognises as being the equivalent of 40 UCAS points.
We also work closely with several organisations such as NHS trusts and drug rehabilitation services through our voluntary placement scheme for students.
Many members of the Psychology department are also involved in community engagement beyond the educational context. For example, Dr. Dan Frings has recently been collaborating with the Territorial Army to investigate how social processes can be used to reduce the effects of fatigue. Dr. Rachel Wilcock worked with the Surrey Police in the development of a multi-media DVD to help inform eyewitnesses about identification parades.
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