As part of the series of Esteem Lectures announced by the University of Kent for its 50th anniversary year Professor Dominic Abrams, Director of the School of … Read more
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How negative stereotyping affects older people
Analysis of research on the effect of negative stereotypes on older people’s abilities has concluded these stereotypes are a major problem for the demographic. A … Read more
ESRC 1+3 School of Psychology/People United CASE Studentship at the University of Kent
The Psychology of Social Unity: Building Good Relations Through Theory-Based Arts Interventions Applications are invited for a 1+3 or +3 ESRC studentship in the School … Read more
Psychologists help create world’s biggest teen diary
The Anne Frank Trust UK is creating a Generation Diary, 70 years after Anne Frank’s final diary entry, which aims to highlight how teenagers today … Read more
Feeling your age in different societies
New research carried out by psychologists at the University, titled ‘Being old and ill’ across different countries: social status, age identification and older people’s subjective … Read more
Challenging gender stereotypes in people selecting leaders may stimulate greater fairness
Research by University of Kent psychologist Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura and psychologists from the universities of Coventry and Sheffield considered how exposure to counter-stereotypic … Read more
Children and Social Exclusion
Dominic Abrams and Melanie Killen published their edition of the Journal of Social Issues drawing together a collection of ten cutting edge papers examining how … Read more
Researching Social Exclusion: Relevance for Public Policy and Practice, University of Kent, 6 June 2014
An event hosted by the University of Kent will bring together psychology researchers, practitioners and voluntary organisations working on social exclusion and its consequences. Organised … Read more
Moderate drinking in a group reduces attraction to risk
New research led by the University of Kent’s Centre for the Study of Group Processes shows that individuals who have consumed moderate amounts of alcohol … Read more
Grouplab report makes local news
A Kent County Council response to Grouplab’s report to CITA on the KCC St Dunstans Regeneration Options consultation was reported in the Kentish Gazette on … Read more