The University of Sheffield
Department of Psychology

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Date Title
11th January 2013 Prof Graham Turpin receives M B Shapiro award
17th September 2012 Dr Danielle Matthews talks on BBC Radio Sheffield about Child Development study
4th September 2012 Review of psychological interventions for skin conditions produced by CPU staff featured in the media
29th August 2012 Megan Freeth to star in Festival of the Mind event "Magic of the Mind"
6th August 2012 Jessica Ennis, graduate of the Department of Psychology wins gold
17th July 2012 Congratulations to our Psychology Graduates
28th June 2012 University of Sheffield has best student accommodation in UK
2nd May 2012 Professor Pauline Slade appointed an Academician of the The Academy of Social Sciences
4th April 2012 Data Management Planning and Storage for Psychology project voted most resusable
2nd April 2012 Seminar in Memory of Prof Michael Siegal - Friday 18th May 2012
2n April 2012 Tony Prescott and Pete Redgrave win Weizmann-UK joint programme grant
6th March 2012 Nuffield Grant awarded to Danielle Matthews
28th February 2012 Two IAPT grants awarded to Dr Stephen Kellett
27th February 2012 6 new academic posts in Psychology
22nd February 2012 Professor Michael Siegal 1950-2012
20th February 2012 Pupils learn study tips from Departmental research student
17th February 2012 Read our latest Departmental Newsletters
17th February 2012 Students complete the National Student Survey (NSS)
6th February 2012 Paul Overton and Tom Stafford awarded Children's Hospital Charity Research Funding
16th January 2012 Announcing the new Psychology Energy and Environment Team (PEET)
19th December 2011 Climate change, disasters and psychological response in Bangladesh
19th December 2011 Paul Norman wins £486K MRC grant
26th October 2011 Andrew Thompson has been awarded £36,314 from JISC
23rd September 2011 Welcome to our new students!
22nd August 2011 Telegraph names Sheffield top for employability
2nd August 2011 Two departmental postgrads win post-doctoral awards
18th July 2011 Tom Webb wins ERC Starting Grant
4th July 2011 Successful research bid to look at Incapacity Benefit Reform and Return to Work
31st May 2011 IAPT team wins University senate teaching award
23rd May 2011 Department's 2011 postgraduate conference a great success
18th May 2011 Tony Prescott and Tom Stafford win EPSRC "Proof of Concept" grant
18th May 2011 Research finds that diversity for infants crucial for social cohesion
13th May 2011 Taught postgraduate bursaries
21st April 2011 How to send a public health warning
6th April 2011 MRC grant success for Jason Berwick (PI), Myles Jones, Aneurin Kennerley, Ying Zheng, John Mayhew and Peter Redgrave
6th April 2011 £1.2M EPSRC grant awarded to John Porrill Paul Dean and Tony Prescott
6th April 2011 Dr Christopher Jones awarded grant for research into Public Attitudes towards Carbon Capture and Storage in the US and Canada
23 March 2011 Danielle Matthews awarded British Academy award
17 March 2011 Sheffield team win major MRC research grant
21 December 2010 Discovery Channel features departmental research on touch in animals and robots
23 November 2010 Department's research brings cure for Parkinson's disease a step closer
23 November 2010 Pete Redrave and Paul Overton win Wellcome Trust grant
23 November 2010 Wellcome Trust Grant:Jason Berwick (PI), Paul Overton, Aneurin Kennerley & Peter Redgrave
11 October 2010 Prof Kevin Gurney wins EPSRC grant
11 October 2010 Aneurin Kennerley wins Astra Zeneca Prize for innovative work on in-vivo MRI
11 October 2010 Megan Freeth ESRC training bursary success
11 August 2010 FP7 Grant success for Tony Prescott (PI), Kevin Gurney, John Porrill and Charles Fox
10 August 2010 John Porrill & Paul Dean win EU FP7 grant
10 August 2010 Danielle Matthews wins British Academy Seminar Award
26 May 2010 Dr Megan Freeth wins Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship
25 May 2010 National Student Survey and Research Assessment Exercise
25 May 2010 Department Success in gaining Wellcome VIP Bridging Awards
04 November 2009 Investigating strategies for environmental learning in typical and atypical development
10 September 2009 Dr Peter Harris to give talk at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Washington DC
17 August 2009 Department Graduate wins Heptathlon Gold
18 June 2009 Class of 2009 Photo Now Available
17 June 2009 Professor Bob Hockey wins Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship
26 May 2009 Teaching Synthetic Psychology with Lego Robots
11 May 2009 Departmental Postgraduate Receives Award from Universities' Excellence Exchange Scheme
30 March 2009 Reappraising the 'idiot box' – how TV can help young children learn
02 March 2009 Student Hwan-Cui Koh receives grant from the International Society for Autism Research
03 February 2009 Peter Harris & Paschal Sheeran awarded grant to study behaviour changes related to risk
19 January 2009 Psychology Department Gains Excellent Ratings in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
12 January 2009 Myles Jones to speak at Harvard Medical School
30 October 2008 Developmental Psychology Group Awarded Grant
06 October 2008 Volcanic impact study to come to Department
14 August 2008 Annie Spiers awarded an MBE for her youth work
11 August 2008 Sarah Payne Wins International Best Young Researcher Award
21 July 2008 Department Professor selected for prestigious new roles
21 July 2008 Departmental Researchers receive funding boost for robot learning project
04 July 2008 Dr Andrew Thompson has been awarded a grant from Sheffield Hospital Charitable Trust
19 June 2008 Jane Herbert awarded two-year grant for premature infant cognitive development project
19 June 2008 Chris Eiser and Richard Rowe awarded grant for two-year quality of life project
02 June 2008 Myles Jones collects £4000 award on behalf of the Department of Psychology
27 May 2008 Peter Harris and collaborators awarded 3 year grant for risk processing investigation
08 March 2008 ABCD research group open day
08 March 2008 Department of Transport funds £150,000 driving attitudes and behaviour improvement study
17 December 2007 American Psychological Association Monitor picks up Christine Sprigg's article
20 November 2007 Congratulations to Hwan-Cui Koh for winning a BPS Postgraduate Study Visit Award
30 October 2007 Christine Sprigg wins a British Council Researcher Exchange Programme award
22 October 2007 Christine Sprigg and Chris Armitage awarded £97,000 for employee well-being project
24 July 2007 Grant awarded to develop 'artificial touch' technology
28 June 2007 Grant award to Prof. J. Richard Eiser
29 May 2007 Dr Elizabeth Milne awarded Worldwide Universities Network Award
01 May 2007 Grant success for Olivier Pascalis
17 April 2007 ESRC 1+ 3 Quota awards
24 October 2006 Grant success for Jon May and Jackie Andrade
04 October 2006 Multi-university team wins contract to evaluate two government funded trials
28 September 2006 Jane Herbert and Mark Blades awarded £100,000 from the ESRC for a two year project
18 August 2006 Psychology student on track to success
01 August 2006 Department wins three awards in this year's ESRC +3 open competition
01 August 2006 Dr. Paul Overton and Prof. Peter Redgrave win £305,000 grant from the BBSRC
27 July 2006 Prof. Pauline Slade awarded £15,000 to set up research network
26 July 2006 Class of 2006 Photographs Now Available
28 June 2006 Dr. Liz Milne wins £90k grant from ESRC
27 June 2006 Dr Olivier Pascalis wins $120,000 grant from NAAR-Autism Speaks
23 June 2006 Christine Sprigg awarded a NESTA Award and conference bursary
16 June 2006 Prof. Dick Eiser wins share of £1m grant
12 May 2006 Professor Chris Eiser wins a £30,000 research grant for development and evaluation project
03 May 2006 Department announces four more fully funded postgraduate opportunities
03 April 2006 Helen Waller wins Diabetes UK Education Award 2006
28 March 2006 Dr Peter Harris awarded an ESRC Travel Fellowship to visit University of British Columbia
22 March 2006 Commonwealth Bronze medal for student Jessica Ennis
21 March 2006 ABRG members Kevin Gurney and Paul Overton win £190K EPSRC grant
16 February 2006 Dr. Myles Jones wins £232k MRC New investigator award
01 October 2005 Andrade and May craving study funded
20 September 2005 €870,000 grant to ABRG
09 September 2005 Spencer & Blades new book published
09 May 2005 New generation of robots to make decisions like humans
23 February 2005 NESTA Crucible award to Christine Sprigg
20 December 2004 £239,676 EPSRC grant for CTMG group
01 December 2004 Angela Fawcett new Vice-president of BDA
29 November 2004 Stem cells could prevent world's leading cause of blindness
30 September 2004 IWP and the MSc Occ Psy reach the parts...
20 September 2004 Staff Comings and Goings
10 January 2004 £711,000 EPSRC grant for ABRG Group