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March 2011 PhD Graduations

Left to right: Brian Hughes (Supervisor), Travis Ryan, Rosemary Fish, Catriona Martyn, Heike Schmidt, AnnMarie Groarke (Head of School), Daragh Mc Dermott, Sinead Conneely, Brian McGuire (Supervisor). (Supervisors absent are Ian Stewart, Todd Morrison and Mark Elliott)

PhD in Child & Youth Research - Call for Applications Extended

Applicants are invited for a cross-institutional, structured PhD commencing in September, 2011. This is a full-time, four year programme, combining thesis and taught modules.

At TCD, the host Centre and Schools are the Children’s Research Centre (CRC), the School of Psychology and the School of Social Work and Social Policy. At NUI, Galway, the host Centre and Schools are the Child & Family Research Centre (CFRC), the School of Political Science and Sociology and the School of Psychology.

Entrants, who must be graduates, will be expected to have an upper second class honours degree in a social science. If applicants do not have a degree of that kind, they must have demonstrated high ability by some other means (e.g. through publications or achievement in a higher degree). However, all applicants must have a primary degree at the upper second class honours level. Applications are welcome from individuals with strong policy and practice experience in relation to children.

Programme Aims

• To prepare programme participants to conduct high quality policy and practice-relevant research and programme evaluation with children and young people
• To develop programme participants’ knowledge and skills in key theoretical, methodological, policy and practice areas relating to children
• To provide graduates with the set of generic work-skills to facilitate their successful entry into the full range of employment settings

Closing Date for receipt of completed applications has been extended to June 7th, 2011

Please find the call for applications on our website: www.childandyouthresearch.ie

PhD in Child & Youth Research, NUI Galway and TCD to host public lecture

"The Positive Youth Development Perspective: Implications for Programmes and Policies", by Prof. Richard Lerner, Director of Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University

Date: Wednesday, 23rd March 2011
Time: Lecture 6.00pm – refreshments will be served at 5.30pm
Venue: MY243, Aras Moyola, NUI Galway

All Welcome

If you wish to attend, please contact Julie Moane by March 18th Julie.moanenuigalway.ie

Prof. Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. He went from kindergarten through PhD within the New York City public schools, completing his doctorate at the City University of New York in 1971 in developmental psychology. Lerner has more than 500 scholarly publications, including 70 authored or edited books. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and of Applied Developmental Science, which he continues to edit. He was a 1980-81 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science.

NUI Galway to host International Neuroscience event

“Combining Human Brain Imaging Techniques”, an international ESF/HRB funded neuroscience meeting, April 29 - May 1st

Brain imaging techniques allow researchers and clinicians to view activity or problems within the human brain, without invasive neurosurgery. There are a number of accepted, safe imaging techniques in use today in research facilities and hospitals throughout the world. Each of these brain imaging techniques has there own unique strengths and weaknesses, and there may be potential benefits and difficulties in combining these techniques to achieve a fuller analysis of brain functioning. From the 29th of April to the 1st of May, NUI Galway will host an international meeting entitled “Combining Human Brain Imaging Techniques”, at which international experts will review the latest advances in brain imaging techniques and the challenges and opportunities that lie in combining these techniques. The meeting is organised by Michael Hogan in the School of Psychology at NUI Galway, in collaboration with Joshua Balsters (Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin), Jacinta O'Shea (Oxford University), and Steven Jackson (Nottingham University) and it is supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the Health Research Board (HRB).

"Researchers and clinicians who seek to combine various different brain imaging techniques are faced with a number of challenges", says Dr. Hogan. "These include interference between measurement systems (e.g., electrical/magnetic shielding of EEG/MEG electrodes/squids), integration of measurement outputs (e.g., integration of high temporal resolution but low spatial resolution EEG data with high spatial resolution but low temporal resolution fMRI data), integration of theoretical foundations to support measurement integration (e.g., understanding the relationship between electrical (EEG) and magnetic (MEG) field dynamics and blood flow (fMRI) dynamics in the brain), and so on. Nevertheless, rapid advances are being made at the levels of theory, measurement, and computational analysis systems that are furthering our understanding of brain functions in states of health and disease. This workshop brings together a number of leading basic and clinical scientists to discuss the latest advances in combined imaging techniques in an effort to further advance knowledge in the field and establish networks of excellence that further our knowledge in the future. We are delighted to host this event at NUI Galway. There is great scope for the development of novel brain imaging techniques and technologies and my hope is that NUI Galway will lead the way by establishing strong links across discipline areas within the University and new networks of excellence both nationally and internationally."

Academics, post-doctoral and postgraduate researchers in basic and clinical neuroscience are encouraged to attend. Registration is free and bursaries are available for students and junior scientists.

To register and obtain further information, visit www.erni-hsf.eu.

Click here for a downloadable poster

Click here to visit the School of Psychology Events page for a complete listing of seminars and workshops hosted by the school.

NUIG Student's research aims to shed light on how we tell untruths

NUIG Psychology Student Mike Nopprapun

"New research by a student of Psychology at NUIG may well help devise a better way of detecting deception. For his final year thesis, Mike Nopprapun evaluated a well-known model of the lying process and made some surprising discoveres. His paper so impressed his professional colleagues hew was asked to present it at the annual conferences of psychologists late last year". Read full story.

Psychology Student Wins IUA 2010 Undergraduate Award

Rachel Carey receives her award from former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Photo © Robbie Reynolds

Final-year BA International in Psychology student Rachel Carey was recently announced the winner in the Life Sciences category of Irish University Association (IUA) 2010 Undergraduate Awards of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Rachel was awarded the prize for her essay entitled How should we treat time in our investigation of coordinated movement? and was among over 1600 essays submitted to the awards this year.

Speaking about Rachel’s achievement, Dr. Mark Elliott said “Rachel is an exceptionally capable student who has researched a difficult assignment thoroughly and with excellence. In this respect she exemplifies the very high quality of psychology graduates from NUI Galway”

Final year Psychological Studies student Eanna Kenny was also shortlisted for an award in the Medical Sciences category for his essay on the theme of personality disorder.

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Visiting students will find the selection of courses in our discipline listed in the Visiting Student Handbook on the overseas students webpage. Please note that it is not safe to select courses from the departmental website, which displays courses from various programmes.

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