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To Psychology and Beyond James Brown and Sarah Walker
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Welcome To Psychology and Beyond with James Brown and Sarah Walker where we chat with academics, lecturers, tutors, post-graduate and undergraduate students about all things University life. From study tips, to wellbeing in the classroom, forming relationships with others, and how we interact with the world around us, we don’t just talk about surviving your first year, we talk about how to thrive! We also take a look at the incredible research our academics are doing that make up the exciting and broad world of psychology.This podcast has been created with support from the University of Sydney’s Student Life Grants Program but has been independently created and released by the individual authors without the involvement or editorial control of the University of Sydney. Opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the University of Sydney.
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The Science of Learning: An Introduction to Learning Psychology, with A/Prof Evan Livesy
Welcome to today’s episode of To Psychology and Beyond where we are delighted to welcome Associate Professor Evan Livesey who is joining us today to talk about his experiences as an undergraduate student, his vast research experience examining the mechanisms responsible for learning and attention, his career trajectory and what he wished he knew when he was a bright-eyed bushy tailed first-year undergraduate student himself. Associate Professor Livesey works in the School of Psychology a...
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Expert Advice for Navigating University Life, with Prof Louise Sharpe
Welcome to today’s episode of To Psychology and Beyond where we are thrilled to welcome Professor Louise Sharpe who joins us to talk about her Universityexperiences, the incredible career she has spanning both research andclinical work, the work she is currently doing, and her advice to students formanaging well-being at university.Professor Sharpe has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, and a Master of Psychology here at the University of Sydney and a PhD from the Royal Holloway University Lond...
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Living Your Best First Year Life, with Dr Caleb Owens, tutors, and students
This episode we are thrilled to welcome Dr Caleb Owens, the Director First Year Studies in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, along with experienced tutors, Sophia Shatek and Kosma Stanowski, and past psychology undergraduate student, Murphy Pietranski. In this episode, we cover a range of things including some excellent advice for doing well on psychology research reports, talking to you tutor (we want to help!), and Caleb's secret passion to be a clinical psychologis...
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Psychopharmacology and Industry, with A/Prof Michael Bowen
In this episode, we welcome Associate Professor Michael Bowen who talks to us about his undergraduate experiences and how they lead him to the impactful work he is doing in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney developing novel therapeutics. Associate Professor Michael Bowen is a neuroscientist and psychopharmacologist at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre and School of Psychology. His research is focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for s...
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Designing the Future of Education, with Mr James Brown
In this episode, we speak with co-host James Brown about his undergraduate experiences at the University of Newcastle, plus the passion he brings to his role as the Educational Designer for the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney and what he sees as his goals for the role.You can find out more about studying psychology at the University of Sydney by following this link.The School of Psychology is on Twitter hereJames Brown is on Twitter hereSarah A. Walker is on Twitter here
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Exploring Psycho-oncology, with A/Prof Haryana Dhillon
Haryana Dhillon is a behavioural scientist and psycho-oncologist at the University of Sydney, working with people who are living with cancer or working through cancer survivorship. Haryanan co-leads the survivorship research group and is a director of the centre for medical psychology and evidence-based decision making in the school of psychology at the university of Sydney. They chair the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) and is a Board ...