Psychology

Just like the first two years of uni, my time on placement has flown by! Suddenly I only have 2 weeks left and a huge summer in front of me 🙂 Before I get too excited about that though I’m...

Whilst you’re adapting to that 9-5 life, it can be easy to forget that you’ll be returning to university for a final year. To make sure you don’t miss anything I’ve compiled some tips: Check your placement page on Moodle...

Going to university has a massive effect on your day-to-day routine, and placement even more so. The days of a packed school day are long gone, and during my first two years of uni I found managing my time very...

Something to consider which I hadn’t, really, is the effect of your placement on your health. I’m writing a blog post on this from my placement in an acute psychiatric hospital, and so I am surrounded by the topic of...

I’ve been working joint with the Child Attachment, Relationships and Emotion (CARE) Lab at Pomona College and the Applied Mind and Health (AMH) Lab at Claremont McKenna College for around two months now, and so far so good! Currently the...

One of the first things I was told when I enquired about a placement year at the Bath open day back in 2014 was that my placement would probably be unpaid. I didn’t pay too much attention to this, or...

Hello! I'm Helen, a psychology student on placement working as a study coordinator at the Child Attachment, Relationships and Emotion (CARE) Lab based at Pomona College. In these blogs I hope to provide some insight on living in California, the...