Psychology

The School of Psychology at Ulster University includes researchers with expertise in mental health sciences, child development and health research. The School has been recognised for its excellent research environment and currently supports approximately 70 PhD researchers. Following recent refurbishment, PhD researchers have access to state of the art laboratory spaces, with a wide range of laboratory equipment (such as eye tracking, EEG, tCDS), a SafePod (for secure data access), capabilities for human interaction recording and a new multi-disciplinary lab including diverse human performance and movement measurement (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/sportlab).

The School of Psychology at Northumbria University is organised into the Cognition & Neuroscience, Evolution & Social Interaction, and The Psychology of Health, Wellbeing & Performance research clusters. Within those clusters are specialised research groups focuses on developmental disability, forensic, health behaviour, hoarding, language and communication, memory, neuroscience, nutrition, perception, psychobiology, psychopathology, sleep and social psychology.

Durham University’s Department of Psychology is an internationally recognised centre of research excellence and interdisciplinarity across the breadth of psychological and behavioural science. The Department’s research groupings reflect our major areas of activity: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science, and Quantitative Social Psychology. With recent expansion into a second building and multimillion investment in research and teaching infrastructure over the past five years, the Department has outstanding research facilities. Our research facilities include extensive research labs including dedicated EEG/ERP, TMS, tDCS, eye tracking, virtual reality, various biophysiological recording set-ups, as well as excellent dedicated space for behavioural neuroscience. The department also has a large whole-body motion capture lab, a fully equipped molecular diagnostics lab, an echo-attenuated chamber, and a suite of observation labs.

The School of Psychology at Newcastle University includes researchers with expertise in evolutionary approaches to behaviour and cognition, the psychology of ageing, cognitive and neural mechanisms, mental health and behavioural medicine. The School is situated in a bespoke facility with forensic interviewing suite, psychological testing cubicles, a media and behaviour lab, and psychological therapies training and research clinic. Our projects align to the Newcastle University Centres of Research Excellence (NUCoREs | Who We Are | Newcastle University) facilitating multi-disciplinary challenge led research. Our PhD researchers have access to resources across the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Doctoral College including a personalised training needs analysis and tailored research development programme.

The School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast, established in 1958, is ranked among the top 200 subjects globally for psychology.  There is a vibrant community of over 100 Doctoral level students supported by experienced friendly staff and state of the art facilities. The School has recently been reorganised into three broad and cross-cutting research themes of 1) Cognition and Neuroscience, 2) Health and 3) Social. Our students have access to specialised research facilities including a child-friendly development lab, eye tracking equipment, EEG lab and movement innovation lab and more.

Teesside University’s Department of Psychology and Social Work brings together researchers with expertise in mental health, public health, cognitive psychology, behaviour change, trauma, and the criminal justice system. Doctoral students benefit from newly refurbished facilities, including advanced laboratories with EEG, fNIRS, and eye-tracking, as well as specialist resources such as a mock courtroom and a simulated police station.