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Psychology at Southampton look back at their golden anniversary

Published: 27 August 2015

On Saturday 11th July 2015, Psychology were joined on campus by past and present psychology staff and students to celebrate 50 years of the BSc in Psychology programme.

The golden anniversary event was filled with exciting activities with the Turner Sims Concert Hall transformed into a nostalgic den, with historical displays highlighting the individuals who have contributed over the past 50 years to make the Psychology BSc the success it is today. Antique equipment, lecture notes, brochures advertising the department, and presentations discussing Psychology across the years served as a talking point for many attendees and an opportunity to share memories.

The Turner Sims foyer also housed a variety of hands-on activities, research demonstrations, and posters to showcase the excellent research being conducted by our current staff and students. Professor Falkingham, Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematics Sciences spoke at the event which was in part shared with Social Sciences, also celebrating their golden anniversary.

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Professor Falkingham celebrates the Psychology and Social Sciences anniversaries
Anniversary research showcase
Anniversary research showcase
Visitors try out our eye-tracking equipment
Visitors try out our eye-tracking equipment
Turner Sims nostalgia display
Turner Sims nostalgia display
Attendees enjoy the sunshine
Attendees enjoy the sunshine
Fitness research from the Centre of Application of Health Psychology
Fitness research from the Centre of Application of Health Psychology
Human visual perception - visual illusions from the centre for Vision and Cognition
Human visual perception - visual illusions from the centre for Vision and Cognition
Psychology students past and present
Psychology students past and present

There have been many changes over the past half century. Psychology has grown from nine students and three academic staff to a thriving department with a yearly intake of more than 200 students supported by over 100 staff.

Psychology at Southampton now plays a major role regionally and globally. In the UK the department is involved in training educational, clinical and counselling psychologists, while around the world its research is having a direct impact, attracting millions of pounds of funding and facilitating a stimulating research environment that inspires students.

The recent Research Excellence Framework 2014 rated 100 per cent of the department’s research activity as internationally excellent or world-leading in terms of its impact and research environment.

Learn more about the department’s ground-breaking research in this special anniversary publication:

The department comprises three divisions:

Division of Clinical Neuroscience

The Division of Clinical Neuroscience seeks to build bridges between rapidly developing knowledge of brain functioning and the mental processes characterising developmental and psychological disorders. Within this Division there are two principal research groups:

Developmental Brain-Behaviour Laboratory (DBBL)

Experimental Psychopathology Laboratory (EPL)

Division of Cognition

The Division of Cognition aims to generate and test theoretical accounts of the mental processes underlying human knowledge and action, in both laboratory and real world contexts. Within this Division there are two research groups:

Centre for Vision and Cognition (CVC)

Division of Human Wellbeing

The Division of Human Wellbeing examines the processes that lead to psychosocial adjustment or maladjustment and their impact on physical health and psychological happiness. Within this Division there are several research groups:

Centre for Applications of Health Psychology (CAHP)

Emotion and Personality Bio-behavioural Laboratory (EPBL)

Centre for Research on Self and Identity (CRSI)

Centre for Sexual Health Research (CSHR)

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