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UNSW Scientia Scholarship Scheme 2020

5 June 2019

The UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship Scheme provides PhD funding for students working on high quality research projects with the best supervisory teams in world class environments. The scheme covers all tuition fees, along with a tax-free stipend of $41,209 per year and up to $10K per year in additional funds to support career development.

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Congratulations to the 2018 School of Psychology Award Winners!

27 May 2019

Congratulations to all award winners at this year's annual School of Psychology Student Awards Night held on Thursday 16 May 2019.

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NEW: Graduate Diploma in Psychology

11 January 2019

Are you looking to retrain as a Psychologist? The School of Psychology at UNSW is the leading School in Australia for Psychology, across the ARWU, QS and THES rankings by subject, and is the leading G08 University in the recently released national Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT). The UNSW Graduate Diploma in Psychology provides students with a pathway to pursue a career in Psychology as a practising professional psychologist.

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In the Media

Overcoming stigma on World Mental Health Day

10 October 2019

World Mental Health Day, held annually on 10 October, is an opportunity to bring conversations about mental health to the foreground.

It’s also a chance to highlight the work and achievements of those working to improve community mental health, whether it be through improving access to professional support, reducing stigma surrounding mental health, or researching implications of poor mental health.

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UNSW and public schools help children with severe behavioural problems
Culture clubs: why sporting culture is vital for wellbeing
Future Minds Lab investigates the thinking that will change how we work
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Video

Steve Most live on ABC News Channel

Dr Steven Most discusses his lab's research on visual perception among violent video game players on ABC News Channel (note: includes some graphic video game footage).

Psychology at UNSW

Skills in psychology make a strong and positive contribution to a career.

Neuropsychology at UNSW

Meet the Neuropsychology group at UNSW, and find out more about the Moving Ahead Centre of Research Excellence in Brain Recovery and the important work that they do

Forensic Psychology at UNSW

Interested in Forensic Psychology?  The Master of Psychology (Forensic) program at UNSW is a demanding course that covers coursework, a research thesis and placements in forensic environments.  This video provides a brief overview of the program, its challenges and rewards.

Is there an optimal approach to regulate food intake?

Whiteboard animation based on a podcast interview of Dr Lenny Vartanian, made during the 13th Benjamin Franklin Lafayette Seminar (June 2015, Fréjus-France).

This video presents the effects of external cues and individual self control as means to improve food behavior. The concept of segmentation effect is also developed.

Dr Vartanian's research interests include Psychology of eating and weight, including body image, self-regulation, social influences and weight bias and discrimination. He is working at the University of New South Wales (Australia).

Jesse Hancock on The Project

Jesse Hancock, a Psychology PhD student at UNSW, talks about how to control road rage on Channel 10's The Project.

Tom Denson on SBS Insight

Associate Professor Tom Denson appeared on an SBS Insight episode talking about anger.

Science PHD Journeys

This video explores the journeys and experiences of 5 UNSW Science Postgraduate Research Students, all studying different topics and at varied stages of their PhD research.