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Throughout the undergraduate Education course at Cambridge you follow one of three tracks, studying Education alongside your chosen field of interest. The Faculty has put together three videos to give you an idea of the distinct identities of each track and provide an opportunity to hear from undergraduate students currently studying them. This video covers the Education, Psychology and Learning

Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the first of a series of films, he meets Professor Trevor Robbins, Head of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, to find out what we know about OCD and how scientists study the condition.

Hello and welcome back to Mind Over Chatter! This second series is all about the future - and in this first episode we’re going to be considering what the future even is… Have you ever wondered how time works? It turns out, the answer is a lot more complicated than we thought. Please fill out our survey https://forms.gle/r9CfHpJVUEWrxoyx9 to tell us what your mind thinks about our chatter.

Dr Amy Milton from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology relates how Requiem for a Dream, Hubert Selby’s bleak portrayal of drug addiction, motivated her to dedicate her academic career to finding treatments for addiction. Here she talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists. From illustrated

We asked University of Cambridge experts what they thought about the outcomes of the COP27 climate summit. Hear from: Dr. Matthew Agarwala, The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy Emily Farnworth, Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall Prof Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge Dr Alison Ming, Atmospheric

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences is the name of Cambridge’s undergraduate course looking at the field of Psychology, allowing students to study cognitive, social, developmental and biological psychology within the broader context of the behavioural sciences. In this video, undergraduates from the course talk through what their studies have involved and their key areas of interest.

Dr Juliet Foster’s ongoing fascination with the portrayal of mental illness in literature was triggered by reading The Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer. Today she carries out research in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. Here she talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge

Learn more about the course here: http://bit.ly/PsychologyPostgrad2021 Postgraduate students from the Department of Psychology share their experiences of studying at Cambridge. The Department will continue to accept applications up until 12pm (GMT) on Friday 30th April 2021 for October 2021 start date.

"The last years, even the last months, have seen huge political upheaval around the world with massive implications for democracy. Go to www.slido.com and enter code 81814 to participate in a live Q&A with the speakers. In the US, we have seen threats to the democratic process instigated from the presidency itself. Brexit has tested Britain's democratic institutions in many ways and may still

The Sutton Trust Summer Schools are subject-specific residential courses for Year 12 students from UK state-maintained schools, which aim to provide an insight into life as a first-year undergraduate studying at the University of Cambridge. Modern & Medieval Languages, Psychology & Sociology, Computer Science and Geography... these are just a few of the subjects which prospective students can

Give and Take explores the complex nature of gift giving for humans and their close animal relatives. The film brings biology, psychology, political studies, philosophy and theology into dialogue. Interviewees include Cambridge’s Professor Claire Hughes (Psychology), Professor Nicky Clayton (Psychology) and Dr Andrew Davison (Theology and Natural Sciences). Giving figures prominently in many

When it comes to robots, we definitely judge a book by its cover! Researchers have found that robots can be useful as wellbeing coaches at work – as long as they look right. #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Robots #Psychology