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Psychological Sciences & Health | University of Strathclyde
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🎓We provide world-class education, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in psychology, counselling, physical activity and health, and speech and language therapy.
🔬 95% of our research has been rated outstanding or world-leading in REF2021.
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👀Check out this article in Education Today, by Dr Nicola Cogan, currently the number one most-read piece in Australia 📜:
“Creating Safe and Trauma-Informed Learning Environments: A Culture of Excellence in Schools and Universities”
www.educationtoday.com.au/news-detail/...
Education Today
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Dr Susan McCool's new book is now ready for pre-order (coming out November 13)! Designed for students and #NQPs, it also provides valuable insights for experienced #SLT and #SLP. For further details visit the website: tinyurl.com/238ejx45
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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David Marshall, lecturer at UWS and PhD unistrathclyde.bsky.social supervised by Dr Susan Rasmussen, former senior police officer, investigates suicide in policing, collaborating with policescotland.bsky.social.
Read more ⬇️
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#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealth #Policing #Scotland
News: Calls for more research into police suicide - 1919 Magazine
Better recording of police suicides and research into the circumstances of each death are needed to help prevent future tragedies
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October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Congratulations to our PSH colleagues who were awarded a Strathclyde medal for their incredible work!
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Huge congratulations to Kellyanne Findlay from PSH, who has won the Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators' research award www.samee.org.uk/raa-awards She was recognised for her supervision work and support of a project that explored the experiences of BAME women in leadership roles.
Award cup at sunset
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Congratulations to PSH researchers Prof Anja Lowit and Dr Kaiyue Xing and the team for producing the first #RCT showing that speech and language therapy can be beneficial for people with #MultipleSystemAtrophy #MSA !! Read here ⬇️

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Speech Treatment for People with Cerebellar Multiple System Atrophy (MSA-C): A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Two Approaches - The Cerebellum
Speech problems are an early feature of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). They can lead to social withdrawal and have significant impact on people’s quality of life. There is a considerable lack of clini...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Congrats to @strath-psh.bsky.social PhD student Ketnipa Ratanakul on her first published paper #DevSpeechDis #PhonologicalAwareness #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1111/1460...
Phonological Awareness Skills in Thai‐Speaking Children: A Scoping Review
Background Phonological awareness is an important skill for literacy development. However, limited research has been conducted on tonal languages or non-alphabetic orthographies, including Thai. Und...
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July 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Funded PhD Opportunity in Digital Mental Health & Wearable Tech @unistrathclyde.bsky.social combining psychophysiological monitoring, 24-hour movement analysis, and app-based personalised interventions. Contact Dr Alison Kirk or Dr Nicola Cogan to apply. Start date: 1st October 2025. Please share
July 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Congratulations to Clare Daly from PSH for being nominated for Scotland Women in Technology! 🎉
July 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Congratulations to all the PSH graduates this week! 🎓🎉
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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If you’re an #SLT, #OT, or #PT working in the UK or Ireland, follow this link ➡️https://tinyurl.com/ycu4juju
to complete a 10-minute study to support 🔎research on #co-treatment and #jointsessions
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evelyn-hamilton.bsky.social Evelyn Hamilton @evelyn-hamilton.bsky.social · Jun 18
PhD Questionnaire Research! If you’re an SLT, OT, or PT working in the UK or Ireland, we want to hear your opinions of cotreatment!
You don’t need to have conducted cotreatment before to take part – all views are welcome.
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#SLT #OT #PT #AHP
A poster advertising a research questionnaire on cotreatment. A cartoon drawing featuring three healthcare professionals speaking to each other is at the top of the poster. The poster says: Are you a speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist or SLT/OT/PT assistant/support worker; and working in the UK or Ireland? Complete our short anonymous survey to tell us about your experiences of co-treatment/joint sessions. Scan the QR code to take part. For further details or questions, please contact: PhD Researcher: Evelyn Hamilton (evelyn.hamilton@strath.ac.uk) Supervisor: Prof Anja Kuschmann University of Strathclyde Glasgow This project approved by Strathclyde School of Psychological Sciences & Health Ethics Committee (11/06/2025) Funded by the Cunningham Trust
July 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Prof Anja Lowit, Dr Susan McCool and colleagues have a new research out on how language features can help differentiate autism and trauma-related disorders. Read it here: rdcu.be/eqMKM
Pragmatic Language Differences in Conversation Might Differentiate between Autism and Trauma-related Disorders
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June 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Prof Anja Lowit and colleagues' latest research in Head and Neck Cancer has just been published! Read their systematic review on patient-reported symptoms to detect recurrence: tinyurl.com/3vej8zju
Frontiers | Patient-reported symptoms in the detection of head and neck cancer recurrence: a systematic review
IntroductionPatient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) after treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC) relies on the signs and symptoms of recurrence being detectable...
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June 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Congratulations to the Speech and Language Therapy programme for reaching 3rd place in the Complete University Guide 2026 overall ranking and 2nd place in Research quality!!! 🎉 🥉 🥈 Wonderful recognition in the year its 90th anniversary!! 🎂

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June 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Come join us at our Sleep Hub session this Wednesday 11 June (tomorrow!)!

🛌Learn about sleep health, discuss strategies to improve your sleep and share your experience! 😴

🕚11am-3pm
🌍Graham Hills Building, Richmond Str entrance, follow signs to StrathLab
✅Details also below⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .
Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom
Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....
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May 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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A message from our students for #DAW25:
We are Reem and Joy, 4th year @strathclydeslt.bsky.social students. For our Impact Project, we collaborated with
‪@ alzscot.bsky.social‬ to create a workshop on 🧠Dementia and Brain Health 🧠, with the hope of making a positive difference. 1/3
June 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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A new article by @maria-cairney.bsky.social, @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and colleagues reporting promising results in a trial on using #ultrasound biofeedback #speechtherapy for children with #cleft palate ± lip.

#SLT #openaccess

tinyurl.com/3jnamh7e
Quantitative results of SonoSpeech Cleft Pilot: a mixed-methods pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip ...
Background Despite its growing popularity, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of ultrasound visual biofeedback speech therapy for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip (CP ± L). This stud...
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May 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Congratulations to our Speech and Language Therapy students @strathclydeslt.bsky.social who started the #BSL society @unistrathclyde.bsky.social this year and won the⭐️Rising Star⭐️ award from Strath Union!! 🏆🎊
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Come and join our talented teaching team @strath-psh.bsky.social - we are also recruiting for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology 🧠 👇
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Join #teamstrathpsych - the application portal is now live for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer post in Clinical Psychology

strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

#clinical #psychology #reserach
May 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Join #teamstrathpsych - we are seeking to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology

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#psychology #developmental #research #teaching #citizenship
May 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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📢New #PhD opportunity to develop #neuroimaging methods to understand brain network dysfunction in #AlzheimersDisease and other #neurological disorders with supervisors Dr William McGeown, Dr Keith Smith and Dr Ruaridh Clark .

details here ➡️https://tinyurl.com/y92j57yt
May 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Our PSH walkers are enjoying the great weather on #BenA'an! 🌞😎
April 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES
New member sought for the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (CSDRN) The CSDRNetwork seeks a research-active UK or Ireland-based Speech and Language Therapist. The network aims to raise and maintain the profile of developmental speech sound disorders (SSD) within the profession; promote implementation of evidence-based practice; and drive the research agenda. Volunteer (unpaid) members must be able to attend two meetings (mostly online) per year and contribute actively to the network. SLTs interested in applying should hold a PhD and show evidence of current research activity in an area of SSD. Please send a CV to S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday, 30th May 2025. Online interviews with up to three current CSDRNetwork members to be arranged in June. Informal enquiries to: Dr Silke Fricke (S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk).
April 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM