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Working with real-world research projects: Student-Staff collaborations through UoC volunteer scheme

Liz Bates Research is the foundation of the discipline of psychology; we teach it on the course from the first week of the first semester and it becomes integral to skill development across the different modules. With research skills, students can understand research, plan their own studies, be critical of published research and models, explore topics they are passionate about, and help create new knowledge. In the last blog post about the barriers men experience in help-seeking after experiences of domestic abuse, we discussed the collaboration with students who were volunteering on the project through an internal research assistant scheme. The Student Research Assistant Volunteer Scheme runs within the Psychology department at the University, and it allows students at all levels the opportunity to get involved with staff research projects. Careers in both professional psychology, academia, and also other research and practice-based jobs are very competitive in the current cl

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