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scholar activist in social and community psychology

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Census 2021: Sex, Schools and Secularism

by drkwbPosted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021

2021 Census Today (Sunday 21st March 2021) is census day. Many of you will have completed this already, many online, some on paper. I’ve always been fascinated with the census and can recall the moments when the previous two were…

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The keyworker next door? Reflections from a community psychologist, one year into the global pandemic

by drkwbPosted onFebruary 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Community connections and Covid-19 Community psychology is at the heart of my teaching and research. My introductory lecture begins with a discussion of the changing definitions of community, which was once limited to community of place, our neighbours and those…

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4 ways to support bi-visibility on international bi-visibility day

by drkwbPosted onSeptember 23, 2019September 23, 2019

On international bi-visibility, I reflect on 4 ways that I feel bisexuals can resist bi-invisibility. I’ve been aware of, and completely somewhat comfortable with being bisexual since my early teens but I’ve not always been outspoken about it. For a…

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5 reasons why I tell my students that I’m a lefty-liberal

by drkwbPosted onJuly 28, 2019July 28, 2019

I decided to write this blog post about why I am open about my political stance in the classroom partly because I haven’t read much from others on this topic and partly because I’m aware that some academics explicitly strive…

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On being working class in the academy

by drkwbPosted onOctober 27, 2018

Hello, my name is Katie and I’m a working-class academic. Being working-class is something I mention relatively often and think about even more so. It’s a salient part of my identity. It never used to be. I never thought I…

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On imposter syndrome and ‘fitting in’ in academia

by drkwbPosted onApril 30, 2018April 30, 2018

gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); I first came across the idea of imposter syndrome early on during my PhD research when I recognised a lot of the symptoms in my own thinking and behaviour. This week I was inspired to write this blog…

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The gaps in ‘The Origins of Happiness’: an endorsement of the BPS Community Psychology Section response

by drkwbPosted onJanuary 21, 2018February 17, 2018

gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); Tonight at the London School of Ecomonics, Lord Layard and Andrew Marr will discuss Layard and colleagues’ latest book ‘The Origins of Happiness’. This post is a comment on the British Psychological Society Community Psychology Section response to…

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Why the nation fell in love with Leon from Gogglebox: a tribute and call for more ‘ordinary’ older people on our screens

by drkwbPosted onDecember 24, 2017February 17, 2018

gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’);   Leon Bernicoff had starred in Channel Four’s Gogglebox, along side wife June, since the show first aired in 2013. It was on Twitter yesterday evening that I spotted the headline stating that Leon had sadly passed away…

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The BPS Community Psychology Festival: not your everyday academic event

by drkwbPosted onSeptember 17, 2017February 17, 2018

  This is a brief review of the 3rd BPS Community Psychology Festival held in Bristol from 15th – 16th September 2017. A longer review of the event will appear in the next QMiP bulletin.  From the minute I arrived…

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Six time management tips and tricks

by drkwbPosted onSeptember 12, 2017February 17, 2018

gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’);   Time management skills are a byproduct of being an academic. Juggling research, teaching, admin and other and having done a PhD over four to five years lead you to acquire ways of managing your time more efficiently. If…

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