Super excited to join Crissie Harney at her PhD graduation today! It was such a pleasure to co-supervise Crissie’s PhD work Psychology at Leeds Leeds Health & Social Psychology Research Group with Dr Jelena Havelka and Freya Bailes.

Well done Crissie! 👏👏👏👏👏

Episode 1 of the Take Care podcast is out now!! A podcast series dedicated to student wellbeing. Really proud of Olivia and Emily for presenting such an open and honest chat about their experiences. Check it out below!
open.spotify.com/episode/12CZS2…

*Call for participants (singers): one-off interview for a PhD study*

I would particularly like to speak to mezzo-sopranos, altos, tenors, baritones and basses, but sopranos are still more than welcome to participate!

more information below:

The process of confronting, celebrating, and centring researcher bias is necessary for all methodologies, including quantitative research. New paper with Michelle Jamieson and Gisela Govaart, where we provide a rationale, worked examples, and reflexive prompts

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Expressions of interest are invited for a WROCAH-funded PhD position researching the experiences of members of choirs for people affected by homelessness wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects-o… Collaborative project supervision from Music at Leeds and Choir with No Name. Do share! Music Psychology at Leeds

If you're cold, your heating isn't working or you're worried about energy costs - come on to campus where our buildings are warm.
The council have also put together a warm spaces map too. Find places near where you live across Leeds. leeds.gov.uk/campaign/warm-…

A @universityleeds study has found that listening to music helped people cope with anxiety and isolation in the Covid-19 lockdown - providing company and a sense of connectedness. Read more here 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/music/news/art…

A worthwhile read and critical take on music-based interventions!

Give our research community a follow!! 🌞

📢 Calling all undergraduate students interested in learning about mental wellbeing 📢

As part of my PhD research, I'm running a series of online mental wellbeing workshops during November.

For more info and to sign up please visit forms.gle/Q83kRPZZ7ZCea8…

'We have a responsibility to do better. We need to proactively encourage first-generation students to find their communities and access the resources that will help them make campus connections that support their success.'

timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-uni…

Music can provide company- and help us to reassure ourselves when we’re feeling anxious.

Crissie’s second PhD publication! 🥳💥 Psychology at Leeds #openaccess #musiclistening #anxiety #MentalHealthMatters

First lecture of the year!! Lots working against us this morning with train strikes and terrible weather...but still a great turnout (who arrived shortly after this photo!) It is wonderful to get started!