Lucy Irving is a Lecturer in Psychology. She teaches on the Foundation Psychology, BSc, and MSc programmes on the department, and is especially interested in finding innovative ways to teach complicated subjects, like statistics. Lucy co-runs the Creativity Research Group at Middlesex University with David Westley.
Lucy has a PhD in cognitive psychology and her research looked at what underlies creativity in visual artists and non-artists. She did both her Psychology BSc and her PhD at Middlesex University.
Qualifications
BSc Psychology (hons), 1st class, Middlesex University (2004)
PG Certificate in Research Methods in Social Science, Merit, Middlesex University (2011)
PhD Cognitive Psychology. “Creativity, imagery and schizotypy: exploration of similarities in cognitive processing”, Middlesex University (2015)
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, HE Advance (formerly HEA, 2018)
Languages Spoken
Learning & Teaching Interests
PSY0010 Introduction to Psychology - Co-module leader