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      Dr Lucy Irving

      Bsc, PhD, FHEA
      ROLE: Lecturer in Psychology
      SCHOOL: Science & Technology
      DEPARTMENT: Psychology
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 4696
      EMAIL: L.Irving@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Lucy Irving is Associate Lecturer in the Department of 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)

         


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      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        PSY0010 Introduction to Psychology - Co-module leader

        SAT0301 Research Project - Co-module leader

        PSY1018 Psychological Statistics - Co-module leader

        PSY2005 - Lab tutor

         

        Organiser of Psychology Department Research Seminars (see blog)

        Founder of Dancing Statistics, BPS Funded Public Engagement Project (playlist here)

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Reserach interests include:

        • Creativity and visual imagery in different creative groups
        • Teaching with dance and movement

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        BPS Public Engagement Award (awarded with Dr Carl Senior, University of Aston)

        • British Psychological Society
        • November 2011 (no end date); £5000.

        Co-Leader (‘Dancing Statistics’, YouTube playlist: http://bit.ly/1ohFvsD)

      • Engagement &
        Impact

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