News: January 2019

Nominated for Volunteer of the Year; evidence that lecturers don’t always get paid to teach…

James Hardy, senior lecturer in sport psychology, has been shortlisted for Volunteer of the year at this Saturday’s North Wales Gymnastics Awards

Publication date: 25 January 2019

Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP) – Telegraph article

The sibling effect in international cricket from a study by Benjamin Jones, SSHES postgraduate student. 

Publication date: 22 January 2019

Exercise can fast-track your workplace well-being - here's how

Exercise has been found to reduce stress, increase positive mood, decrease anxiety and alleviate depression. But you may not know that the emotional well-being associated with exercise is also linked to key attributes that can help us while we work.

This article by Rhi Willmot, PhD Researcher in Behavioural and Positive Psychology at the School of Psychology is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Publication date: 17 January 2019