Stories

Unfortunately, this year we were unable to attend the annual BPS Scottish
Undergraduate Conference held at Queen Margaret University due to Covid-19. This
event is typically attended by students at level 3 & 4 from all over Scotland where final
year psychology undergraduates have the opportunity to share their thesis…

Hello! I’m Josh and I studied at Aberdeen last year. Studying Psychology transformed my wildest dreams into a reality (perhaps not your classic dreams of following trodden paths to the peaks of Everest, but discovering the neural pathways to the peaks of brain activity). This Psychology conversion course is the…

I moved to Aberdeen in August so this my first spring here. When I imagined living in Scotland in spring, I thought about the wild beauty of the Grampian and Cairngorm mountains, the crisp sunshine of May, and the stunning, rolling Aberdeenshire countryside. I never imagined that, less than a…

I'm a frustrated swimmer. Suddenly, after 10 years, my daily training came to an abrupt halt 32 days ago when the pool shut. I'm counting the days and soon I will be counting the weeks, with a sad sigh of longing.

Of course whenever one complains about these things, there…

The final year of my studies introduced me to a few challenges that I expected to face, from planning my future to submitting my thesis. However, a pandemic sweeping the nation was not one of them. Beyond residing in my second home i.e. the library, I had planned to spend…

I am a post-graduate taught (PGT) student at the University of Aberdeen, on the MSc Psychological Studies course… and boy did we get more than we bargained for this year! Starting in September 2019 induction was smooth and easy-going - a cheese and wine ‘meet and greet’ was certainly a…

Brits are born with a special gene that enables them to form orderly queues. They are absolutely expert at it. On my former commute home (when “the commute” was still a thing) I would often walk past people waiting for the bus. No matter how many people there were, you…

“I’m on Annual Leave in a different room of my house”, so read the Out-of-Office message on my email last week. I had booked a flight to go and see my parents at the end of the semester, but obviously that wasn’t happening anymore. With my line manager adamant that…

I am the archetypal introvert. In terms of my physical make-up, this means that my Ascending Reticular Activating System (which connects brainstem to cortex) is chronically over-stimulated. In terms of everyday life, it simply means that while I love people, I re-charge my batteries by being alone. My weekends tend…

My College Experience

I had done a HNC in social sciences at college, this was a course that gave a very broad overlook on different topics. The topics involved in this course were: psychology, sociology, criminology, history, politics and methodology. These all got assessed through essay writing…