After completing my undergraduate degree in psychology, I was keen to further explore the field of health psychology. This led to me starting a Masters in Health Psychology at the University of Manchester last September. As part of the Masters, we were given the...
Category: Life at MCHP
Managing stress whilst conducting my PhD
Stress: Why is it so important? We have all felt stressed at some point in our lives. It is important that we manage our stress - but why is managing stress so important? In this blog, we will discuss what stress is, why it is important to manage it, and how we can...
Interviewing colleagues and peers: reflections on being an “insider researcher”
Why am I an insider?Insider research relates to research that is conducted within an organisation, social group or culture of which the researcher is also a member. Being an insider means “being embedded in a shared setting, emotionally connected to the research...
How MCHP is inspiring students at The University of Manchester to think about a future in Health Psychology
This time last year I was watching my friends begin their preparations for final year. Conversations constantly revolving round dissertation topics, choosing final year modules, and the dreaded question: “so, what do you want to do after you graduate?” Of course, this...
An Interview with… Arbaz Kapadi
Can you tell us about yourself?Hi everyone! I’m Arbaz, and I am a Research Associate in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health. I joined the department in 2022 (so I don’t think I’m new?) just as I was nearing the completion of my PhD.I’ve taken bit of a journey...
I just never left! Life in MCHP from an undergraduate student to a PhD / GTA
Rewind! Back to the startMy name is Lucy Hulme and I have, somehow, been at the University of Manchester for six years. I am going to recount how I went from studying in MCHP as an undergraduate to working here all these years later, and why I have always felt that...
Doing a PhD in Psychology (when you don’t have a background in Psychology)
My job before starting my PhD was a Physiotherapist. I’ve spent a lot of my career working in the community and have mostly worked in community neurological rehabilitation. Neuro Rehab is vast and complex, it covers Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Motor Neurone...
No qualitative researcher left behind! Supporting our qualitative researchers through peer support
Learning from and supporting each other is invaluable here at the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology (MCHP), and something that we do well. However, in 2017 when I joined the department as a Research Assistant, I saw an opportunity to enhance our peer-to-peer...
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