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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...