August 2019

Opening up rich conversations

Exhibition: Art and Value at Bethlem Gallery from 12th June – 31st August

Featured job: Applied Psychologists

Employer: The Fens Service, HMP Whitemoor

My shelfie… David Carless

Professor of Narrative Psychology, Leeds Beckett University.

Privileging the voices of young adults

Applied Educational Psychology with 16-25 year olds, by Brian Apter, Christopher Arnold, and Julia Hardy (eds) (UCL IOE Press; pb £25.99). Reviewed by Dr Miles Thomas.

Struggles, hope and opportunity

Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives, by Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happé and Jo Egerton (eds) (Routledge; pb £29.99). Reviewed by Eloise Stark.

‘Games have helped me a lot throughout my life’

Dr Pete Etchells is Reader in Psychology and Science Communication at Bath Spa University. Annie Brookman-Byrne asked Pete to tell us about his first book, Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do For Us.