A talk for AS level students (Psychology) 2013

1. Jenna Condie
Lecturer in Psychology
•@salfordpsych
•@jennacondie
Picture from #salfordpsych @JamieRegano with @abzvic
The Psychology
of going to
University

2. Once upon a time, I went to college
Flickr: soloM920

3. I decided to go to uni…
Flickr: Adrian S Jones

4. Why Huddersfield?
Flickr: Adrian S Jones

5. Place
Identity
Flickr Xavier de Jauréguiberry

6. Flickr: dullhunk
The world is your oyster?

7. Flickr: AhmadHammoud
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“The choosing, deciding, shaping
human being who aspires to be
the author of his or her own life,
the creator of an individual
identity” as “the central
character of our time”
(Beck & Beck-Gernsheim,
2001, p 22–23)
Identity as a Project

8. Agency Structure
Flickr: azmanaziz
A classic question for the
social sciences

9. Why Psychology?
Flickr: tryingmyhardest

10. Occupations
manual
in the
school libraryPSYPSY
--
QUAQUA
Flickr: Mr. T in DC
Employability…
Money!

11. Head Heart
Making the choice
Flickr: Karen V Bryan

12. Honest answer…
Flickr: BWJones
“If the brain were so simple that we
could understand it, then we’d be so
simple that we couldn't”

13. Actually,
it’s a ‘narrative’ I tell…
…slightly differently every time
Flickr: umjanedoan

14. Part of wider ‘uni’ narratives
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzPioph8CI

15. Not buying into the education success
story
Flickr: -eko-

16. Why are more jobs
requiring degrees?
Link: Skills and Employment Survey (2012)
Funded by ESRC/UKCES Strategic Partnership

17. What % of UK population are
educated to degree level?
Flickr: chrisjohnbeckett

18. In 2011 there were 12.4 million people (27%)
educated to degree level or above. In 2001, that
figure stood at 7.4 million.
UK Census 2011

19. Flickr: itspaigeagain

20. Only if you know how to use it
Flickr: David Reece

21. Applying psychology

22. Living in a global
digital world
Flickr: The Daring Librarian
"The kinds of skills that
higher education provides -
the ability to think critically
and to analyse and present
evidence - are going to be
increasingly in demand as
our economy continues to
shift.”
Nicola Dandridge,
Universities UK

23. The importance of your digital selfThe importance of your digital self
Flickr: yhancik

24. 65% Of employers will look at potential
employee’s online presence prior
to interview
Bailey et al., (2011)
How would they
interpret you?
Uni applications?
Flickr: Gideon Burton

25. Learner Identity

26. Self-efficacy

27. Flickr: Bruce Clay, Inc
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A new culture of learning

28. University…time to grow
Flickr: rkramer62
To become individually different

29. Opportunity
Link: http://hub.salford.ac.uk/psychd/ @ToTheEndAndBack

30. Influence…
Enterprise

31. EmpowermentEmpowerment
• The role of education is to empower – to beThe role of education is to empower – to be
able to think and to do.able to think and to do.
• “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able
to entertain a thought without accepting it”
(Aristotle)
Flickr: Capture Queen ™

32. Becoming a professional

33. Becoming a professional

34. Community
Flickr: mkhmarketing
Employability
Transition Learning
A big decision:
Make the most of the web!
Information
Knowledge
Community
Courses
IdentityNetworks

35. Psychology at Salford
BSc (Hons) Psychology
BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology
BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling

36. Jenna Condie
Lecturer in Psychology
•@salfordpsych
•@jennacondie
Picture from #salfordpsych @JamieRegano with @abzvic
The Psychology
of going to
University