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Senior Lecturer (T&S) in the Dept. of Psychology at the University of York, UK. Passionate about improving access to education and fostering critical thinking skills. Views are my own πŸ§ πŸŽ“

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T-Fun Talk #10: Developing collaborative relationships with student partners
T-Fun Talk #10: Developing collaborative relationships with student partners Dr Alexander Reid is a Senior Lecturer on a Teaching and Scholarship contract at the University of York. Over the last decade in his role he has developed passion for reducing boundaries to…

@alexanderreid.bsky.social also talks a bit about the toolkit in his recent T-FUN presentation on working with student collaborators. Link here: buff.ly/92gD5KX (approx. 37 min into this recording)

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04.03.2026 09:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone wants to hear me talk about developing collaborative projects with students my presentation has been uploaded to YouTube below - thanks for having me T-FUN πŸ™‚

04.02.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Including Disabled People in Research Toolkit v2 A Toolkit for Including Disabled People in Research V2.0 Contents A Toolkit for Including Disabled People in Research Contents Acknowledgements Recognition Sharing this Toolkit 1. Introduction 1.1 Why...

I am just circulating our award winning guide on including disabled people in research, both as participants and collaborators (t.ly/UoYDToolkit). It is designed for all disciplines and we hope makes a difference, so please share widely!

29.01.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m doing an online talk next Thursday on working with students, details are below :-)

15.01.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œTwo Towers Site Entrance”

β€œTwo Towers Site Entrance”

Well. Looks like London’s new Tolkien theme park is going to be this year’s Glasgow Wonkaland.

08.12.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
Episode 6 - Alex Reid by Phil Lang is Not a Scientist It was great to talk to Psychology academic Alex Reid today about his work at York.Alex's profile: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/amr507/Here's a link to Alex's last paper on sl...

I had a lovely chat with Phil Lang on his podcast "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist" where I talk a lot about dreams and sleep! Phil interviews researchers from across the University of York about their work in all sorts of fascinating areas. (creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...).

09.12.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Event 2
When: Thurs 22nd Jan 13:00 – 14:00 (GMT)
Guest Speaker: @alexanderreid.bsky.social
Title: Developing collaborative relationships with Student Partners

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Note: This is a rescheduling of the event we had to postpone on 27/11

09.12.2025 08:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My awesome team won an Inclusive Impact Ward! Details are below, but my team built a Toolkit to help researchers navigate the sensitives around including disabled people in research practice.

27.11.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are happy to be circulating the latest issue of the UoY student-run Psychology magazine: Psychout. Issue 21 is themed on clinical psychology and mental health, and has an interview with Dr Clara Humpston on her work www.york.ac.uk/media/psycho... Accessible version & refs are on our website 😊

24.11.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is awesome Tom

09.11.2025 22:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am extremely flattered to win the 'Supporting Student Voice, Activities and Partnership' award at the University of York Students'​ Union 2025 Excellence Awards. It wouldn’t be possible without our amazing students, reps and staff - teamwork! πŸ₯³ πŸ’ͺ

29.05.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Psychology Teaching Review BPS Explore is our easy-to-access central location for you to read and download a wide range of psychological content from practitioners, researchers and working groups.

My Higher Education Psychology Teacher of the Year finalist case study has now been published. It focusses on collaborative work with alumni to develop employability skills and mitigate imposter syndrome in our students. A huge thank you to all my collaborators! explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsptr

28.05.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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T-FUN (Teaching-Focused University Network) T-Fun (or T-FΨN) stands for Teaching-Focused University Network, a collaborative group of academics on teaching-focused pathways in Psychology and related disciplines. We aim to create a community of ...

Interested in learning more about great teaching and scholarship practice? Check out the new YouTube channel for the T-Fun (Teaching-Focussed University Network) with two great talks already posted! @t-fun.bsky.social m.youtube.com/@tfunnetwork

14.03.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a cool logo

13.03.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 20 of our student-run psychology magazine is out now! This issue is on Artificial Intelligence, and includes 8 articles, one interview with 'AI and risk' expert Prof. Rob Jenkins, and info on getting into clinical psychology: shorturl.at/N26BU

An accessible version is on our website :-)

04.03.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Our Department’s student-run magazine is joining BlueSky, please retweet them and follow so they can share their work 😊

25.02.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our second featured nominee for DARTP Psychology Teacher of the Year award is, Dr @alexanderreid.bsky.social who is passionate about developing critical thinking skills in both his students and the public.

15.02.2025 08:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We now have 100 accounts in our University of York Starter Pack!

The number 100 has great cultural significance, but of course it's not THAT different to the 98 we were on before we added @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social and @jimleary.bsky.social - we're excited about it nevertheless.

Welcome!

03.02.2025 09:20 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enhancing research culture: A collaboration with Sense About Science This studentship is a collaboration between the University of York and Sense about Science (SaS), an independent charity that promotes the public interest in sound science and ensures evidence is reco...

Students, if interested, please consider applying to this paid summer internship working with myself and the science advacocy charity @senseaboutsci.bsky.social. Click here for more info: generationresearch.ac.uk/studentships... #SenseAboutScience

31.01.2025 12:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Graduate Voices Project - A Toolkit for developing interview-based resources with alumni This resource is a Toolkit to create interview-based resources with Alumni. The outcomes of our Toolkit are resources such as these.Motivation: An ongoing challenge for educational institutions is to ...

I also developed a Toolkit for anyone else interested in creating such an initiative at their own institution, it's pretty comprehensive - from project inception to lesson plans: shorturl.at/otpk8

27.01.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Graduate Voices - YouTube Overview of the Graduate Voices Project We care about providing employability advice and support at York which is relevant and speaks to all of our students....

I am happy to be sharing the outcomes and Toolkit of an initiative I led called the Graduate Voices Project. Our students interviewed @york.ac.uk alumni from underrepresented backgrounds seeking advice they might have for others. Here is the playlist, please circulate. shorturl.at/8xQEf

27.01.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Data Analysis Handbook - Critikid A guide to common errors in data analysis like selection bias, the clustering illusion, survivorship bias, and the base rate fallacy.

I've written a Data Analysis Handbook that explains 8 common errors in data analysis:

Selection Bias
Regression to the Mean
Correlation vs. Causation
Clustering Illusion
Gambler's Fallacy
Base Rate Fallacy
Survivorship Bias
Simpson's Paradox

It's short and simple and has examples of each one.

06.12.2024 05:11 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Really good advice here for #inclusion #AccessibleLearning #UDL

01.12.2024 06:50 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Alex Reid and Tabea-Maria in front of class of Year 6 students.

Alex Reid and Tabea-Maria in front of class of Year 6 students.

Children wearing vision Goggles.

Children wearing vision Goggles.

We did a fun bit of psychology outreach today with the awesome kids at East Garforth Academy School in Leeds. A big thanks to my colleague Tabea-Maria Haase for her help with everything, particularly the pipe cleaner brain cells! #outreach #psychology

29.11.2024 16:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s more than okay, thank you for the follow 😊

28.11.2024 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's lovely to get shortlisted for this, and congratulations to the other excellent candidates too.

28.11.2024 18:25 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.11.2024 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great work Stephanie!

27.11.2024 20:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0