The Institute Professor Tom Cox CBE Head of School

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The InstituteProfessor Tom Cox CBEHead of
School
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Presentation

• Institute
• Who and what it is
• Postgraduate education programme
• Research

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Institute of Work, Health Organisations
International postgraduate research school in
applied psychology

• Healthy People, Healthy Organisations Healthy
  Communities

Design structures Management functions Developme
nt and interventions Cognition, learning and
experience Behaviour (and performance) Health
and safety
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A Brief History

• Established in 1998 from merger of WHO Centre for
  Organisational Health Development (School of
  Psychology) and Centre for Health Services
  Management (Business School)
• Independent school within the Faculty of Law,
  Social Sciences Education 2002
• With the School of Psychology formed the
  Universitys psychology group for UK
  governments Teaching Quality Assessment (1998)
  24/24 (with commendation for teaching)
• Returned with Business School in Research
  Assessment Exercise (2002) 5B rating
  (international research)
• Has had a presence in Kuala Lumpur (UNMC) since
  2006

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Aims

• To be a centre of excellence in research in
  applied psychology and related areas
• To be a provider of quality postgraduate
  education
• To be active in information dissemination and
  policy research and development
• To promote international collaboration in
  education and applied research
• To be truly international

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International Perspective

• WHO Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health
  (re-designated 2006) Lead organisation for
  several task forces including PRIMAT (SALSTA
  funded)
• Founder organisation European Academy for
  Occupational Health Psychology
• Developing physical base for education and
  research in Kuala Lumpur through University of
  Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC)

• Topic Centre for Good Practice in the Management
  of Work Stress (1999-2001)Topic Centre for Good
  Practice, Systems and Programmes in Occupational
  Safety and Health (2002-2008) European Agency
  for Safety and Health at Work, Bilbao
• European Commission Lead organisation for PRIMA
  project (2006-2008)
• International Test Commission (ITC)

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The Institute
The Institute of Work, Health Organisations
Nottingham Campus
Malaysia Campus
Asian Studies in Applied Psychology
Health Clinical Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Organisational Social Psychology
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People

• Lecturers
• Dr Angeli Santos
• Dr Iain Coyne
• Dr Heather Buchanan
• Dr Hazel Ramos (UNMC)
• Two lectureship vacancies (UNMC)
• Jonathan Houdmont
• Dr Fiona Gavin
• Kisane Prutton
• Chris Smewing
• Dr Thomas Schroeder
• Dr Shirley Thomas
• Dr Jamie McNiven
• Clinical staff (seconded)Louise BrahamRachel
  Sabin-FarrellPhil BrewinNick Moore
• Administrative Staff

• Chairs
• Professor Tom Cox
• Professor Amanda Griffiths
• Professor Nadina Lincoln
• Professor John Richards
• Chair vacancy (UoN)
• Reader Associate Professors
• Dr Phil Leather
• Dr Neil Coulson
• Dr Sara Cox
• Dr Nigel Hunt
• Dr Stavroula Leka

Special Professors Professor Sayeed
Khan Professor David Bartram Professor Gerard
Zwetsloot Professor Margaret Cork
Senior Researchers Dr Anne Kouvonen Dr Ruth
Parry Dr Maria Karanika
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Education Programme
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Institute of Work, Health Organisations

• Provides quality postgraduate education and
  research training (24/24 TQA)
• Critical mass of postgraduate students (170)
  postgraduate research institute small group
  feel
• Teaching closely aligned with research
• Recognised professional courses
• E-learning platform

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PG Education Portfolio

• MSc courses organised in 3 clusters
• occupational psychology (BPS)
• work and organisational psychology
• management psychology
• occupational health psychology (ES, EA-OHP,
  NIOSH)
• e-learning occupational health psychology (ES,
  EA-OHP, NIOSH)
• occupational health and safety leadership (IOSH)
• workplace health (IOSH)
• health psychology (BPS)
• health promotion and psychology
• rehabilitation psychology
• clinical neuro psychology (BPS)
• applied neuro psychology
• Doctorate in clinical psychology (BPS)
• MPhil PhD research programmes, supported by
• MSc in psychological research methods (ESRC)

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TLAC Architecture
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Course Directors
Cluster Course Director
OHP Occupational Health Psychology Leka
Occupational Health Psychology (International) Houdmont
Occupational Health Safety Leadership (UNMC) Santos
Workplace Health Griffiths

HCP Health Psychology SCox
Health Promotion Psychology Coulson
Rehabiltation Psychology Thomas
D Clinical Psychology Schroder
Applied Clinical Neuro Psychology Lincoln
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Course Directors
Cluster Course Director
OSP Occupational Psychology Leather
Work Organisational Psychology Coyne
Management Psychology (UoN and UNMC) Richards

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UG (BSc) Applied Psychology Business (UNMC) Santos

Research Psychological Research Methods Hunt
PhD and MPhil All
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Professional Development Centre

• Including
• CV development
• Job search and interview skills
• Consultancy skills
• Risk assessment for work stress
• BPS Level A and B Training

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University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus
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International Square 2008

• http//128.243.134.25/view/index.shtml

International House The Institute
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Career Opportunities

• Independent (chartered) psychologists all areas
• Consultancies in psychology (SHL, WaterforFish,
  Professional Minds, Affinity, Cubiks)
• Other business consultancy organisations
  (management consultants, accountancies)
• Professional, industrial and commercial
  organisations
• Human Resource Management (HRM)
• Other specialist management (selection, training,
  health safety, health promotion, organisational
  development)
• Professional and industry bodies (RSSB)
• National Health Service and health bodies
  (clinical or health psychologist, public health
  specialist, health promotion)
• National government departments and agencies (HM
  Prison Service, Police, Defence, Health, DTI,
  HSE, ORR)
• European government and international bodies (eg
  WHO, ILO)
• Local government bodies
• Academia research teaching
• Opportunities in the Institute

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Research
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Institute of Work, Health Organisations

• Healthy People, Healthy Organisations Healthy
  Communities
• Research focused on psychological, social and
  organisational issues in relation to occupational
  and public health and the healthiness of
  organisations and on the provision of health
  services and organisational development
• Foundation areas social and organisational
  psychology, occupational health psychology,
  health psychology and clinical psychology
• Making a difference .

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Institute of Work, Health Organisations

• Research managed through the three clusters
• Occupational health psychology (Griffiths)
• Organisational and social psychology (Leather)
• Health and clinical psychology (Lincoln)

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Institute of Work, Health Organisations
Wider Environments
Organisational and Community Context
WORKING LIVING CONDITIONS
PERSON
Safety at work Occupational health Health-related
behaviour Sexual and reproductive
health Organisational behaviour Healthiness of
organisations
Physical environment Social environment Psychosoci
al factors Individual differences Age Diversity
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Thank You
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Studying as a Postgraduate
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Key Issue

• Learning vs Being taught
• You take responsibility for your learning
• Engage
• Commit and put in effort
• Get organised and plan
• Actively manage your learning
• We provide a good learning environment and
  learning resources

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Suggestions

• Take this opportunity seriously beginning of
  professional career trainee applied
  psychologist
• We expect mature and professional behaviour
• Make sure that you understand your course and
  what is involved in completing it successfully
• Use the recommended communication channels
• Portal and student intranet
• your university email account
• talk to your tutor
• Refer to the Student Handbook (intranet) and
  the ARP Handbook (intranet) and use them

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Suggestions

• Time management
• Calendar
• Put deadlines in diary note any changes
• Plan course work, revision and examinations
• Spread the load
• Plan non work time
• Make sure you understand requirements and use
  proper system
• Self managed learning groups
• Self-work readings and notes

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Learning Resources

• Staff as experts
• Lectures and seminars
• Lectures notes and related materials
• Research project and case studies and system and
  meetings
• Tutorials and other meetings
• Web-based information
• Portal and student intranet
• Search engines (academic)
• Library and information sources portal
• Library
• Other students SMLG

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Tutorials

• All allocated to small tutorial groups largely by
  course about 8 students
• Keep groups and tutors throughout course
• Meet to discuss academic matters and progress on
  course develop transferable skills
• Arrange meeting times with tutors
• Tutors accessible through email, telephone or
  Admin office (Vanessa) in person at William Lee
  or Synergy (appointments)

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Self Managed Learning Groups

• Real part of course
• Two purposes
• Help provide support for self learning
• Transferable skills team work
• Expect you to make these work for you
• Tutors will monitor and help manage SMLGs through
  tutorial system
• Not all modules use SMLGs

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Self Managed Learning Groups

• Discussion forum for ideas about study and course
  work
• Sounding board for development of course work no
  plagiarism
• Plan and share research into topics and findings
  from that research
• Help manage library and internet resources

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The System

• Induction and Handbook (portal)
• Start to plan year calendar
• Semesters I and II
• Lectures, seminars, tutorials and SMLGs
• Notes and self work
• Portal
• Absences
• Extenuating circumstances
• Deadlines
• Plagiarism
• Course work and examinations
• Examination Boards
• Semester III
• ARP (project)
• Resits
• Final Examination Board
• SUCCESS .

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Teaching, Learning Assessment
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Thank You

• www.nottingham.ac.uk/iwho