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Professor Julie Hulme's Inaugural Lecture

Giving psychology away: Making a difference in higher education

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In this inaugural lecture, Professor Julie Hulme will reflect on her journey beginning as an accidental psychology student and later realising that psychology provides a toolkit for use in everyday life. She will explore the idea of psychological literacy  and will share some of the ways in which psychology education can empower students to make a difference to the world around them.

  • From: Wednesday 2 April 2025, 6 pm
  • To: Wednesday 2 April 2025, 7.30 pm
  • Registration: 5.30 pm
  • Location: Lecture Theatre 4, Newton building, City Campus, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
  • Booking deadline: Wednesday 2 April 2025, 3.00 pm
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Event details

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Julie Hulme will reflect on her journey beginning as an accidental psychology student and later realising that psychology provides a toolkit for use in everyday life. She will explore the idea of psychological literacy – how people can use psychological skills and knowledge to achieve goals in their personal, work, and community lives – and will share some of the ways in which psychology education can empower students to make a difference to the world around them. Finally, she will provide some examples of how she has been able to ‘give psychology away’ through scholarship to create transformational educational experiences and more inclusive universities for students and colleagues in psychology, in other academic fields, and in different parts of the world.

Biography

Julie is Professor of Psychology Education in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).


Julie’s scholarship draws on psychological theory and research methods to enhance higher education to create transformative opportunities for students and colleagues. Within the discipline of psychology, she has become a globally recognised expert on the concept of psychological literacy, and recently published a book, Psychology in Everyday Life, on this topic. More broadly, her scholarship of inclusion has led to impactful work to empower disabled students, and to influence policy and practice to better support other education-focused academic staff across the higher education sector.


Julie’s love of teaching and her commitment to creating inclusive educational and developmental opportunities for students and colleagues have led to recognition through National Teaching Fellowship (2016), Principal Fellowship of the HEA (2013), and Chartered Psychologist status with the British Psychological Society. She is currently the Deputy Chair of the Association of National Teaching Fellows.


Prior to her arrival at NTU, Julie was Reader in Psychology and Director of Education at Keele University, and previously the Discipline Lead for Psychology at the Higher Education Academy. She has also held a variety of academic roles including at Staffordshire University and the Open University. Julie has held multiple leadership positions at the British Psychological Society, including as Chair of the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology. She gained her PhD in Neuroscience (2003) and her BSc (Hons) Biology and Psychology (1996) from Keele University.

Programme

5.30 pm

Registration and welcome refreshments

6 pm

Welcome talk

6.05 pm

Lecture begins

6.50 pm

Close and thanks by Executive Dean

7 pm

Drinks reception

7.30 pm

Close

Location details

Address:

Newton building
City Campus
 Nottingham
 NG1 4BU

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