• Question: What do you do at your job?

    Asked by anon-216298 to Robert, Olly, Nicola, Jasmin, Dennis, Caroline on 8 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Dennis Relojo-Howell

      Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 8 Jun 2019:

      I do something really cool! I earn money working from home, on my pyjamas. I start and finish work whenever I want to.

      I run a blog. It’s a website about mental health. My website is http://www.psychreg.org

      I publish all things relating to psychology, mental health and well-being. I earn from ads. I also organise events at least once a year.

      It’s the best job in the world because I am my own boss and I can travel a lot.

      I joined ‘I’m A Scientist’ because I want to inspire young people like you to do something cool with a psychology degree. Being a mental health blogger can be a career.

    • Photo: Nicola Johnstone

      Nicola Johnstone answered on 8 Jun 2019:

      I learn things about human thoughts, feelings and behaviour by creating studies and experiments and then tell people about the findings.

    • Photo: Robert Dempsey

      Robert Dempsey answered on 10 Jun 2019: last edited 10 Jun 2019 8:33 am

      I work at a University so I do lots of different things – teach students, run research studies, do paperwork…

      I’m currently working on writing a paper based on a study we conducted into how strongly people go after their goals and how this gives them a risk of bipolar disorder. We’ve got some nice findings which I think will be published somewhere soon (an academic journal)

      Aside from that, I’m catching up with some emails, marking some student work, taking part in a chat for I’m A Scientist and getting ready to visit another university this week as an external examiner for their Psychology degree. My days/weeks really vary depending on when the students are here (which is when my teaching is busier) – have a look at my profile as I’ve given more info there…

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      Jasmin Moon answered on 10 Jun 2019: last edited 10 Jun 2019 8:52 am

      I help people who are struggling with their mental health with their jobs.
      People may need to take time off work when they are unwell and I help them speak to their employer whilst they are off sick and make sure that when they go back to work they have enough support in place so that they can stay at work and do a good job.
      Sometimes the job itself can be causing a mental health problem, so I speak to people’s managers and see if anything can be changed to make their job less stressful.
      It’s an interesting and rewarding job and I have been to lots of different workplaces including schools, hospitals and even the Ministry of Defence!

    • Photo: Caroline Brett

      Caroline Brett answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      I’m a lecturer at a university so during term time I’m pretty busy with teaching sessions, meeting with students, marking work, etc. Now that the majority of students have finished (I also teach masters and doctorate students, who are studying all year round), I’m spending my time planning for next year, meeting with colleagues to talk about research, or at research conferences. As I am currently leading on the Masters course, we have some assessments for that next week, and I have questions to answer from students. On Wednesday / Thursday this week I am presenting at our university’s teaching and learning conference, where we all get together to hear about each others’ teaching practice, and research into teaching. I’m presenting with some colleagues about an evaluation we did of a student event here, where students are given the opportunity to get together and then go to a play, concert, or film (for free!). It seems that these events are really helpful for students who feel lonely or down 🙂

    • Photo: Oliver Clabburn

      Oliver Clabburn answered on 10 Jun 2019:

      I work for a Uni doing research! It means I’ve got quite a varied job. Some days I might be working at home reading some journal articles and doing my own writing. Other days I might have meetings with the other researchers in my team about a project we’re working on. Perhaps other days I’ll be interviewing participants for the research project that I’ll be working on… these are the best days! I get to meet new people and spend the day chatting about stuff!

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