Psychology at Lincoln

Looking to strengthen your communication and counselling skills?
The team at University of Lincoln will be running a two‑day Introduction to Counselling Skills course on 16th & 23rd July 2026 — perfect for professionals in health, education, social care, coaching, leadership and beyond.
✔ Practical counselling techniques
✔ Active listening & empathy
✔ Ethical practice & boundaries
✔ Certificate of completion

The course is suitable if you wish to upskill and can additionally be a first step for those looking to progress to study counselling.

Format: Online & interactive
👉 Register now
📧 [email protected]

The Lincoln Swan Project received report of a suspected avian influenza outbreak in Lincoln. As a precaution, we are raising the alert to help prevent further transmission among birds and reduce any potential risk to humans.

What you should do:
⚫ Avoid close interactions with wild birds – please do not feed or handle them.
⚫ Do not touch dead birds.

If you find one or more dead swans/birds:
⚫ Please do not touch the birds.
⚫ Call the Defra helpline on 03459 33 55 77 (Mon–Fri, 8 am–6 pm) and select option 7.
⚫ If you find a dead swan, please inform the Lincoln Swan Project as well, regardless of whether the bird is ringed. You can report this through the App (please note in the comments box that the bird was dead when found) or use the contact details below.

Contact Information:

[email protected]

or Tag us in any photos of Lincoln Swans on Twitter (), BlueSky (.bsky.social) or Instagram ()

Your cooperation is essential to help contain this situation and protect both wildlife and public health.

Bino Majolo has a new paper published in iScience with colleagues from Germany, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia:

"Amici F, Gomez-Melara JL, Majolo B, Acosta-Naranjo R, Izar P, Illa Maulany R, Oka Ngakan P, Mohd Sah SA & Liebal K (2025). Experience with animals, religion, and social integration predict anthropomorphism across five countries. iScience"

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112693 🔗

🎉 Robin Kramer has had his 100th journal article accepted for publication 🎉:

"Kramer, R. S. S. (in press). Comparing ChatGPT with human perceptions of illusory faces. Visual Cognition."

Kun Guo was interviewed by the American Kennel Club about the understanding of dog emotions 🐕: https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/dog-facial-expressions/

🏷️ American Kennel Club 🏷️

What Do My Dog's Facial Expressions Mean? It's possible to read dog emotions from their facial expressions, but it's not easy. Learn what to watch for, so you can better understand your dog.

Kun Guo has a research publication about human-dog interaction in the Acta Psychologica journal (259: 105221) 😀🐶:
"Correia-Caeiro C, Romero T, Guo K, Mills DS (2025) Older adults looking at dog pictures - psychobiological effects."

🔗 https://buff.ly/6SK9D5M 🔗

Kirsten McKenzie attended the Body Representation Network (BRNet) Conference and Annual General Meeting in Utrecht from 2-4 July in her capacity as a member of the Network’s Board and Steering Committee. She has led the development of the new branding for BRNet and unveiled this alongside the new logo at the AGM. Her recommendations for EDI representation were also unanimously accepted by the Board.

🔗 https://bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet 🔗

🧠 Psychology Teachers Conference – 25th June 2025.
💻 Online & free to attend
🕒 Time: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
👉 Book your place now: https://buff.ly/rHYwSO0

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Upcoming Events | Events and Conferences | University of Lincoln Our annual teachers conference returns for 2025. The aim of the conference is to create a space for teachers and educators to be able to share curriculum knowledge, teaching tips and research skills related to psychology at pre-degree level including A-level, AS level and GCSE. There will be several...