Monthly Archives: March 2015

New Programme in Educational Neuroscience

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The new programme in Educational Neuroscience is delivered jointly by Birkbeck University of London and the UCL-Institute of Education in central London

The department of Psychological Sciences offers a range of 1 year Full Time ( 2 year Part Time) Masters programmes that provide focussed and cutting edge postgraduate level training in the areas of the department’s research strengths. Topics include:

Educational Neuroscience  and Developmental Sciences.

The MSc programmes are designed to prepare students for a career in research whereas the MA programmes are designed to deepen student’s level of understanding of the chosen speciality. Part-time programmes are normally available on a day-release basis over 2 years.

Further information can be obtained from the links above. Informal inquiries can also be directed to psychologypg@bbk.ac.uk

 

CEN at the London Festival of Education

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Learnus and the CEN ran a stimulating session on ‘Neuroscience and Education: The new dialogue’ at the recent London Festival for Education. Richard Newton-Chance, Jeremy Dudman-Jones and Michael Thomas spoken to an audience packed to the rafters, on the exciting times ahead for educators and neuroscientists alike. The subsequent discussion was passionate, with some embracing the idea that the new learning sciences had much to offer education, others keen to reject neuroscience as fostering ‘reductionism and determinism’ (‘Not true!’ cried MT), and others with specific questions about current knowledge of the effects of training working memory.