The University of Exeter was recently awarded a CATE award for its Grand Challenges scheme. Paul Farrand, Director of the Low-Intensity CBT (LICBT) clinical training portfolio within Cedar, was part of the Grand Challenges leadership team. Re-forming each year, the University of Exeter’s Grand Challenges team of professional services, academic leads, postgraduate teaching assistants and […]
We are now only two months away from Psychological Professions Week 2023, which is coming up on the 13th – 17th of November. The Psychological Professions Network (PPN) South West is running its annual national conference at the end of the week; this will be a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the work of the psychological […]
Three winners from the University of Exeter have been selected for prestigious higher education awards by Advance HE. This year, two academics from the university – including Associate Professor Catherine Gallop, Director of CEDAR – have been chosen as National Teaching Fellows, while an Exeter team has won a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). Professor […]
More than £250,000 of Government funding will enable scientists at the University of Exeter to develop and evaluate the world’s first fully-digital treatment for female veterans suffering from anxiety and depression. Researchers will use Iona Mind, an artificial intelligence platform for the development of new mental health interventions. The funding is a share of £5 […]
This month, we conducted an interview with our EMHP and CWP Evaluation Lead, Hollie Gay. We discussed the Emerging Minds project which aims to understand the key contributing factors in the effective implementation of the Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) programme. Can you start by telling us about the Emerging Minds project? The Emerging Minds project […]
Following an extensive engagement process, NHS England national mental health team has announced a new name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services: NHS Talking Therapies. The new name will be rolled out in all services across the country in 2023. This was chosen after a public consultation with close to 4,000 responses and […]
Funded through a European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (Marie-Sklodowska Curie grant agreement), Chelsea Coumoundouros, PhD student from Uppsala University, recently undertook a sabbatical with Professor Paul Farrand. During her sabbatical, Chelsea’s research sought to understand preferences for low-intensity CBT for informal carers of kidney patients. Chelsea presented a poster at a Renal […]
This Armistice day saw the release of the ‘Positive Practice Guide’ for Armed Force Veterans that was co-developed by Professor Paul Farrand – Director of Portfolio: Low Intensity CBT at the University of Exeter.
Hind Saleh Alharbi recently presented a poster on ‘Understanding barriers to accessing psychotherapy, and the potential of CBT to address these: A qualitative study of Sunni Muslims in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom’ at the BABCP conference. Hind’s poster was voted best at the conference.