Dr Mandy Urquhart
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Having spent several years as a Deputy Head in the School of Psychology, Mandy has returned to her role as Senior Lecturer. She has a particular interest in working collaboratively with students in partnership. She is keen to help students reach their full potential thus allowing them to make the most of their university experience and gain skills and confidence to achieve their career ambitions. Mandy is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an award winning teacher of Psychology, and a Chartered Psychologist who specialises in Developmental Psychology. Her research interests focus on the development of self, culture, infancy, and parenting.
Teaching and Supervision
Mandy is passionate about teaching and has several awards including Most Inspiring Lecturer and Outstanding Academic Support through the Student’s Union Above and Beyond Awards. Nationally, Mandy was awarded the Psychology PG Teaching Award (2010) awarded by the Higher Education Academy Psychology network in recognition of the significant impact she made through teaching. Mandy is currently the Module Leader for Developmental Psychology (PS6002) at Level 6, and Family Psychology in Society (PS7305) at Level 7. She supervises dissertation students at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on the MSc Family & Child Psychology and MSc Psychology Conversion programmes.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
As a Developmental Psychologist, Mandy's primary research interest is in the developmental of self-awareness. Working with collaborators in a number of countries, Mandy has researched this topic from a social and cross-cultural perspective. Currently, Mandy is engaged in a few research projects. One with Dr Lisa Oakley, is a funded project which evaluates the Believe Project run by Motherwell Cheshire.