305 Psychology Teachers Benefit From Free CPD Webinars
Last week tutor2u launched a new series of short, high-intensity CPD webinars, hosting sessions for AQA, Edexcel and IB Psychology Teachers. In total, 305 teachers took part in last week's webinars...
From abstract to appendices - everything you need to know about the IB Psychology IA report
It's that time of year when you are starting to think about the Psychology IA report and if you didn't didn't get a chance to attend our FREE CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources,...
Are You Teaching Schizophrenia? Watch The Webinar & Download Our Resources Here...
If you're teaching the AQA Optional Topic Schizophrenia this year and didn't get a chance to attend our FREE CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources, including the session PowerPoint...
A Level Psychology Year 1 (AS) Revision Flashcards
This was our most popular revision resource during the summer 2016 exams - a stunning 60-card set of revision flashcards for key research studies. We've only got 120 sets left, so order quickly if...
Introducing our First Teaching Resources for the Optional Topics in AQA A Level Psychology
We're delighted to announce details of the initial series of teaching resources the tutor2u Psychology team is producing to support ALL the optional topics in AQA A Level Psychology.
Six Giant Classroom Posters for Psychological Approaches
Brighten your A Level Psychology classroom walls - and help your students understand Psychological Approaches - with this series of six A2-sized classroom posters.
Getting to Grips with Teaching Edexcel A Level Psychology - Four FREE Lessons Inside
If you're teaching A-Level Edexcel Psychology for the first time and didn't get any opportunity to attend our free CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources, including the session...
Are You Hard Wired for Addiction?
A recent study in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence suggests that we are all hard wired for addiction. Professor Anderson explains how addicts suffer from strong attention biases - which...
Tutor2u Blogger Dennis Relojo recently interviewed Dr David Sbarra, a clinical psychologist and Professor at the University of Arizona about his book Love, Loss, and the Space Between: The...
5 Tips for Managing Stress
A number of studies have determined that stress at work is one of the leading causes of people taking time off work sick and most people experience stress at some point during their working life....
Out of School Time & Risky Behaviour
Lee and Bailey (Nov 2015), writing in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found a correlation between the amount of time spent out of school, how that time was used, and corresponding behaviour...
tutor2u Psychology – Weekly Update (22 Aug 2016)
Last week was one of most stressful weeks in the teaching calendar, with the publication of the 2016 A-Level results on Thursday 18th August. While the week was mostly centred on A-Level results...
Psychology experiences a large decline in AS entries. How has the new linear A-Level affected Psychology?
The day has finally arrived and the A-Level results are now in. While today was a particularly stressful day for both teachers and students, the new linear A-Level added a greater sense of worry to...
Stressed Over A-Level Results Day?
It’s one of the biggest and most stressful days in the student and teacher calendar…it’s A-Level results day.
After just writing a post on Silver Medalists in the Olympics, I stumbled across an article in ‘The Sport Journal’ which examines the factors that lead to burnout, illness and injury in elite...
Silver Medal is Psychologically the Worst Medal Position
Every four years I find myself watching sports that I have no particular interest in and this year’s Rio Olympics has been particularly compelling. On Day 9, Great Britain picked up several medals,...
Are you stressed? How to use stress to your advantage
According to a recent article in Business Day Live, you don't need to get rid of stress to live a happy life, you just need to know how to embrace it. So here's three tips on how to use stress to...
10 Interesting Psychology Twitter Accounts
Twitter is such an amazing platform because it allows you to be part of the biggest conversations in psychology, engaging with some of the top names in the field. Here are 10 interesting accounts...
Could you kill for your food?
The BBC has released a series of podcasts which are packed with interesting Psychology. Whether you're studying Eating Behaviour, Aggression or BioPsychology, these podcasts have something for...
7 Ways to Get Rid of Your Smartphone Addiction
If you’re anything like me, you probably use your smartphone too much! I often use the excuse that I
have to use
my phone for work, or that without Google Maps I wouldn’t be able to get anywhere,...