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The Voluntary Research Assistant Experience with Reece Docherty

GetPsyched!

English - January 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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If you're a psychology student keen on getting more research experience or knowing what goes on behind the scenes of a research project, then this episode is for you!

Tune in as Farah Abdulrahman and Reece Docherty, two undergraduate psychology students at Heriot-Watt University, discuss their experiences as Voluntary Research Assistants (VRAs), working with Dr Louise Delicato and Dr Mioara Cristea on the 'HATS: How are Academics Thought of by Society?' project.

In this episode, they go into detail about how they've grown over the course of the project, some of the skills and mindsets they've honed, the challenges they overcame, and the countless opportunities working as VRAs gave them. Finally, they wrap things up with some advice for any future VRAs! 

(PS: if you're a Heriot-Watt University Psychology student, you should apply for that position - https://psych.hw.ac.uk/voluntary-research-assistant-scheme.html).