Meet our psychology graduates
Joseph Keenan
Jospeh came from Birmingham and graduated with a 2:1 honours degree in Psychology and Marketing. Here's what Joe had to say about his time at Aberystwyth:
Why did you choose Aberystwyth?
"I chose Aberystwyth because it would be completely different to the big city experience I grew up with."
Why did you choose psychology?
"I always had an interest in psychology whether it was questioning why people behaved in certain ways or how things develop over time."
What was the best and most challenging thing about the course?
"The best part of being a student in Aber is the community that exists here and the close relationships between students, staff and the wider community. The challenge of balancing so many different perspectives of psychology is a tough one but it also keeps you engaged and interested."
What are you doing now?
"I was lucky enough to receive funding by the Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) to do a PhD in the Psychology department. I am now responsible for delivering seminars to current psychology undergraduate students."
Sara Jones
Sara is originally from Aberystwyth and graduated with a 1st class honours degree in Psychology and English. Here is what Sara had to say about her time at Aberystwyth:
Why did you choose Aberystwyth?
"Aberystwyth seemed a natural choice for me as it had the added benefit of being close to home, which was an important aspect to me."
Why did you choose psychology?
"Having always been interested in the human mind and behaviour, The course appeared stimulating and excitingly vast; particularly eye catching was the prospect of studying social and developmental psychology, as well as gaining detailed information of the biological functions of the brain during the psychobiology module."
What was the best and most challenging thing about the course?
"Being a member of the Psychology Society allowed me to get to know and interact with other Psychology students outside of lectures. The department’s enthusiastic staff managed to make every area of the course exciting and the methods in which the lecturers encouraged learning were extremely diverse, such as the use of wikis and games or quizzes. These helped with the more challenging aspects of the course, which for me were the remembering of trickier terminology and ideas."
What are you doing now?
"The course inspired me to continue aiming for a career in which I can apply and use Psychology. At the moment, I am due to start as a Pupil Support Worker at a local primary school, a position which I believe I will be able to apply some of the aspects I learnt in Psychology, such as the developmental changes go through while growing up."
Marcelina Gadecka
Marcelina came to us from Poland and graduated with a 1st class honours degree in Psychology and Marketing. Here's what Marcelina had to say about studying psychology at Aberystwyth:
Why did you choose Aberystwyth?
"I have always wanted to study either psychology or marketing and Aberystwyth University gave me the opportunity to study both at the same."
Why did you choose psychology?
"The main reason I chose psychology was my interest in human nature. Apart from that, I also wanted to do my own experiments and to find out how all those theories work in a real life."
What was the best and most challenging thing about the course?
"The best thing about doing psychology is that you should not expect to be bored. Especially now, when Psychology Department has moved to a new building with great facilities to improve students' learning experience. For me the most challenging experience with the course was choosing topics to research; there were simply too many things I wanted to research!"
What are you doing now?
"I am currently doing a marketing internship with Ceredigion Care Society in Aberystwyth, which is a non-profit organisation that focuses on alleviating homelessness in Ceredigion."