Research Seminar - Shola Apena Rogers (Middlesex University)

*** Everyone Welcome! No need to book in advance*** 

Date: Thursday 16^th November
Time: 12:00-13:00 
Room: College Building C205

Shola Apena Rogers (Middlesex University)

Sexual offences on London trains: What we know from proactive police officers’ experiences

Abstract: Sexual harassment has been prominent in public and media discourse in recent times, with its occurrence in the context of public transport coming under scrutiny. British transport Police (BTP) is looking for evidence-based research to inform their initiatives and policing strategies in relation tackling sexual offences that fall under their remit. Shola is working in collaboration with BTP to further knowledge and understanding of how sexual offences on London railways (SOLT) are committed.

An overview of the planned programme of research and the fundamental issues of consideration will be presented. This presentation will cover key findings from the first study in relation to BTP proactive officers’ experience of policing sexual offences. Shola will also present and discuss her own reflections on the benefits and challenges encountered in the conducting research in partnership with a police force. The presentation will conclude with a summary of the remaining studies within the research programme.

Biography: 

Shola Apena Rogers is at the end of her second year of a full-time PhD in Forensic Psychology at Middlesex University. She is a HCPC registered Psychologist Practitioner and Chartered Forensic Psychologist. Her practitioner experience is working with children, young people and their families in the community to support them to achieve positive outcomes and reduce the risk of (re-)offending.

Previous roles included Deputy Team Manager within Islington Children Social Care, a Multi-Systemic Therapist (MST) in CAMHS, a Case Manager and Restorative Justice Co-ordinator in Youth Offending Teams (YOTSs) and a volunteer at Victim Support line. Previous evaluation projects include: Tender National Pilot Programme, Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) pilot, AVA - mental health and young women/substance misuse/sexual violence services.

Shola is currently co-module leader on the PSY4032 module in the MSc Forensic Psychology course at Middlesex University and is a guest lecturer and consultant researcher at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent.

Letitia Slabu - Recipes for Authenticity

What is your authentic self? Come and explore the science of authenticity at Middlesex University London and discover fresh ingredients that social science researchers have tested to make you feel more authentic.

The 15th Edition of the ESRC Science Festival has just been launched and for the first time Middlesex University is taking part in it.

Letitia Slabu has organised an event on ‘Recipes for Authenticity’.  

Friday - 10th of Nov. 2017
15:00 - 20:00
The Quad, Mezzanine

There will be interactive displays and hands-on activities that will engage you in a journey where you will experience newly developed techniques on mood elevation (movies and music), mindfulness and self-affirmation to find alternative personal pathways to authenticity. The exhibition will also take you around the world to discover whether authenticity varies across cultures of not.
Don’t forget your complimentary take home message: a set of ideas on how to be true to yourself and live more happily.

Jon Silas - LIVE SCIENCE - Is there a link between you and me?

Dr Emma Ward Public Engagement Talk "Memory Matters"

Dr Emma Ward gave a public engagement talk last week in Golders Green organised by the University of the Third Age. There were over 200 attendees aged 65+ years, and the topic was "memory matters". Two of our current final year UG students, Charlotte and Giulia, came along to help out. 

Emma firstly gave an overview of recent developments in this area: exploring different kinds of memory and how they are affected by the natural ageing process. She then explained how scientists test different types of memory in the lab, and some new findings and factors believed to preserve or even enhance memory with age, such as attention, mood, rhythm and music.

Alongside the talk, there was plenty of audience participation, where the audience were invited to join in some memory tests, using words flashed up on the screen, and then having to memorise them and write them down thereafter.

Feedback was excellent, and Charlotte and Giulia were even able to recruit numerous participants for their dissertation projects. The organisers commented on the professionalism of the team so well done to them for representing Middlesex in such a good light.