Sydney Macdonald

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Sydney Macdonald

Sydney is a psychology lecturer at UHI Inverness across Care, Psychology and Social Sciences. Away from work she enjoys trips away, long walks, keeping fit at the gym and spending time with family and friends.

Roles:

  • Academic leader for Step into Care
  • Lecturer across levels 4, 5, 6 and HNC for Psychology, Crime Scenes and Research and Methodology
  • Dissertation supervisor for BSc and MSc Psychology

Qualifications:

  • BA Hons in Sociology and Politics University of the Highlands and Islands
  • MCs in Psychology at University of the Highlands and Islands

Professional Qualifications and Membership:

  • Member of the BPS
  • Professional Development Award (PDA) - Teaching Practice in Scotland’s Colleges

Research Interests:

Past

  • Undergraduate dissertation in the rise of the alt-right from a sociological perspective
  • Postgraduate dissertation in the relationship between missing proclivity and mental health

Current interests

  • The relationship between age and Covid and Social Anxiety
  • Reasons for the rise of the alt-right from a psychological perspective

Contact:

sydney.macdonald.ic@uhi.ac.uk