“Psychology to quiz fire community” plus 2 more |
- Psychology to quiz fire community
- Bluffton Psychology forms women's group
- Youth keen to take up career in psychology
| Psychology to quiz fire community Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST University of WA psychology students will interview 400 residents of the fire-ravaged Perth Hills as part of a survey commissioned by the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and backed by three universities, the Commonwealth and every State government. The survey into how communities deal with fire will be conducted by the Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre, which carried out a similar study after the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria. The research centre is 50 per cent funded by the Federal Government with the remainder funded by 40 other bodies including fire and land management agencies from Australia and New Zealand. FESA asked the research centre to do the survey and will look at its results. The exercise is separate from the authority's major incident review and the State Government inquiry into prescribed burning and local laws in fire zones. BCRC research director Richard Thornton said the study would look at the effect bushfire risks had on a community and how warnings could be better communicated. Researchers from Victoria's La Trobe and RMIT universities will help with the study and teams will doorknock in Roleystone, Red Hill and surrounding areas from next week. Residents not approached who wish to take part can contact UWA's school of psychology.This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Bluffton Psychology forms women's group Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST The Bluffton Psychology Group is interviewing prospective members for its Women's Life Transitions Group, a psychotherapy group where women come together to work on shared concerns, experience personal change and growth with a goal of improving the quality of their lives. Starting on March 10, the group meetings will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at the Bluffton Psychology Group offices at 10 Pinckney Colony Road. The meetings will span eight weeks. Details: 843-815-8588, carol.tomeo@blufftonpsychologygroup.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Youth keen to take up career in psychology Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:46 PM PST CHAI Zhi Wei is keen to pursue a career in psychology despite her mother's fears. "My mother is afraid that I might cave in from meeting too many psychotic people or that I might not be able to control my patients. "She's also worried that I might not be able to land a job but I have asked around and there are job opportunities," said the 18-year-old, who studied at the Penang Chinese Girls' High School. She said her father agreed to let her study psychology if she could get a scholarship. In the meantime, he accompanied her to the Star Education Fair 2011 to look for institutions offering courses on physiotherapy and occupational therapy which are more affordable and have more job opportunities. "There is a demand for such jobs at hospitals. However, not many places offer these courses. "One of those that does is University Tunku Abdul Rahman and my father is keen on me enrolling there as it has advertised that 90% of their graduates were able to find jobs," Zhi Wei said. Tagging along was younger sister Zhi Xin, 17, who hoped to pick up some tips from her sister on how to choose the right course when her turn comes next year. "We have different interests. I'm keen on engineering. Even our elder sister is pursuing something different. She is studying fine arts in Singapore," said Zhi Xin. She stopped by a booth to check out a foreign institution's electrical and electronic engineering programme, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) electric guitar there caught her eye. The guitar, designed by final year student Ban Poh Wei last year, was made using the DE 1 Altera development and education board and functions like a guitar but with electronic buttons instead of strings. Manager Selvam Chinappan, 35, and his wife, Kiran Dhruvkumar, 29, a teacher, were also at the fair to scout for information for postgraduate studies. Kiran said she planned to take up Masters in education while Selvam hoped to pursue a PhD in supply chain management. An entourage of 44 Form Five students from SMK Jalan Damai in Bukit Mertajam, set off for the fair right after their replacement school day ended on Saturday. Goh Jian Shen, 17, said they wanted to get information to help them decide on the courses and places to study in future. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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