Are you a TY student interested in psychology and science communication?
Would you like to learn more about how psychologists understand how people think, behave, and feel?
The PsychSlam competition organised by the School of Applied Psychology UCC gives TY student teams the opportunity to research a topic in Psychology and present their findings in a 6-minute PowerPoint presentation.
Participating teams gain experience in teamwork and science communication, and build connections with other students, researchers and psychologists.
All teams will receive detailed guidance and support, including an in-person training session on how to prepare their talk, the topics, and resources they can use to put their talk together.
Every year, students tell us that they have a wonderful experience learning about psychology and research, as well as how to present information to audiences in an informative and engaging manner (read more in the Student Teams Feedback).
The PsychSlam 2026 training day will be on Friday 6th March and the competition day will be on Friday 24th April
This year the event is led by Dr. Marica Cassarino, Dr. Kim Keating, Dr. Daniel O'Callaghan, Tadgh Connery, John Twomey and Catherine Sullivan. You can contact the team at psychslam@ucc.ie. We would also like to thank the founders of this event Dr Samantha Dockray and Dr Gillian Murphy and previous committee members including Dr Clodagh Butler and Dr Sinéad Kelleher.
The PsychSlam Team are members of several research networks and groups, as well as a range of science communication activities including:
Every year, student interns and volunteers from the School of Applied Psychology play a crucial role in welcoming and supporting the TY teams during training and the PsychSlam final.
TY students will have a chance to meet our students and learn more about studying Psychology in our BA courses in Applied Psychology and Psychology and Computing in UCC.
