Category: Research and Latest Insights

WPG’s Round-up of DOP 2025

Last week, Maire, Emma, Vicky, and Jordan spent 3 days at the British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology Conference, where we presented on a range of topics and heard from others working in business psychology. Here’s what we shared at the conference… Vicky Roe was joined by 3 co-panellists…
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Workplace group chats – what’s going on?

Why do people behave differently in their workplace compared to a group chat about work? Recent news stories have sparked a growing interest in the psychology of workplace communication, showing how factors like social norms, the desire for social approval, and cognitive biases shape how we interact online. So why…
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How 6 new medical schools are widening access in medicine

Our latest Research Corner instalment focuses on a paper co-authored by our Science Faculty member Professor Jennifer Cleland, Work Psychology Group team members Professor Fiona Patterson and Jordan Buxton, and NHS England project sponsor Professor Elizabeth Hughes. The paper explores how six new UK medical schools have translated government policy…
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An evaluation of the relative value of clinical decision-making tests, situational judgement tests, and selection centres, in the recruitment of trainee doctors in the UK has now been presented in two new papers

These comprehensive papers explore how selection into training for General Practice (Tiffin et al., 2024; ref 1) and Psychiatry (Tiffin et al., 2024; ref 2) medicine has evolved over the past years, including changes made reflecting the constraints imposed by COVID-19. Topics discussed include the different predictive power of each…
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Talking all things AI

Whilst Rishi Sunak hosted the world’s first AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park recently, we were also talking about all things AI here at WPG.  We were joined by Professor Fred Oswald, a leading expert and US government advisor in AI for an insightful and refreshing Wine and Wisdom event. …
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A critical review of the use of cognitive ability testing for selection into graduate and higher professional occupations

A new publication by Professor Steve Woods, University of Surrey, and Professor Fiona Patterson, Director of Work Psychology Group, reviews the use of cognitive ability testing for access to graduate and higher professional occupations, promoting further debate and reflection for both academics and practitioners. The article goes beyond previous reviews…
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