Graham Russell

Job title: Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Social Science and Social Work (Faculty of Health, Education and Society)
Email: G.C.Russell@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

Lecturer in Psychology.

University Teaching Fellow 2004-5

Qualifications & background
Chartered Psychologist

Professional membership
British Psychological Society
Higher Education Academy
Nursing and Midwifery Council

Teaching interests

Psychology, mental health, health psychology
University Teaching Fellow 2004-5

Research interests
Primary Care Mental Health Education. Social anxiety; student well-being and learning. Use of web-2 technologies to improve decision making for child-safeguarding.

UoP Research group membership

e-Learning
Mental Health

Grants & contracts
2007-8 £15000.00. University of Plymouth/GlaxoSmithKlein funding to develop a web-based Information Platform for students with social anxiety
2009 £2000.00.EcoTec/EU Lifelong Learning Programme. Study Visit for Education Specialists and Decision Makers. Joint project with Plymouth MIND.
2010. £12000.00 Short Knowledge Transfer Partnership to pilot the use of web-2 technologies to improve decision making in child-safeguarding in conjunction with NHS Plymouth.

2010. 272636.00 Euros. Grant from Leonardo Transfer of Innovation Programme. To develop a community mental health training programme in conjunction with Plymouth MIND (lead organisation), and partners in Poland, Greece, Slovenia and Slovakia.

Publications

Papers and books
Russell G. (1999);(2002). Essential Psychology for Nurses and other Health Professionals. London; Routledge.

Russell, G., and Potter, L. (2002). Mental health issues in primary care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 11, 118-125.

Chant, S., Jenkinson, T., Randle, J., Russell, G. and Webb, C. (2002). Communications skills training in healthcare: a review of the literature. Nurse Education Today. 22 (3). 189-202.

Chant, S., Jenkinson, T., Randle, J., and Russell, G. (2002). Communication skills: some problems in nurse education. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 11 (1). 12-21.

Randle, J., Webb, C., Jenkinson, T., Chant, S., Russell, G. (2003). Making a difference? Teaching communication skills in pre-registration nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing Vol 8, (6) 429-438.

Whitehead, D. and Russell. G. (2004) Issues in Health Promotion and Behaviour Change. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Vol. 41, 2, 163-172.

Richards, D. and Myles, P. (General Eds) 2005. Primary Care Mental Health. An Interactive Toolkit for Professionals Working with Common Mental Health Problems:. CD3 ‘Clinical Skills for Primary Care Mental Health Practice. Richards, D. and Russell, G (Eds)
Gilbert, T; Russell, G. (2006). Graduate Mental Health Workers in Primary Care. Primary Health Care Research and Development. Volume 7, Number 3, pp. 230-240.

Russell, G. and Brown, A. (2006). Social anxiety; student learning and well-being. Conference Proceedings. The HEA Subject Centre for Education. University of Stirling. April 24th-25th.

Russell, G.C. (2008). Social anxiety: The elephant in your classroom? . Education and Health. Vol.26.number 3. pp. 50-53.

Russell, G.C. and Shaw, S. (2009). A study to investigate the prevalence of social anxiety in a sample of higher education students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Mental Health, Volume 18 Issue 3, 198-206.

Russell, G.C. and Topham, P. (2012). The impact of social anxiety on student learning and well-being in higher education. Journal of Mental Health (In press).

Reports and other publications

Russell, G. and Potter, L. (2001). Mental health training needs of primary care professionals. Commissioned report for the North and East Devon Health Authority and Mid Devon Primary Care Trust.

Russell, G.C. and Shaw, S (2006). What is the impact of social anxiety on students learning? http://escalate.ac.uk/2159

Russell, G.C. (2008) Student Social Anxiety: An exploratory web-survey. http://escalate.ac.uk/2159

Russell, G. C. (2008). Exploring social anxiety in university students. Anxious Times. Issue 68. pp 18-2Russell, G. C. and Topham. P. (2012).

Reports & invited lectures

Conference Presentations

Discussion paper on ‘Student Social Anxiety’. April 2006. Presented at the University of Stirling. Conference titled ‘The First Year Experiencing in Continuuing Education’. Hosted by the Higher Education Academy (Escalate).

Workshop and presentation on ‘Meeting the Needs of Students with Social Anxiety’. Nov. 2006. Presented at Woburn House, London. Conference titled’ Mental Well- being and Learning: Exploring the Connections’. Hosted by UUK /SCOP Committee for the Promotion of Mental Well Being in Higher Education and the Higher Education Academy.

Workshop on the ‘Impact of social anxiety on student well-being’ and learning. June 2006. University of Plymouth, Vice Chancellor’s Conference.
Invited Speaker. Supporting Students with Social Anxiety. Falmouth University College of Arts. May 2007.
Invited Speaker, 'Developing Innovative Support for Students with Social Anxiety'. Irish Association of Counsellors and Therapists, Galway. June 2007.

Invited Speaker. Social anxiety; the elephant in the classroom. University of Northampton Staff Development Forum. November 2007.

Invited Speaker. The iHUB: A web-based tool for students with social anxiety. JISC, RSC.Learning Technologies and Webmaster Forum. Taunton. March 2008.

Concurrent Presentation. The iHUB: development and testing of a web-based platform for students with social anxiety. University of Plymouth E-learning Conference. Plymouth. April 2008.
Concurrent Presentation. The impact of social anxiety on the first year experience. 21st International Conference on the First Year Experience. University College Dublin. June 2008.

Concurrent Presentation. The iHUB. University Partnership Colleges Summer Conference.Plymouth. July 2008.

Invited Presentation. Role of social networking in supporting students with social anxiety and homesickness. UNIPOL Conference, Leeds. March 2009
Workshop. Supporting students with social anxiety. London International Conference on Education. November 2009.

Workshop: Enabling learnerswith social anxiety. Living and Learning, Learning and Teaching, Mental Healthin Higher Education Conference. Lancaster University March 2010.