The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Christopher's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Christopher

I am based in the School of Psychology and am Programme Lead for the MSc Research Methods in Psychology and MPsych (Hons) Psychology programmes. My research is primarily concerned with furthering our understanding of human memory and using formal models to achieve this.  

Qualifications and Background

Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Plymouth
Lecturer, University of Plymouth
Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice (PGCAP), University of Plymouth
Teaching Fellow, University College London
ESRC Research Fellow, University College London
PhD Psychology, University College London
BSc (Hons) Psychology, University College London  

Supervised Research Degrees

Rory Spanton (Ph.D. Psychology, 2020-2023). Thesis title: Single-System and Dual-Process Accounts of Explicit and Implicit Memory.

Joel Solomons (Ph.D. Psychology, 2022-current)  

Teaching

  Programme Leadership

• 2022-24
  • MSc Research Methods in Psychology
  • MPsych (Hons) Psychology
• 2019-22
  • MSc Advanced Psychology 
  • MPsych (Hons) Advanced Psychology
• 2018-19
  • MSc Psychological Research Methods

  Other roles

- Postgraduate Admissions Tutor (MSc Research Methods in Psychology)
- Academic coordinator of the Research Apprenticeship Scheme
- Member of the School of Psychology Ethics Committee   

Teaching

My main areas of teaching are in memory, research methods, and statistics.

Undergraduate
- Learning: Research Methods (PSYC411)
- Current topics in Psychology B: Memory and Awareness (PSYC602)
- Research Project: Data preprocessing for experiments in R (PSYC605)

Postgraduate
- Personal and Professional Development (PSYC750) (Module Leader)
- Advanced Psychology Research Project (PSYC722) (Module Leader) 
- Advanced Research Practice and Data Analysis for Psychology: Data Analysis (PSYC761)

I am also an undergraduate tutorial leader and supervise BSc and MSc dissertation projects.    

Award nominations
2022 Nominated for the award of Creative Teacher of the Year, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2021 Nominated for the award of Outstanding Personal Tutor, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2020 Nominated twice for the award of Most Dedicated Dissertation Supervisor SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2019 Highly commended for the award of Best Placement Support, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2019 Nominated twice for the award of Outstanding Personal Tutor, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2019 Nominated for the award of Most Dedicated Dissertation Supervisor SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2018 Nominated twice for the award of Outstanding Personal Tutor, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth.
2018 Nominated for the award of Most Dedicated Dissertation Supervisor SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth.
2016 Nominated for the award of Inspirational Teaching, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth. 
2016 Nominated for the award of Outstanding Personal Tutor, SSTAR Awards, University of Plymouth.
2014 Nominated for the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice Award of Excellence, University of Plymouth.   

Office hours
Booking system (internal only)   

External Examining

• 2019 PhD Examiner, University College London, UK
• 2013 PhD Examiner, University of Lund, Sweden

Contact Christopher

( B212, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584835
christopher.berry@plymouth.ac.uk

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