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Calling university students with or without dyslexia

We are delighted to be able to share trainee clinical psychologist Holly’s further request for help with her research into dyslexia and emotions that she is conducting for her PhD from Royal Holloway University London. Many of you were kind enough to help Holly design her research process. Whether or not you helped with this, we would like you to take part in the research.

If you are an undergraduate university student with or without dyslexia, Holly would love you to answer a few questions. You will receive a £5 Amazon voucher as a thank you for taking part.

You can find out more below and you can take part here:

https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/0915B1FF-BD40-426A-9DC8-51AF1A163CA7

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:39:46+01:00December 5th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

What are your dyslexia research priorities?

Are you an adult with dyslexia? Perhaps you are a parent or caregiver to a person with dyslexia. Our friends at University of Reading are keen to hear from you on what direction you think dyslexia research should take. What should the priorities be?

Please take their 5-minute survey here.

Thank you!

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:41:33+01:00November 7th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

UK uni students wanted to answer quick questionnaire

Are you a UK uni student aged 18-23? Could you help Simon from Sunderland University with his MSc in Psychology? Simon is conducting interesting research into early versus late dyslexia diagnosis. No formal diagnosis is needed; if you have self-diagnosed or you are a student without dyslexia, we would love you to take part too.

The study is a 10-minute online questionnaire accessed below.

Thank you!

Take part here.

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:44:12+01:00August 15th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

Research request: dyslexia and reading enjoyment

Hannah and her team Royal Holloway University are studying reading enjoyment in adults with dyslexia to see whether a person will wait to read more of a book and other reading behaviours (eg comprehension, reading anxiety) in those with and without dyslexia.

Could you take part? The online task takes around 30 minutes.

Hannah is looking for:

Those with dyslexia
Between ages 18-30
Without any other neurodevelopmental condition that could affect learning, including autism, ADHD, epilepsy, or genetic disorders.
Those who are native English speakers (defined as attending school in a majority English-speaking country from age 5).
With normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing
Please use a computer, laptop or tablet to complete the study rather than a mobile device.

Scan the QR code on the poster to go to the study, or click here.

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:44:34+01:00July 5th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

Are you a student in HE being taught in English?

Yasmin, an MSc Psychology student at Oxford Brookes University is studying dyslexia in bilingual students. Could you take part in her research? Just complete an anonymous 15-minute questionnaire; you can stop at any time.

Yasmin is looking for students who are:

in Higher Education
being taught in English
bilingual or monolingual
dyslexic or not dyslexic

Take part here.

We love to support research into various aspects of dyslexia and, where we can, we pass the findings on. Research benefits us all so thank you for taking part!

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:44:41+01:00June 29th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

Research into role of emojis in reading comprehension

Lorena is an MSc student at Regent’s University, London. She is undertaking a study exploring the role of emojis and emoticons in reading comprehension of participants with and without dyslexia. If you are over 18 years old and have 15 minutes free, please consider participating in her research by following this link: https://regents.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEUeoVgXPzVexnw

Thank you!

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:45:41+01:00May 26th, 2023|Homepage featured|Comments Off

Research into dyslexia and music

Baira is a PhD student at the University of Leeds. Are you a dyslexic undergraduate? Could you help with her research?

Scan the QR code below or click here.

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:46:20+01:00May 4th, 2023|Homepage featured|Comments Off

Dyslexia and mental health research – university students

Here at Helen Arkell, we are very keen to support and promote research into dyslexia and SpLDs. We ask you to take part in research if you can and, where possible, we will share the results of research with you. By doing this, we hope to understand dyslexia and the experiences of people with dyslexia and to be able to offer even better dyslexia support.

Holly is a clinical psychology doctoral student looking for dyslexic university students to help with her research. Her thesis is looking at dyslexia and mental health.

Here’s Holly’s message:

I am a trainee clinical psychologist at Royal Holloway University of London.

I am looking for students with dyslexia who would like to be involved in the design process of my doctoral research. My research will investigate the emotional impact of academic studies on students with dyslexia.

I would like your help thinking about the situations at uni that make students feel anxious.

As experts from your own lived experience, you would add great value to the study. We will pay you £25 Amazon voucher for your time.

If you are interested or know anyone that might be please let me know by contacting me via holly.coatesmcdowall.2021@live.rhul.ac.uk. We can arrange to meet online via MS Teams for around an hour.

Many thanks,

Holly

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:47:40+01:00April 18th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

Research study – Understanding Reading and Anxiety

Can you help with research into the links between people’s reading skills and anxiety?

The University of Surrey is conducting research into this and, whether you have reading difficulties or not, would like you to take part. It’s for those aged 18 and over who speak fluent English.

The survey takes 20 to 30 minutes and is found here.

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:49:02+01:00February 16th, 2023|Research news|Comments Off

Spotlight session – dyslexia and sleep

Before the summer, we put a call out for research participants in dyslexia and sleep on behalf of University College London’s Katrin Jeffcock. Katrin has now completed her work and is presenting her ground-breaking findings on the evening of Wednesday 25 January.

We would love you to join us to listen to this exciting talk. Suitable for parents and for education professionals as CPD.

Book your place here.

By Helen Arkell|2024-07-23T16:50:21+01:00January 18th, 2023|Course news, Research news, Uncategorized|Comments Off

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