Opportunities

We are looking for participants for a user trial involving operating a digital TV using a gesture based interface. You may qualify for participation if you are one of the following 1. having colour blindness, retinopathy or macular degeneration 2. More than 65 years old 3. having spasm or tremor in hand The study will… Read more »

We need 20 participants for a math cognition study that will involve adding single digit numbers together. This study will last for 1.5 hours and will pay £10. There may be an opportunity to come to 2 other studies later this term to earn a total of £30. The qualifications to participate are to be… Read more »

The Cambridge University Energy Network is proud to invite you all to our third seminar of this academic year! Dr. Mark Osborne will give a talk on how to make electricity transmission smarter. This is the kick-off event for our Annual Conference on Smart Cities and Smart Energy in June. Dr. Mark Osborne joined National… Read more »

Hello, My name is Georgina Cronin and I am the Senior Library Assistant at the Scott Polar Research Institute (part of the Geography Department). I am currently taking a librarianship Masters course at Northumbria University and as part of my dissertation I need to conduct some research. There is still time for you to help… Read more »

We are looking for participants to take part in a psychology experiment on Downing Site. It will only take one hour, and you will get the chance to win money playing a gambling game. The experiment involves playing a roulette game on a computer, and answering some brief questionnaires. To find out more email me… Read more »

The GU is currently recruiting Executive Committee Officers to start in May 2013. Interested in joining the team and helping to shape the Graduate Union? • Support and represent Graduates • Run campaigns, make positive changes • Enhance your CV • Learn new skills • Put your spare time to good use Positions available: •… Read more »

The Graduate Union is looking for at least two people interested in being Group Leaders of the weekly ‘Graduate Student Parents & Toddlers Coffee Mornings’. The voluntary role is simple, flexible and non-demanding, and being a Group Leader is an excellent way of: • Helping to shape Coffee Mornings • Doing something rewarding • Gaining… Read more »

Cambridge Academic Development Seminar Coordinator: Job description: Several groups of university students from Asia will be attending academic exchange seminars (each lasting for 13 days) in Cambridge from 21st Jul to 27th Aug and we are recruiting coordinators to help out during their stay. The programme mainly consists of academic lectures, visits, and social activities… Read more »

- Watch a cartoon clip. – Answer some questions. – Get some sweets. This study is taking place in the Psychology Department on Downing site. If you are interested in taking part please email: kb541 or ewl24

I am currently recruiting healthy, right-handed native English speaking participants for a memory study at the Department of Psychology (age 18-35). It is a computerized memory task in which you will see pictures and hear words and need to do some judgments on the words and pictures. It takes up to two hours and pays… Read more »

I am currently recruiting healthy, right-handed native English speaking participants for a memory study at the Department of Psychology (age 18-35). It is a computerized memory task in which you will see pictures and hear words and need to do some judgments on the words and pictures. It takes up to two hours and pays… Read more »

We are seeking males between 30-55 years of age to take part in a study on the effects of Oxytocin on emotion recognition. Participation involves two visits to the Addenbrooke’s Hospital site. Each visit takes approximately 2 ½ hours. We will reimburse your travel expenses and we also offer £40 for your participation. If you… Read more »

I am looking for healthy people aged between 21 and 40 to take part in a research study investigating how we learn. The study involves completing some computerized tasks of memory, attention, and learning; and will take place in testing rooms at the BCNI, Downing Site. You will be paid £10 to take part in… Read more »

Do you suffer from an anxiety disorder such as OCD, GAD or Panic Disorder? Would you like to learn more about it and participate in research to discover new treatments? We are looking for participants WITH OCD, GAD or PD for a research study investigating the psychological mechanisms underlying compulsive behaviour. Please contact Alice Durieux,… Read more »

If you ever wanted to experience what the job of a taste tester looks like, now is the time to do it! The purpose of this study is to investigate how you perceive the taste of sweets, and besides eating some sweets you will win a scratch off lottery ticket for participating in this short… Read more »

I am looking for volunteers to participate in an experiment about motor control and attention. The study has two sessions: during the first one, participants will be asked to perform a couple of cognitive tasks inside a MRI scanner. For the second session, participants will lie on the scanner without performing any task. For the… Read more »

I am looking for volunteers to participate in a Psychology study, about motor control and attention. Volunteers must be English and right-handed. In order to participate you would have to come to our Unit (15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge) and perform a couple of computer tasks for about 3 hours (with several breaks in between). If… Read more »

The Visual Cognition Lab at Cambridge University is conducting a study looking at the cognitive effects of smoking. Participants will earn £7 for looking at images of smoking, alcohol, and neutral subject matter. The study take 30-45 minutes. If interested, please email JD597@cam.ac.uk with the following information. Name: Age: Days per week smoke: Cigarettes per… Read more »

The King’s Review (kingsreview.co.uk) is a new online current affairs magazine that brings together the rigour of academic research with the accessibility of great journalism. In our first issue we have articles about crisis in the subsidised arts, the environmental damage caused by university investments, the spread of mental illness, the security state’s threat to… Read more »

This is an invitation to join the Participant Panel of the Laboratory for Research into Autism, The Fletcher Group and the Psychology and Religion Research Group at the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. We would not be able to conduct our research without the time kindly given by volunteers and as a consequence we… Read more »