Dr Damien Williams
Teaching Fellow
Psychology
Personal statement
Personal statement
I received my BSc (Hons) and PhD in Psychology from the University of Bristol, and MPH (specialism in Health Promotion) from the University of Manchester. I am a Chartered Psychologist (Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I contribute to teaching, supervision, and/or assessment on the BA Psychology, MSc Clinical Health Psychology, MSc Research Methods in Psychology, and the MSc Psychology with Specialisation in Health.
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Prize And Awards
- HaSS Teaching Excellence Award: Effective sustained contribution (nominated)
- Recipient
- 2025
- Teaching Excellence Awards: Enthusiasm (Long-listed)
- Recipient
- 2023
- Teaching Excellence Awards (Long-listed)
- Recipient
- 2022
- Teaching Excellence Award: Support and Feedback (Winner)
- Recipient
- 2021
- Teaching Excellence Awards: Engagement with students (long-listed)
- Recipient
- 2021
- Teaching Excellence Awards: Enthusiasm (long-listed)
- Recipient
- 2021
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Publications
- The role of and relationship with indoor plants in the student higher education experience : a scoping review protocol
- Chisholm Eilidh, Peddie Nicola, Williams Damien
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5KTSV
- Greening the campus : promoting the student experience by promoting access to green space
- Williams Damien, Peddie Nicola
- Sustainability Gathering 2025 (2025)
- Co-production in curriculum development through student-staff collaboration
- Ferguson Aimee Margaret Denver, Preston Kate, Williams Damien
- HE Teaching Development Conference 2024 (2024)
- A new measure of feeling safe : developing psychometric properties of the neuroception of psychological safety scale (NPSS)
- Morton Liza, Cogan Nicola, Kolacz Jacek, Calderwood Calum, Nikolic Marek, Bacon Thomas, Pathe Emily, Williams Damien, Porges Stephen W
- Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy Vol 16, pp. 701–708 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001313
- Are images of seized knives an effective crime deterrent? A comparative thematic analysis of young people's views within the Scottish context
- Cogan N, Chin-Van Chau Y, Russell K, Linden W, Swinson N, Eckler P, Knifton L, Jordan V, Williams D, Coleman C, Hunter S C
- Journal of Youth Studies Vol 26, pp. 1293-1311 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2086038
- Co-creation of sustainability education : 'made by students'
- Gallou Eirini, Williams Damien
- 11th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development, pp. 1-9 (2023)
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Professional Activities
- British Psychological Society Scotland Undergraduate Conference 2026 (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 16/3/2026
- Curriculum design through critical pedagogy
- Speaker
- 11/3/2026
- Experiences of Green Space Exposure in Palliative Care: A Thematic Synthesis
- Contributor
- 4/9/2025
- Student Sustainability Festival
- Participant
- 25/3/2025
- Teaching in Higher Education: Supporting and Inspiring Students (THESIS) (External organisation)
- Member
- 2024
- Co-creation of sustainability education: 'Made by students'.
- Speaker
- 18/9/2023
Projects
- BPS Undergraduate Research Assistants Scheme
- Williams, Damien (Principal Investigator) Peddie, Nicola (Co-investigator)
- 28-Jan-2025 - 19-Jan-2025
- Staff-Student Collaborative Curriculum Review
- Peddie, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rehman, Aliyah (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Principal Investigator)
- A collaborative project between students and staff to review the curriculum of C8990 Research Methods in Clinical Health Psychology
- 09-Jan-2023 - 09-Jan-2024
- Impact of knife imagery on school-aged children: Knife Eagle project
- Coleman, Charlotte (Principal Investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods collaborative project exploring a Kent police initiative to reduce knife crime, that involves the use of different forms of knife imagery. The initiative focuses on the impact of the knife eagle: a model of an eagle made from seized knives.
- 01-Jan-2021
- Learning from failure project
- Findlay, Kellyanne (Principal Investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) McGilvray, Lisa (Co-investigator) Williams, Damien (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods pedagogical research project exploring the role of "failure" on student learning. The project seeks to understand student perceptions of failure, and how it influences learning.
- 28-Jan-2021
- Impact of knife seizure imagery in Scotland
- Cogan, Nicola (Principal Investigator) Williams, Damien (Research Co-investigator) Chau, Chin-Van Yvonne (Researcher) Eckler, Petya (Co-investigator) Swinson, Nicola (Co-investigator) Hunter, Simon (Co-investigator) Knifton, Lee (Co-investigator) Lindon, Will (Co-investigator) Russell, Kirsten (Co-investigator)
- A mixed methods collaborative project exploring the impact of images of knives seized by Police Scotland on adults in Scotland.
- 14-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022
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Contact
Dr
Damien
Williams
Teaching Fellow
Psychology
Email: damien.williams@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted