Dr Nigel Holt runs the first year compulsory psychology module and also cognitive psychology in the second year. He also tutors students preparing their dissertations in the third year. He will be the first person you see in a lecture theatre when teaching begins at the start of your first year. He tells people that one of his goals in life is to demystify science and psychology. He believes that it needn’t be dull, boring or terribly difficult at all, and that real interest and enthusiasm from students only truly comes when they are having fun. Perhaps this is why he spends time working for the Bath Taps into Science festival each year.

You probably wonder what qualifies him to teach you, so here are some details you may like to see. He has a PhD from York in experimental psychology and has worked as a professional researcher before returning to work and teach at university. He is actively involved in external examining psychology courses at other universities and in other countries, and is a senior examiner for a major A-level examination board. He is an author, writing for 3 publishing companies, and at many different levels, having completed books in psychology at GCSE, AS, A2 and university level. He has two cats, and very much enjoys sleeping and sneakily reading novels when he should really be writing!

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