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Presenter, Position
EFPSA official presentation
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What does EFPSA do?
EFPSA organises annual academic events across Europe and hosts online resources - altogether providing psychology students opportunity for academic, professional and personal development.
Our activities are guided by four goals: to serve psychology students, contribute to society, improve psychology, and link professionals, academics, and students.
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32 European Members
Member Organisations
Observer Organisations
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Scientific cooperation between European psychology students
Mission
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MissionTo enhance the mobility of European psychology students
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MissionSocial & cultural cooperation between European psychology students.
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MissionTo represent European psychology students in the professional world.
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EFPSA events
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300 psychology students gathering for a week of scientific, cultural and social activities
Congress
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EFPSA Congresses so far…..• 1987 Lisbon, Portugal • 2002 Avanos, Turkey
• 1988 Liege, Belgium • 2003 Porto, Portugal
• 1989 Lund, Sweden • 2004 Kopaonik, Serbia and Montenegro
• 1990 Lyon, France • 2005 San Rafael, Spain
• 1991 Geneva, Switzerland • 2006 Spindlruv Mlyn, Czech Republic
• 1992 Bergen, Norway • 2007 Turku, Finland
• 1993 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2008 Tuščiaulių Kaimas, Lithuania
• 1994 Lancaster, UK • 2009 Altleiningen, Germany
• 1995 Pula, Croatia • 2010 Baarlo, The Netherlands
• 1996 Jyväskylä, Finland • 2011 Borowice, Poland
• 1997 Jurmala, Latvia • 2012 Rødby, Denmark
• 1998 Skofja Loka, Slovenia • 2013 Izmir, Turkey
• 1999 Troia, Portugal • 2014, Oradea, Romania
• 2000 Jäneda, Estonia
• 2001 Budapest, Hungary
Coming soon:
Czech Republic, Šumava, 2015
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29th EFPSA Congress: Czech Republic,
2015
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European Summer School
• An event for 36 psychology students from across Europe, establishing 6 research groups led by PhD-student or postdoc supervisors
• Bringing together academics, undergraduates and post-graduates
• Enrolment into the Junior Researcher Programme
A research-based summer school
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Train the Trainers Summer School
• One week of training for 12 motivated psychology students learning from professional trainers
• Participants gaining skills, knowledge and attitude suited for delivering non-formal education across a wide range of topics
• Follow-up support to gain practical experience as a trainer in & for EFPSA
A uniquely creative learning environment
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Train Advanced Trainers
• 9 days of training for 25 youth trainers
• An event of non-formal education open to all youth trainers, bringing various youth NGOs together.
• Local impact: a day trainings delivered to local students
A school for experienced trainers of the student NGO world
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A new academically oriented event from EFPSA
Conference
• 2nd Conference: Slovakia, November 2015
• Four days, 150 students
• Lectures from researchers, professionals & students
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EFPSA Day
A promotional day at universities all over Europe
• Spread the word about EFPSA at your University!
• Goal: to get as many Psychology students from all over Europe as possible familiar with EFPSA
• Organisers get a full support from the EFPSA Day Coordinator
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EFPSA Day
Introducing the EFPSA Box
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EFPSA services
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• A step-by-step guide for planning bachelor and master level exchanges
• Shared experience stories from other psychology students
• Detailed information on university fees, courses, and languages
• A new online online database of postgraduate programmes available
Online resources for studying psychology across Europe
Study Abroad
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• A couch-surfing tool aiming to support a Europe-wide free lodging network for psychology students
Travel Network
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• A peer-reviewed scientific journal for psychology students
• Submissions any time
• Open Access
• Professional feedback from academics
• Support with your first academic publication
Journal of European Psychology Students
http://jeps.efpsa.org | http://blog.efpsa.org
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Journal of European Psychology Students
• Published by Ubiquity Press
• Advantages:- 1st step in your scientific career- continuous feedback at each step- work with PhD students in your field
• We also have a blog, the JEPS BULLETIN - academic writing, publishing, research skills, interviews
• and we are on Facebook!
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Junior Researcher Programme
• A fully-supported 13-month framework for research projects established at the European Summer School
• Professional direction from well-established academics
• Dissemination of research through the EFPSA Journal
• Studies conclude with internships, currently hosted at the University of Cambridge
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• Supporting professional & personal development of EFPSA
• Providing trainings over several internal events
• Collaborating with trainers from other organisations
Training Office
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Structure
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Board of Management 2014/2015
Steering EFPSA through a one year mandate
President | Mariyan Vasev
Vice-President | Spyridoula
Chalari
Secretary General | Mirna
Cerovac
Head of Finance | Jayne
Hamilton
Activities Officer |Ana
Odabasic
Marketing Officer | Tajana
Lucic
Member Representatives’
Coordinator | Alexander
Gruhn
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Legislative Body
32 member organisations deciding the future direction of EFPSA at General
Assemblies
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The working community of EFPSA gathering to ensure its sustainability
and development
Joint Executive Board & Member Representatives Meeting
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The structure of EFPSA
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Why get involved?
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• Scientific knowledge from experts, students and practitioners
• Academic publishing
• European research groups
• Networking between students and academics
A step forward in your academic career
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Building professional skillsPromotion
International
teamwork
Leadership
TrainingCross-
cultural skills
Scientific presentati
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Project managem
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• Challenging & rewarding experiences of organising and hosting international events
• Responsibility for online services
• Representation of national student associations at a European level
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www.efpsa.org
• Make use of our online services
• Attend an international event
• Work for EFPSA
Follow us on and
What to do now