We loved hosting our Psychology and Neuroscience Taster Session on campus today! Even the fire alarm didn't stop proceedings with an impromptu outdoor lecture!

📱| What do you follow on social media? 🍅Aston University found that people who started to follow more healthy eating accounts ate more fruit and veg after just 2⃣ weeks 🍉Even minor tweaks to social media accounts could improve young adults' diets 👉tinyurl.com/26cw5y35

📢NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED! We found that in 2 weeks following additional 'healthy eating' social media accounts increased reported fruit and vegetable consumption, by over 1 portion a day! doi.org/10.1177/205520… Jason Michael Thomas Claire Farrow Exeter Med School PEACh Research Aston

Thanks for write up Aston University PR - link to article here: doi.org/10.1177/205520…

New paper from the APPETItE team 👇🏼

The APPETItE project publications keep on coming! In this qualitative study, led by the amazing Dr Katie Edwards, we document what it is like to parent a child with an avid eating behaviour profile, who is always hungry and who makes constant requests for food.

Great to see this published Dr Lily Hawkins the power of social media for shaping food intake Jason Michael Thomas PEACh Research Aston 👏👏

Aston University helps develop Healthcare Behaviour Insights Tool set to transform pharmaceutical launches across Europe | Aston University ⁦Jason Michael Thomas⁩ ⁦Health and Life Sciences at Aston University⁩ aston.ac.uk/latest-news/as…

Fully-funded PhD Studentship "Developing psychobiological approaches to predict the acceptance and rejection of cultivated meat" with @DrEiriniTheo and I. 🐄📷warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…… PEACh Research Aston AstonPsychology @BFDGnews The Good Food Institute

Less than a week left to apply for this fabulous, fully-funded ESRC DTP PhD Studentship with Dr Sarah Carrington, Dr Andrew Surtees, and I, on "Autistic Features as Mechanisms of Selective Eating". Deadline = Mon 17th Feb More info here 👇 findaphd.com/phds/project/a…

🥗|Putting least calorific meals first on menu makes teenagers more likely to order them 🎓The researchers are Uni of Birmingham’s Dr Katie Edwards & Aston University’s Prof. Jackie Blissett & James Reynolds (@j-p-reynolds on bsky) 🍽️Restaurants could be important for tackling obesity 👉tinyurl.com/4x2h8h6h

It's time to develop your superpowers Introducing: Aston Power Skills ⚡️ 🤖 AI & Digital 🧠 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 🤝 Inclusive Leadership 🌎 Environmental Sustainability Prepare for the workplace of the future with #AstonPowerSkills. aston.ac.uk/why-aston

✅Aston Medical School’s mental health nursing programme approved by Nursing and Midwifery Council 🧑‍⚕️The first students start the BSc (Hons) course in Sept 2025 🏥The course was designed with clinical practice partners and people who have used mental health services 👉tinyurl.com/4kmf9ca7

🚀|Just out - "Pathways to Success" Aston University new report sets out response to HE sector financial pressures 🤝Aston has developed a more commercial & collaborative approach 💷Already generated over £1bn in value for regional & national economy 👉tinyurl.com/yajkbs9j

Aston University is very proud to have been placed in the top 5% of evaluated institutions globally in the new QS World University Rankings 2026. The University has risen 165 places in just three years and is now ranked in the top 400 in the world. tinyurl.com/mpjd3u3r

🇺🇦|Researchers Engineering@Aston are helping keep Ukrainian families safe against Russian bombardment ❄️Kyiv-based Prof Borys Basok is working with researchers on heat pumps for #Ukraine's extreme winters 🔥System generates 4x more heat than normal heating 👉tinyurl.com/h3m6rfu3

🥗|Aston University research suggests how parents can support children’s healthy eating 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧Dr Katie Edwards studied how parents feed children with ‘avid’ eating traits 🍽️Parents could involve children in food decisions and families should eat together 👉tinyurl.com/27yc58mb

So great to be able to present our work on cultivated meat at #cultivate2025 PEACh Research Aston