
Professor Juliet Foster
Dean of Education
Research interests
- Psychology
Biography
Juliet Foster has been Dean of Education at the IoPPN since February 2020, having joined the Psychology Department at the IoPPN as Deputy Dean of Education in October 2018. Prior to that she spent many years at Cambridge University, as both a Senior Tutor and Senior Lecturer.
Juliet is a social psychologist whose work focuses on public understandings of heath problems, and in particular of mental health. In it, she draws on theories from sociocultural psychology and is an important part of the international community of scholars working on social representations theory. She has received funding from the ESRC, AHRC and NIHR, among others. She also has an interest in student mental health, and is the academic lead for King’s College London on student mental health and well-being. She specialises in qualitative and mixed methods research.
Juliet is an Assessor for the University Mental Health Charter, and was one of the commissioners on the recent UPPF Student Futures Commission. She has also chaired of the Education and Training Board of the British Psychological Society, and currently sits on the Board of Educational Affairs for the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations. She is an Associate Editor of both Papers on Social Representations and Psychology, Public Policy and Law.
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Taking a 'paws' for University Mental Health Day at the IoPPN
A whole host of events were on offer for staff and students at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) to celebrate University Mental...

IoPPN BSc Psychology excels in National Student Survey 2022
The undergraduate courses at the IoPPN (BSc Psychology and BSc Psychology with Professional Placement) were ranked fourth highest for student satisfaction for...

King's ranks fourth for psychology in The Times Good University Guide 2023
King’s College London has risen from sixth to fourth in the UK for undergraduate Psychology in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.

King's part of new network to support student mental health
The Office for Students (OfS) has appointed King's as part of a consortium to help universities and colleges identify and make use of effective practice in...

University-wide survey seeks to explore student wellbeing
It is hoped that the survey will prove a benchmark for future work on student mental health.

Education for Mental Health toolkit will embed mental wellbeing into university teaching
A new toolkit designed to embed the teaching of mental wellbeing into university teaching was launched in London this week.

King's contributes to Student Futures Commission report
The UPP Foundation Student Futures Commission, launched this week, has highlighted examples of best practice from the higher education sector in responding to...

King's joins new charter programme for student mental health
King’s is among the first group of universities to join Student Minds’ University Mental Health Charter Programme. This new framework will provide a set of...

Studying online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic: assessing the mental health impact on students and staff
Universities have been forced to rapidly transition to online teaching as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking Education Online is a new study...

Features
One year on: Reflections from working at the forefront of the pandemic
As 2020 started, the world faced the threat of a totally new virus, COVID-19. As we all navigated completely new and very difficult challenges in our working...

World Mental Health Day 2020 - King's contribution to understanding and treating mental health
Our world-leading research and community initiatives, together aim to find solutions to some of the challenges faced for people living with mental illness,...
