University of Plymouth

So I didn't really have any experiences which I could say were ghost related until I was at university.

I went to Plymouth University on the south coast of England.

I guess I just wanted to kind of get away as far away as I could from Birmingham and my family at home, just so I could kind of properly live that student life and feel like I was You're properly separated.

But another reason I headed down that way is that it was on the coast and I've got a big interest in marine biology.

I'm delighted to be joined today by Alan Bleakley.

Dr. Alan Bleakley is Emeritus Professor of Medical Education and Medical Humanities at Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

His academic background is in the sciences, zoology, physiology, and biochemistry, before his turn to psychology and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

His long career in medical education includes leading the clinical education research department at Peninsula Medical School, where an innovative core integrated and assessed medical humanities program was developed.

The podcast accompanies the Marine Biologist, the magazine for members of the Marine Biological Association, as presented by the editor, Guy Baker.

Today, we're delighted to welcome Caitlin Dye, who's a PhD researcher based at the Marine Biological Association with the University of Plymouth.

Caitlin's studying the relationship between marine diatoms, parasites and bacteria.

Welcome, Caitlin.

So that kind of carried me through my career, really, about...

About 12 years ago now, I took voluntary redundancy from the University of Plymouth, where I was working full time.

And I've been working freelance since then.

And I have a visiting status at three different universities, including Plymouth, Plymouth, Greenwich and Bath.

That balancing act predates television, Instagram and royal podcasts.

Judith Roe Botham, a social and cultural scholar at the University of Plymouth, traced it back to a period when European rulers were losing their crowns.

She told the CBCL, since the political upheavals of the 19th century, which saw various monarchs losing their thrones, there was a real consciousness that you no longer needed just the support of the elite.

You needed to be relatable.

Okay, let's just take this card.

One academic hub is the University of Plymouth's School of Psychology.

Surprising experiments take place there among researchers at the Magic Lab.

And as in the past, testing suggests there's something in human psychology that very much wants to believe magic is real.

Who wants to know?

My name is Professor James Harkham, formerly of Plymouth University and the Wyoming Cattle College of the Internet.

What do you want?

Well, I've been invited onto the Beef and Dairy Network podcast and asked to comment on some of the items in the Sotheby's Beefanalia sale.

And as you said, yeah, I've toured across A-level and then undergrad.

I started a course for undergraduates with a very good friend of mine with the University of Plymouth and covered literature, linguistics, creative writing.

So I kind of have been a bit of a jack of all trades in the writing world and loved it.

And my...