{"id":152,"date":"2019-07-08T20:42:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:50:49","slug":"meet-the-techs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/meet-the-techs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Techs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2019\/07\/Royle-cropped-1-839x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2019\/07\/Royle-cropped-1-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2019\/07\/Royle-cropped-1-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2019\/07\/Royle-cropped-1-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2019\/07\/Royle-cropped-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sam Royle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam is our lead technician, having joined the department in 2015. His primary interests are in cognitive neuroscience and addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam has won multiple awards for his work, including high commendations from the Papin Prizes in 2017 (outreach) and 2019 (newcomer), as well as joint awards from the BPS and ATSiP (the association of technical staff in psychology) for his teaching support (2018) and research support (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office365.com\/owa\/calendar\/UniversityofSalfordPsychologyTechnicians@edu.salford.ac.uk\/bookings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book an appointment with Sam<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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