EPS Meeting: Newcastle University. Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026.
This meeting will include the 24th EPS Mid-Career Prize lecture by Elizabeth Jefferies (and accompanying symposium organised by Rebecca Jackson). This meeting will also include the 2026 EPS/BSA UG Prize Talk to be given by Oliver Panther.
This meeting will also feature an ECR focussed workshop run by Gavin Buckingham.
Many PhD students and postdocs hope to move into an open-ended lectureship position for the next stage of their career. But the day-to-day workings of this job are rarely discussed, making it very difficult to make effective job application or even to decide if this job really is right for you. At this workshop, you will find out what a lecturer does from day to day, allowing you see what this job entails and to ‘peek behind the curtain’ of how decisions are made in higher education so that you feel more prepared to land your first permanent job. With this knowledge, you will be better prepared to move onto the next step in your career. If you want to get a flavour of the workshop, please do have a look through some of Gavin’s blog posts.
Newcastle Accommodation Options
Please note that any unsold rooms will be released back to the hotels four weeks prior to arrival, approximately 2nd March, so we recommend attendees book accommodation as soon as they can.
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner for EPS Newcastle will be held on Tuesday 31st March from 7:30pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel which is just a 15 – 20 minute walk from the meeting. The address is Hawthorn Square, Forth Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3SA.
To reserve your place, please complete the form below. This form will be available until 5pm (UK time) on Monday 9th March, or until all spaces have been filled (if this is earlier than 9th March).
Filling in the online form does not guarantee a place at the dinner, as places are filled on a first come, first served basis. If you are not successful on securing a place at the dinner, we will automatically add you to the waiting list.
You will NOT receive a confirmation email after completing the form, but will see a success message on the screen after you have completed the form and pressed submit. Once Conference Dinner registration closes, we will contact everyone who submitted and you will receive an invoice for payment of the dinner.
The standard dinner cost for EPS ordinary members and guests is £40.00. Postgraduate attendees and presenters can book at a reduced fee of £20, but must provide evidence of their postgraduate status by emailing a letter from their supervisor (or a direct email from the supervisor) to expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk.
Conference Dinner Booking Form
The portals for the EPS meeting in Newcastle (Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026) opened on Monday 12th January 2026 at 10am (UK time) and remained open for 24 hours. We have contacted all those who submitted an abstract by email, please check your spam / junk folder if it has not appeared in your inbox.
EPS Newcastle Meeting Programme
Local Organiser: Tom Smulders
Portal Process
In order to manage demand, we request a maximum of two talk submissions per lab (no limit on poster submissions or non-member sponsorship). After 24 hours, we will check whether submission numbers exceed slots available and if so, will conduct a light touch review of submissions (to check eligibility) then select talks using a lottery system. Where possible, talks that are not selected in the lottery will be offered a poster.
If talk slots remain after 24 hours, the portal will remain open until full, and restrictions on the number of submissions per lab will be lifted.
The same work cannot be submitted as a talk and a poster, the submitter must choose which of these best suits the work and submit one or the other. You also cannot submit for more than one talk, or a talk and a poster, at the same meeting.
When you submit your abstract, you will see a success message on screen but you will not receive an email confirmation.
When the submissions portals close, we will assess all submissions via a light touch review (to check eligibility) before proceeding to the next stage, selecting abstracts using a lottery system.