Two wins for Loughborough at British Psychological Society Book Award

The British Psychological Society Book Award, which honors psychology literature, recently recognized Loughborough University with two prizes.

For her book, From Talent Management to Talent Liberation: A Practical Guide for Professionals, Managers, and Leaders, alumna Maggi Evans earned the 2021 Best Book Award in the practitioner category.

Professor John Arnold and Dr Andrew Rothwell, members of the School’s Work and Organization Academic Group, supervised Maggi Evans’ PhD in Talent and Career Management, which she received in 2017.

Maggi’s book, ‘From Talent Management to Talent Liberation: A Practical Guide for Professionals, Managers, and Leaders,’ focuses on her PhD study on talent management with a focus on workplace career dialogues, with small additions from John and Andrew. This study looks into how research might affect human resource management practices. The book aims to inspire fellow PhD candidates by demonstrating that their research can make a difference in the real world.

Professor Camilla Gilmore and Professor Matthew Inglis of the Mathematics Education Centre, along with co-author Dr Silke Göbel of York University, won for their textbook ‘An Introduction to Mathematical Cognition’ in the textbook category.

Their book presents international research on the most important cognitive difficulties that affect mathematics performance at all ages, from infancy to adulthood. Before moving on to arithmetic, conceptual understanding, individual differences and dyscalculia, algebra, number systems, reasoning, and higher-level mathematics such as formal proof, the book examines the underlying abilities of non-symbolic and symbolic number processing.