Developing effective behaviour change interventions requires selecting appropriate behaviour change techniques (BCTs), the smallest active intervention components. The BCT Taxonomy v1 has been widely used to specify and define BCTs in interventions. This workshop introduces the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology (BCTO), an updated method of specifying and describing (BCTs). Building on the widely used BCT Taxonomy v1, this ontology provides a more comprehensive and precise tool for selecting, specifying and synthesising BCTs. The workshop will provide guidance to apply the BCTO and its online tools to research and practice, transitioning from taxonomy to ontology. This guidance will include how to use the ontology to select, precisely describe and synthesise information about BCTs. The workshop also explores the potential of ontologies for interdisciplinary communication and advanced data analysis.  

Date: 4th and 5th November 2026 (half day) 
Time: On Zoom from 12:30-4:30pm (UK time), with 20-minute break each afternoon 

 
Course team: Dr Marta Marques, Dr Paulina Schenk, Dr Maya Braun, Dr Carolina Silva & Mica Santilli

Places are limited with the course capped at 25 participants and a minimum number of 10 participants is required.

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Designing interventions combining creative, iterative and experiential co-design methods with behaviour theory and the linear processes of the Behaviour Change Wheel can be a challenge – yet doing so has great potential for creating innovative solutions. In this module, participants will explore the practice of co-designing interventions and be guided by a framework for using the Behaviour Change Wheel with co-design approaches to ensure a participatory process for end users. This in-person practical session will give participants hands-on experience of using different co-design tools to explore lived experience and generate practical intervention design insights from co-design workshops.

The session will run in-person in London from 10am to 4pm UK time, with time for breaks. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Places are limited with the course capped at 25 participants and require a minimum number of 10 participants.

For more information on the Advanced Modules, see here

Presented by Professor Kamryn Eddy, Harvard Medical School. Chaired by Lucy Serpell, Professor of the Psychology of Eating Disorders at UCL.

Learn to treat ARFID using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy:

Since Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was first described in the DSM 5, clinical researchers in the field of eating disorders have been working to develop treatments for both young people and adults with the condition. CBT for ARFID (CBT-AR) has been developed by Jennifer Thomas and Kamryn Eddy and shows great promise for the treatment of this challenging disorder. In her second ever UK training in CBT-AR Dr Thomas will offer eight hours of training across two afternoons via Zoom. Attendees will learn how to engage patients and families, explain the treatment approach, create a personalised formulation and plan treatment to support those with ARFID to increase the range and amount of foods they are able to consume and, where necessary, to restore to a healthy weight. The approach clearly specifies how to target early change and to tackle maintaining mechanisms in order of priority. 

Join us at this hybrid conference jointly organised by the Winnicott Trust and the UCL Psychoanalysis Unit to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the publication of The Collected Works of Donald Winnicott on Saturday 6 March 2027.

Please note that bookings for the conference will close at 17.00 (UK time) on Friday 5 March 2027.

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Join us at this hybrid event to explore the role of creativity in psychoanalysis today. More information can be found: Disturbance and Creativity | Psychoanalysis Unit - UCL – University College London

Booking for the conference will close 17:00 (UK time) on Friday 27 November 2026.

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In this webinar, chaired by Dr Elizabeth Simes, Expert by Experience, influencer and ambassador Marsha McAdam draws together her personal and professional experiences and the learning from her international Churchill Fellowship. She explores how services can better recognise and respond to young people experiencing suicidal distress, and how meaningful involvement of people with lived and living experience can help create more humane, compassionate, effective and person-centred systems of care.

Please note that booking for webinar will close 09.00 (UK Time) on Thursday 21 January 2027.

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Please note that the event runs from 12.30-14.00 (UK Time).