Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 Year Full-time 2 Years Part-time
The course has been developed to offer theory, knowledge and practical skills development across the areas of clinical, health and neuropsychology. In addition, you'll receive training in professional practice and research methods.
The knowledge and skills you'll develop will help prepare you for a PhD in a clinical or health-related area, or a career as a Practitioner Psychologist.
You can study full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
Note: This course does not confer eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society. This course does not provide the stage 1 qualification in Health Psychology that is a pre-requisite for stage 2/doctorate training in Health Psychology. Find further information from the British Psychological Society website.
First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Psychology from a UK University, or overseas equivalent.
Applicants with a non-UK Psychology degree must be able to evidence that they've undertaken a statistics class/module and also a research methods class/module and completed a research project/dissertation in their undergraduate (or postgraduate) Psychology degree. If they've no previous statistics or research experience then they'll struggle with the content of this programme.
Please note: this is a very popular programme of study and we receive more applications each year than we have places to offer. Places are offered on a first-come first-served basis, so you're advised to apply as early as possible. Once we've reached capacity, any applications that are received will be held on a waiting list.
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This course will be of interest to students who wish to pursue a career as an applied psychologist, either as a researcher progressing to a PhD, or to support progression to further clinical training such as clinical psychology.
The course also provides postgraduate specialisation in health for graduates to equip them with the knowledge and skills in mental and physical health and well-being to work in NGOs or in a professional position at global organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The range of professional and research skills that our graduates develop on the course means that they are highly employable for the next stage of research or clinical training.
Many have been successful in moving to a funded PhD following completion of the course while others have gone onto psychology assistant or community mental health organisations positions.
Applied Psychology Topics
Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology
Neuropsychology
Professional Practice
Dissertation
Research Methods in Clinical Health Psychology
Introduction to Psychological Therapies
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