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MSc

Applied Clinical Psychology

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

1 Year

Start

September 2023

Delivery

Campus Taught

This course gives you the perfect opportunity to strengthen your academic credentials in preparation for a career in Clinical Psychology and/or other professions in the area of mental health. It has been designed to develop your knowledge, understanding and skills in core theoretical, methodological, and empirical areas of Clinical Psychology.

Why study with us

The course content strongly emphasises the importance of evidence-based working, with a focus on advancing applied skills and you research skills and competencies.
You will be taught by HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists, and academics and research experts in their field.
You’ll undertake a work experience placement to enhance your professional and personal development.

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What you'll do

A major part of this course is completing a research project – let us harness your enthusiasm and interest in Clinical Psychology and support you in the development of advanced research skills.
Our placement experience ensures that your skills developed are trans-professional and hence essential, in whatever area or profession you wish to pursue within the sector.
Our placements are wide and varied, and have included working in the private sector, third sector and local NHS services.

Module overview

Course delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

90%Face-to-face

10%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Academic expertise

Many of our staff are practising Clinical Psychologists and work or have worked within the NHS, and we also have links with clinicians in private practice. This ensures that graduates from our course are equipped with the skills that employers need.

This unique mix of professionals is reflected in the content of the course, where you’ll learn about the differences and similarities involved in working clinically within the NHS and in private practice.

The course content, teaching and assessments have been developed by the course team working closely with clinical psychologists, practitioners, employers, current and recent trainees in the area, and those with the desire to work within the field. The result is an exciting and vibrant course that covers all the essential subject material you need to move into the exciting field of Clinical Psychology.

Staff Spotlight – Carolina Campodonico

“I mostly teach clinical psychology on the BSc Psychology, the MSc in Clinical Psychology and the TAPP Course. Apart from teaching, I supervise students’ placements and final year projects and I am the first-year tutor for three BSc courses.

When students get excited about something I am teaching, and they start discussing the topic with me or between them, or when they stop to have a chat with me at the end of a lecture, that’s the best part of my job”

Future careers

Our programme strengthens your academic credentials in preparation for a career in Clinical Psychology (for example through Assistant Psychologist posts within the NHS and further competitive doctoral training in Clinical Psychology). You’ll also strengthen your CV in preparation for other professions in the areas of Clinical Psychology, mental health, academia, or research.

In the year immediately after completing our course, past students have gone on to secure positions as Assistant Clinical Psychologists in a range of services (eg specialist learning disabilities teams within the NHS, forensic services, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and Psychology Healthcare Assistants in the NHS, Mental Wellbeing Practitioners in the private sector).

Other career paths include:

Assistant Clinical Psychologist
Associate Psychological Practitioner
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Health centres
PhD research and lecturing in Higher Education
Research Assistant and other research posts within the NHS or academia, in either Clinical Psychology or mental health more broadly
Social services
Other careers in mental health care that involve working with individuals experiencing psychological distress (eg Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner within the NHS).

Fees and funding

2022/23

Full-time£8500 per year

Part-time£867 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£14500 per year

2023/24

Full-time£10,000 per year

Part-time£1,111 per 20 credits

International

Full-time£15,500 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country and see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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The course is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories to facilitate teaching and research. The Child Observation Suite and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory are focused on the study of children (the latter through the measurement of brain activity, which is also the focus of our Brain Imaging Laboratory, which carries out studies on adults). The Cognitive Psychology Complex houses our motion capture, virtual reality and forensics labs (including the EvoFIT composite system) as well as our Clinical, Health and Psychobiology Suite (CHaPS).

The core theoretical basis of Clinical Psychology will be taught through lectures and supported seminars. Seminars and workshops are used to explore key issues from the curriculum, both to facilitate understanding and develop skills. You are encouraged to prepare material in advance of the sessions and exchange information as part of a peer network. You will also carry out independent study and research supervision (to support the production of a high-quality research project that will contribute to the field of Clinical Psychology).

The course is primarily assessed through coursework. Where possible, your coursework will be based around the activities you would undertake when working within the field. The largest piece of coursework is the research project. You will also be assessed through essays, presentations, and role play (as a way of developing the skills you need for practice).

The taught component of the course will take place on a Tuesday to support students with jobs and/or family commitments, and it may be completed over one year (full-time) or two or more years (part-time).

This course can lead to the next step for those wishing to pursue a doctorate training programme in Clinical Psychology. In order to use the title Clinical Psychologist, you will need to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This involves completing a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) that has been approved by them. Contact the HCPC for more information on their entry requirements.

There is currently no professional accreditation for Clinical Psychology at master’s degree level.

However, this course has been informed by the undergraduate accreditation of our Clinical Psychology Courses (Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society) and the taught Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClin Psych). It is designed to enable you to progress between these two important levels of training, eventually leading to a career as a professional in psychology.

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This course is based in the School of Psychology and Computer Science located in the Faculty of Science and Technology

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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