Psychology at Dundee
The School of Psychology is located close to the centre of the University campus, and is a few minutes walk from the centre of Dundee. Dundee is Scotland’s fourth largest city, and is situated in the east of the country on the banks of the River Tay, close to the central belt of Scotland, but also on the edge of the world famous scenery of the Scottish Highlands. Communications are excellent, with direct flights to London three times a day.
The School is housed in the Scrymgeour Building, an attractive traditional sandstone structure that was formerly the Dundee teacher training college. This accommodation has recently been extended by the construction of a purpose-built four-storey annexe. The annexe contains a substantial teaching laboratory as well as dedicated research laboratories and postgraduate accommodation.
The School currently has an academic staff of 20, including four Professors. The inclusion of administrative and secretarial staff, technical staff, research staff, and PhD and MSc students, brings the psychology community at Dundee to around 70 people. The number of undergraduates taking courses at various levels is close to 560, with approximately 250 in the first year, 150 in the second, and about 80 in each of the Honours years. The Head of School is Professor Trevor Harley.
In the last Research Assessment Exercise (2001) our research was awarded a Grade 4 rating. Our research can be characterized as human experimental psychology. Researchers in the School form three groups: Language, perception, and cognition; Neuroscience and development; and Social identity.
We have active research collaboration with the University’s Medical School (which is based at Ninewell’s Hospital), as well as with Schools in neighbouring universities (particularly St. Andrew’s, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen), and universities further afield in this country, Europe, and the rest of the world, particularly the USA. The universities of Dundee and St Andrews are collaborating to form a joint Institute for Neuroscience, and the Psychology Schools of both universities play a central role in this venture. We are particularly looking to strengthen our contribution in this area. We hope that fMRI facilities will soon be available through the Medical School.
In the last Teaching Quality Assessment the School's provision was judged to be "excellent". Our courses place an emphasis on human experimental psychology, and include practical and project work as well as theory and methodology. Courses can be taken in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, leading to the degree of MA Honours, or in the Faculty of Life Sciences, leading to the degree of BSc Honours. Honours degrees in Scottish Universities involve four years of study. Both our degrees are accredited by the British Psychological Society, and are recognised as qualifications for entry into postgraduate courses and professions in psychology.
The mission of the University is to provide education of the highest quality, coupled with a leading contribution to the advancement of knowledge. We aim to excel in teaching, in scholarship, and in pure and applied research. We aim to produce outstanding psychologists, educated as scientists in a modern, exciting degree structure, and to contribute to knowledge through furthering our understanding of human experimental psychology.
College of Arts and Social Science Vision Statement
Our aim is to educate, motivate and inspire by example; to nurture and unleash creative talent; through our distinctive mix of disciplines and in our approaches to teaching and learning and rigorous scientific enquiry, and our focus on the professions and practitioner training, to act as a beacon which will inform, illuminate and enhance lives and society, and provide tomorrow's leaders, in Scotland, the UK and the wider world.
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