Teaching and assessment for Psychology of Mental Health MSc

Our teaching methods include:

• lectures and student-led seminars
• work placements
• group work
• workshops
• field trips
• training and developmental opportunities (e.g., careers, CVs, presentation/interview skills)

During a 4-to-6-months research or work placement distributed across semesters 1 and 2, you are given the opportunity to work directly with academic members of staff from Psychology (research placement) or with people with mental health needs and non-clinical practitioners in community settings (work placement).

During your research dissertation, you will receive regular guidance from your supervisor in one-to-one or small group meetings.

All our assessments are 100% coursework-based, including:

• essays
• small seminar-style presentations
• group work
• statistics exercises and quizzes
• research proposals/reports
• poster presentation
• research dissertation