Occupational - Business Psychology University of Worcester

Overview

The Occupational - Business Psychology programme from University of Worcester is an innovative qualification informed by research at the forefront of both the academic discipline and professional practice. It is open to those students who hold a psychology degree with a Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) and is ideal for students wanting to take post-graduate training in order to become Registered Occupational Psychologists. 

The MSc Business Psychology is open to students with a non-BPS accredited psychology degree or non-psychology related degree. This offers opportunities for Business Psychologists, personnel managers, human resource managers and managers to engage with the major theories and models of business and occupational psychology taught by experts which can be implemented within their workplace. 

Key features

• MSc Occupational Psychology is accredited by the British Psychological Society

• The MSc Business Psychology is designed to develop the key knowledge and skills required for a career in: personnel assessment, selection and training, the design of work environments, implementation of training interventions and management of careers

• Guest speakers from a range of organisations, such as psychometric test publishers, occupational psychology consultancies and independent consultants

• Develop your skill and knowledge through practical consultancy-style tasks, that demonstrate the application of theory and research to practice

• Learn about the work carried out by Occupational/Business Psychologists within organisations and about different psychological approaches to workplace issues

Where could it take you?

Employability

Our courses will equip you for employment within a diverse range of organisations. Occupational and Business Psychologists work in training, environments, recruitment, coaching, organisational change, management, consultancy and in academic research and teaching.

Many Occupational/Business Psychologists are employed within the public sector, such as the Police, Civil Service Commission, Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Defence, HM Prison Service and the NHS.

Students who have completed our programmes have gone on to work in the following areas:

• PhD study

• Psychometric testing

• Psychology, management or recruitment consultancy

• Human resources

• Health and wellbeing within the NHS

• Coaching

• Counselling

• Management within organisations

The structure and content of the programme allows students to gain skills that are valued by employers and help them to find their chosen career.