Psychology (Distance learning) University of Worcester

Overview

The Psychology (Distance learning) programme from University of Worcester will support you in developing the skills that will open doors in a range of sectors, including health, business, counselling, education and doctoral research training.

Key features

• 100% online, distance learning course

• Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) to give you Graduate Basis for Chartership and open up a broad range of further training opportunities and new career routes

• Flexible, on demand learning that can be accessed at a time and place to suit you and your busy lifestyle

• Opportunity to engage in learning before you start the course to prepare you for postgraduate study – our unique online learning module provides an introduction to Psychology, research design and evidence-based learning (e.g., how to work with academic sources, effective digital learning and postgraduate study skills)

• A dedicated module for professional skills development with opportunities to broaden your network and learn from practitioners in the field.

• Authentic assessments tailored towards employability and skills development such as a reflective log assessment on your Professional Skills Development module to support your career exploration and development.

• 100% coursework including the opportunity to undertake a piece of original research supervised by research active staff

• Research-inspired teaching delivered by subject specialists who are engaged in research at the forefront of their discipline

Where could it take you?

We work closely with the university's Careers and Employability team and you can also take part in workshops devoted to strengthening your CV for a future career as a Psychologist. And you'll have the chance to talk to guest speakers, as well as getting help to apply for work and postgraduate study.