Charlotte Thompson
Psychology with Placement Year BSc
Charlotte chose to complete a placement in a local secondary school as part of her degree, giving her valuable experience to help her pursue a career in educational psychology.
Olivia works at consultancy giant, Deloitte as an Oracle Human Capital Management Consultant. Thanks to the research skills she gained at ºù«Ӱҵ, Olivia is able to stay on top of the latest customer trends to be able to come up with the best solutions.
Bryony loved the wide variety of content, covering all the different areas of psychology that she was able to study at ºù«Ӱҵ. By gaining this exposure, Bryony was confident in choosing the modules she would enjoy the most when it came to specialising in third year.
Jasmine loved being able to explore the areas of psychology she's most interested in during third-year. This meant that she could tailor her studies to both her career aspirations and her preferred learning style. Jasmine hopes to qualify as a Clinical Psychology in the future.
Poppy spent her placement year working as an Honorary Assistant Psychologist within the NHS. During her year she got the chance to work one-to-one with clients, formulating and delivering psychological interventions and observing the impact it had on clients. It's this experience that has reaffirmed Poppy's passion for a career in Clinical Psychology.
Grace chose to spend a year on a work placement with the NHS as part of her Psychology degree. Working as an Associate Psychologist, Grace has shadowed CBT, Psychodynamic, and occupational therapy sessions, facilitated group therapy sessions, and taken part in home visits.
Harriet Moore
BSc Psychology with Employment Experience
Harriet spent her placement year working as a researcher in the Neurology Department at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in ºù«Ӱҵ. Spending a year on placement allowed Harriet to be involved in NHS research into Multiple Sclerosis and gain professional experience in the field that she hopes to work in in the future.
Katrina chose to spend a year on a work placement as part of her psychology degree, working as a Research Assistant for Hampshire County Council attached to the Educational Psychology department. Although Katrina's career path has changed since then, the work experience she gained proved invaluable in building her confidence to join the world of work.
Studying psychology helped Charlotte realise that she wanted to pursue a career in this field. Thanks to her experience at ºù«Ӱҵ and related work experience, Charlotte is now studying for a Doctorate of Applied Educational Psychology which will allow her to qualify as an Educational Psychologist after three years.