Welcome to Psychology

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Psychology thrives in the research-led teaching environment of the School.

Our high quality undergraduate teaching was awarded the maximum 24 out of 24 by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Our BSc Psychology course is accredited by the British Psychological Society.

The School hosts the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and coordinates delivery of new training programmes under the government initative for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Further postgraduate taught programmes are currently under development.

Postgraduate Research is carried out in the Henry Wellcome Building and is varied and directly benefits from the expertise of our internationally acclaimed staff.

Psychology has received excellent gradings for research in the national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Our quality was recognised by a Joint Infrastructure Fund Award to the "internationally renowned young investigators" in Visual Neuroecology. The unique facilities complement our purpose-built laboratories for visual neuroscience, which are already generously supported by the Wellcome Trust. All the facilities are located in the new Henry Wellcome Building, which is next to the medical school and which forms part of the Institute of Neuroscience.

The Head of the School of Psychology is Professor Vicki Bruce.