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Educational Psychology Group

Mission Statement

The Educational Psychology Group exists to produce Educational Psychology practitioners who have the knowledge and skills to deliver accountable, research-based services and who understand how to use psychology as a force for positive change.

We do so through:

• Supporting initial professional training of Educational Psychologists on the three year Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology DECPsy doctoral programme
(Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology)

• Supporting the advanced professional development of experienced practitioners undertaking the DEdPsy
(CPD Part-time Doctorate in Educational Psychology)

• Developing a strong research base to inform and support educational psychology practice
(Current research activities of the Group)

• Helping to shape the future development of Educational Psychology research and practice
(CPD courses and resources)

• Promoting the work of the Educational Psychology Group in the college, nationally and internationally

Course News and links

Click here to view slides presented by DEdPsy programme tutors, graduates and course members at the DEdPsy symposium entitled "Perspectives on professional engagement with vulnerable children" held at the DECP conference in January 2012. Presenters used examples of recent and current work undertaken during the UCL professional doctorate programme to illustrate ways in which traditional expectations of evaluation activity may be met but also exceeded by focused initiatives at local level.

Congratulations to our third cohort of Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology trainees (2008-2011) who completed the programme this summer and will soon obtain their Doctoral awards - we wish them all the very best for their future in EP practice. To read about some of our graduates' research click here.

For an overview of the initial training course click here.

Click here to access the DECP/BPS Professional Supervision Guidelines for Practice for Educational Psychologists, launched at the DECP conference in January 2011. The working group was led by DECPsy programme co-director Dr Sandra Dunsmuir & Dr Jane Leadbetter, the University of Birmingham.

** UCL Educational Psychology training receives 6 commendations from the British Psychological Society **

We are delighted to make available to prospective applicants the 2009 accreditation report [pdf] which provides an outstanding endorsement of the quality of our initial training programme. Click here to view

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