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Our 3 Year Full-Time Programme of Professional Training
UCL has a long standing reputation for innovation and excellence in professional training in Educational Psychology and our mission is to equip you to seize both current and future opportunities through training you as applied educational and child psychologists able to practice innovatively, accountably and reflectively within local authority services and other rewarding settings. The provision of Childrens' Services and the role and training of Educational Psychologists is currently experiencing a period of change, questioning established practices and moving towards increasingly accountable, evidence-based, inclusive approaches to meeting childrens' and families' needs.
The UCL Doctorate in Educational & Child Psychology offers many benefits including:
• A fully integrated practice-based/theoretically innovative/research-rich learning path, exemplified by our focus on evidence-based practice. The programme is delivered by an outstanding team of in-house practitioners with cutting edge theoretical/research knowledge and excellent links with Services in the region
• Eligibility upon graduation to apply for registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Chartered membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
• A supportive, tailored approach and commitment to enhancing student experience and satisfaction. Our responsive, confidential feedback system ensures that course members have a crucial role in the programme's continuous development and evaluation.
• Excellent facilities and resources, including a specialist collection of assessment and intervention tools, first rate elearning and IT support, and access to a wide range of libraries and electronic resource collections within UCL and other colleges of the University of London.
• An accessible and vibrant location in Central London, with a self-contained suite of seminar and tutorial rooms and an array of on-campus student facilities
- Structure
The overall aim of our programme is to enable trainee educational psychologists to effectively integrate theory and practice and become skilled and accountable professional practitioners, eligible for registration with the Health Professions Council and Chartered status with the British Psychological Society. The programme is structured to achieve this aim as follows.
Year 1:
Knowledge and skill development in Problem Based Learning (PBL), seminar and workshop sessions at UCL (2-3 days/week)
Independent study (1-2 days/week).
Group placement with UCL tutor (1-2 days/week).
Year 2:
Skill and Knowledge sessions at UCL (Block of 3 days per month).
Research and independent study/IT enabled individual and small group tutorials (5 days/month).
Placement with Local Authority (12 days/month).
Year 3:
Skill and Knowledge sessions at UCL (2 blocks of 3 days per term)
Research and independent study/IT enabled individual and small group tutorials (6 days/month).
Placement with Local Authority (12 days/month).
Please note that this is a full-time intensive 3 year course and we do not offer a part-time option or Masters (in 2009 the Health Professions Council set the threshold level of qualification for entry to the register for Educational Psychologists at 'Professional Doctorate or Equivalent').
- Application
All applications must be made through the Association of Educational Psychologists.
For full details on funding for the EPFT scheme, application criteria, methods and dates, you are strongly recommended to visit their website.
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