Educational Psychology (DEdPsych)

University of Southampton

You’ll be part of a community of 100 academic staff and 190 postgraduate researchers in a centre rated internationally excellent or world-leading for research impact and environment. You’ll also have access to a wealth of research laboratories and equipment from eye tracking facilities to our psychophysiology lab.With this professional qualification you can register with the HCPC to work as an educational psychologist. You will be able to work alongside children, young people, their families, and other professionals. learn the key theory, evidence and interventions in education psychologyfocus on children with additional educational needs and those from vulnerable and marginalised groupsmeet the standards of proficiency for practitioner psychologists (SOPs)apply both casework and research skills in a variety of contexts Your first year will be mostly university based with a school-based placement running from September to July. In your second and third years you'll work, with supervision, in different local authority placements to give you experience of educational psychology practise. This route is funded by the Department for Education.