Psychology
Your Careers Adviser
The Careers Adviser with responsibility for School of Life Sciences is:
Kirsty Qualtrough (Room SR 1.07)
Book an appointment if you want to speak to Kirsty about your future career plans.
Career Options
Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject!
Aiming for Psychology Video
Short video by the BPS Media Centre outling the variety of career options open to psychology graduates.
Featured Job Sites
British Psychological Society (BPS) – Psychology Appointments. Most posts require experience and/or a postgraduate qualification. Has a graduate vacancy section.
NHS - General vacancy website for NHS. Search by entering psychologist in key word search. Look for “assistant” jobs.
Community Care - News and job postings (mostly in social work/mental health). Has a useful directory of social care organsiations.
HM Prison Service - Contains careers information including psychologist plus job vacancies including some at Trainee Assistant level.
Further Information
British Psychological Society (BPS) Careers Portal - The professional body for psychology in the UK. Lots of useful careers information.
Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) - The main source of job vacancies for this branch of psychology.
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - The largest and broadest body within the sector.
Psyclick – a resource for prospective clinical psychologists.
Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology - Processes applications to, and provides information about, 29 clinical psychology courses in Great Britain.
