我们的心理学和儿童发展学位将为您提供在心理学，教育或护理行业与儿童和年轻人一起从事职业的基本技能和知识。您将了解心理如何塑造我们的身份，以及孩子的行为方式和成熟方式。您将了解孩子如何成长，表现和不同地成长。凭借在心理学关键要素上扎实的学术基础，您将涵盖行为模式，大脑发育，心理健康诊断和治疗等领域。我们拥有数百万英镑的科学中心，拥有一流的设施，例如认知研究室，观察和咨询套件，IT实验室和心理生理设备。
Our Psychology and Child Development degree is an ideal springboard for working with young people in education, clinical psychology settings or the caring professions.Discover how psychology shapes who we are and what influences the way children behave and mature. From how pupils learn to read most effectively through to how neurodivergent children experience the world, you’ll explore the answers to key questions. With a focus on applying your knowledge to real life scenarios, and using an evidence-informed approach, you’ll become an expert in understanding children and their wellbeing.You can also choose to undertake a placement year, where you will gain invaluable experience for future employment.The breadth of the course means you keep your options open at the same time as developing a specialist area of interest. This will help guide your final year project, where you will delve into a research question. Module options also include completing a research assistantship, where you could work on live research with our academic experts.<br>You’ll have access to our fantastic Science Centre facilities, including cognitive research cubicles, psychophysiology equipment and simulation machines. And in our children’s lab, discover the work we do with volunteer families on research projects. These resources are also taken out into the community. Topics have included exploring the impact of TV screen time on children’s behaviour, assessing creativity, and the role of psychology in preventing young children from suffering dog bites.<br>On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Psychology and Child Development<br>Careers<br>The degree can lead to a wide range of jobs, from specialising in the education field to being a family support worker, play worker or a research assistant. Graduates often continue their training to become clinical psychologists or educational psychologists. Some do postgraduate studies to qualify as teachers or social workers.<br>fter completing further professional training, many have become: Clinical psychologists (earning potential £40,000 - £60,000)<br>Educational psychologists (earning potential £37,000 - £55,000), Counselling psychologists (earning potential £37,000 to £50,000)<br>Health psychologists (earning potential £37,000 - £55,000), Teachers (earning potential £23,000 to £37,000)<br>Social workers (earning potential £24,000 to £40,000).