Psychology General
Explore the broad field of psychology and understand its core principles and schools of thought. Discover how psychology shapes human behaviour and mental wellbeing across different contexts.
A Science or Humanities Based Psychology Degree Course
Before you choose to study psychology, it is important to appreciate that the focus and direction of different degree courses vary greatly, with this having...
Becoming a Psychologist Without a Psychology degree
The normal route to gaining the qualifications needed to work as a psychologist is to take an undergraduate degree in psychology and then further study and t...
Choosing a Psychology Degree
Basics For most people the usual route to qualifying as a psychologist is to study psychology at a University. Psychology, either as a subject in its own rig...
Different Schools of Psychology
Although there are many different approaches to psychology, there are only a few main ‘schools’ of psychology that are defined as fundamentally influenci...
How to Transfer Your Skills to Psychology
Psychology is a career that attracts a high proportion of more mature candidates, so it follows that it is well-suited to a wide range of skills. Transferrin...
Nature of being a Chartered Psychologist
Introduction The status of Chartered Psychologist is critical to working in particular jobs. Unless you meet the particular requirements (see below) then you...
Post Graduate Study in Psychology
If you wish to work as a Chartered Psychologist (in any particular discipline) you will need to undertake a period of post graduate study once you have compl...
Psychology Qualifications: In England and Scotland
The devolved Scottish Government was established in 1998. A number of areas were devolved and these include both Education and Health. In consequence there h...
Role of the BPS as Regulator in the Psychology Sector
The British Psychological Society (BPS) plays a pivotal role as the regulator of who can work as a psychologist in the UK. In this role, by working through U...
The Boot Camp Trend
The recent trend for ‘boot camp’ style self-improvement has opened up a whole new field of opportunity for psychology professionals. With boot camps dedi...
The History of Psychology
The study of the mind and behaviour as a subject of interest reaches back to both ancient Greece and Egypt, with psychology essentially regarded as a part of...
Unusual Career Paths for Psychology Graduates
Choosing a psychology degree when you’re not entirely sure of your career goals is not such a bad idea as it helps you to build skills in a number of field...
What Type of Person Makes a Good Psychologist?
Many career development experts will say that good psychologists are born not made, but it is certainly true that you can be trained to be a good psychologis...
Working as a Psychologist in the EU
General Issues One option for Psychologists is to work elsewhere in the EU. In theory this should be relatively straightforward, especially given recent plan...
Working in the UK with a Psychology Degree from Abroad
Basic Considerations As with looking to work abroad if you have a UK psychology degree, in theory it should be reasonably simple to work in the UK with a deg...