Professional Doctorate Educational and Child Psychology: University of East London

About the programme

This new three-year programme aims to equip trainees to work as educational psychologists in local authority services and other settings such as Children’s Centres. Following successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology and will be eligible for Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Career opportunities

Graduates can work as a qualified educational psychologist in Local Authority Children Services. They can progress to senior management and directorships in Local Authorities, Children’s Trusts, and relevant clinical settings. They can also take up specialist positions in relationship to CAMHS, Looked After Children, Youth Offending Teams and the Voluntary sector.

Admission requirments

• Eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) by the British Psychological Society (BPS). This means a degree in psychology (or equivalent recognised by the BPS).
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have gained two years relevant experience of working with children within educational, childcare or community settings. Examples of the kinds of settings in which relevant experience is likely to be gained include work as: a teacher, a graduate assistant in an Educational Psychology Service, a Learning Support Assistant, an Educational Social Worker, a Learning Mentor, a Speech and Language Therapist, a Care Worker, a worker in early years settings.
• Where English is not the applicant’s first language, a minimum IELTS Academic English, or such qualifications as University deems comparable, score of 7.0 overall, with a minimum of 6.5 in all components, is required at entry. Such assessment of English language competence must normally have been undertaken no more than two years prior to application, though relevant and more recent study in a United Kingdom Higher Education Institution may be accepted as sufficient proof of ability.