20-21 PS2090: Employability for Psychology

This optional module focuses on building employability and career management skills.

There are four seminars by admissions tutors/ external speakers to help students explore four key career paths after Psychology.

  • Mental health (clinical psychology, health psychology, forensic psychology, etc.)
  • Education (teaching, educational psychologist, etc.)
  • Research (PhD, research associate, market research, etc.)
  • Careers beyond chartered psychology (finance, HR, graduate schemes). 

There are also four workshops, delivering training on employability skills and career management (for example, CV development, Writing a cover letter, Interviewing skills, Assessment centre tests).

Psychology 2nd year students can enrol on the module to have it credited to their transcripts. They can also attend whichever workshops/ seminars they want to on an ad-hoc basis.