Psychology and Counselling
Discover your passion and prepare for a rewarding career
Psychology and Counselling
Discover your passion and prepare for a rewarding career
Top 15
University for Psychology
Guardian League Tables 2022
11th
in the UK for overall average positivity for Psychology
National Student Survey 2023
3rd
for student satisfaction in Psychology in the UK
Complete University Guide 2023
100%
student satisfaction for Counselling
National Student Survey 2022
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Wednesday 13 December
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Grow your academic knowledge and develop practical skills
Study an accredited degree
Learn from researchers and practitioners
Explore topics you care about
Get hands-on experience with industry equipment
Psychology and Counselling Courses
Get ready to make a difference after you graduate
Play a pivotal role in peoples lives by learning about people, behaviours, personalities and decision making processes
Select a learning level
Excellent levels of support
Learn from lecturers who know you by nameÂ
Our dedication to smaller classes allows our expert teaching staff to really get to know and how best to help thrive.
Our experienced staff are invested in your personal and academic development and provide excellent levels of 1-1 support throughout your studies.
Use industry standard facilities
Graduate with practical experience and use equipment that is used in industry
Depending on your course you will have access to facilities including:
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - to measure brain activity.
- NIRScout - a cutting edge 3D scalable neuroimaging platform with a dedicated ultra-high-density near-infrared spectroscopy system which measures changes in the cerebral cortex
- aLIAS - an affective immersive emotional Virtual Reality stimuli package which allows researchers to create ‘different worlds’
- Psychophysiological Equipment - heart rate, cortical processes, muscle activation
- Eye tracking equipment - shifts in visual attention, attentional retraining
- Interview and Observation Suite
- Specialist advanced research software: Biopac, Qualtrics, Noldus Observer XT, E-prime, Superlab, Nvivo and Inquisit
Accredited degrees
Recognised by professional bodies
We offer Counselling and Psychology degrees with accreditation by the British Psychological Society and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Learn from experienced lecturers
Be taught by staff with real world experience
Professor of Neuropsychology and Neuroscience; Co-Director - Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences
Antonina plays a pivotal role in leading and developing a successful multi-disciplinary Institute.
Senior Lecturer in BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling
Jo has an MA in Psychotherapeutic Counselling from University of Brighton, and a PgDip in Person-centred Counselling (course now retitled ‘Humanistic’).
Reader in Cognitive Psychology
Ian is a cognitive-behavioural psychologist. Ian’s research interests include empirical investigations of basic cognitive processes, behaviour analysis, and clinical psychology applications.
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