Program Overview

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Psychology is an important resource for educators and policy makers. This course is for those interested in how education evolves, how people learn and how they behave in educational settings. Like a single-honours psychology degree, this course will prepare you for a wide range of psychology careers, as well as education-related jobs and further study.

Our course focuses on the rigorous, scientific study of education alongside the core topics of a psychology degree. You’ll also examine how psychology research applies to education.

You’ll study topics such as:

curriculum design

behavioural neuroscience

developmental psychology

special educational needs

As part of your degree you can:

study UK and international systems, from primary to post-compulsory education

explore key topics like social justice, inclusion and digital literacy

use our custom observation rooms, eye-movement recording facilities and virtual reality labs

access our

Institute for Equity and Effectiveness in Education

(IE3), one of the country’s leading institutes for education research

study abroad at one of our

exchange partner universities

This programme is accredited by the

British Psychological Society

. It can lead onto Chartered Membership.