Educational Psychology Doctorate 2022 Intake

Hiya!

I'm a PBS practitioner at a special needs school and have came the psychology route to education.
I work with a specialist team hired by the council to support children at risk of losing their placements due to behaviour that challenges.

This is also my first year of applying and I hope to meet others too!

I'm hoping to apply to Bristol, UEA and Southampton.

Best wishes to everyone!

Laura

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OP

Original post by LAM511

Hiya!

I'm a PBS practitioner at a special needs school and have came the psychology route to education.
I work with a specialist team hired by the council to support children at risk of losing their placements due to behaviour that challenges.

This is also my first year of applying and I hope to meet others too!

I'm hoping to apply to Bristol, UEA and Southampton.

Best wishes to everyone!

Laura

Hi Laura,

Thanks for sharing - sounds like a really interesting role! I'm currently the Assistant SENCO and Deputy Head of Social Sciences at my school. I would quite like to remain in London so looking mainly at UEL, UCL, the IOE and the Tavistock and Portman although I am going to attend the Southampton virtual open evening on 23rd September. Can't believe how quickly everything has come around... applications open on Wednesday!

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monaar

Hello!

I am also interested in applying.
I finished my MSc in Child Development at UCL IOE December 2020.
Before that I was teaching secondary level Psychology for nearly three years after my I finished my Bachelors.

Quite intimidated at the whole application process! But hoping for the best.

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OP

Original post by monaar

Hello!

I am also interested in applying.
I finished my MSc in Child Development at UCL IOE December 2020.
Before that I was teaching secondary level Psychology for nearly three years after my I finished my Bachelors.

Quite intimidated at the whole application process! But hoping for the best.

Hi. Loved the IOE - did my PGCE there in 2016/17. Yes agreed.. opened my application during the week and it suddenly all feels very real!

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tiggypage

Gosh you are all so experienced! I've just started a TA role at an SEN in London so I'm hoping to start my 'string' of applications next year or after (string because I suspect getting accepted might be like testing for a driving license... 4th time lucky!). Did you guys get into any of your uni choices? Or have you found out about whether you got into the interview round? I'm wondering if you could give me some advice because my current TA role (although extremely rewarding and possibly full good things to talk about with regards to psychological theory for my PS) I'm worried might not be diverse enough as experience, nor might it be considered proper/relevant teaching experience.I'm just about to start an MSc in child and adolescent mental health- hoping to learn more about relevant theory.... and am working full time at the SEN primary. Also...any thoughts on clinical psychology as an alternate career to psych ed?

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mswks

Hi Everyone. I'm applying - and like you tiggypage I'm a little intimidated by other applicants' qualifications and experience! I think they accept a pretty diverse range of people into the courses though, so I'm just going to focus on putting my doubts aside and doing my best on the personal statement. I'm an experienced primary teacher with a particular career focus on small group and individual tuition (both in schools and privately). I have worked about equally in classroom teaching and tuition / interventions over the past decade or so. I am a total psychology nerd and it's absolutely embedded in my practice. However, I do not have any additional psych. qualifications, just my BSc 14 years ago and my primary PGCE about 11 years ago. I also haven't held any posts like SENCO etc. It seems like other people have a lot more going for them on paper. So yeah, hoping to shine in the personal statement.The part I'm finding hardest to navigate is choosing a 'academic reference' when I have not engaged in any formal study courses in a long time. I highly doubt that tutors will remember me from so long ago. Even if they did, I'm not the same person I was. My best bet is my NQT supervisor - waiting to hear from her at the moment. Good luck to all!

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OP

@mswks @tiggypage @monaar @LAM511

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! Am I the only one who is finding the wait agonising already?! Where did you all end up applying? :smile:

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monaar

Original post by Oh Hi

@mswks @tiggypage @monaar @LAM511

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! Am I the only one who is finding the wait agonising already?! Where did you all end up applying? :smile:

Hi! Holidays are going good! I hope you had a lovely one as well.

The wait is driving me crazy too. I try to push it to the back of my mind and forget it about it which has helped somewhat since applying lool

I applied to UCL, IOE & UEL. How about you?

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OP

Original post by monaar

Hi! Holidays are going good! I hope you had a lovely one as well.

The wait is driving me crazy too. I try to push it to the back of my mind and forget it about it which has helped somewhat since applying lool

I applied to UCL, IOE & UEL. How about you?

Glad to hear it. I've applied to the IOE, UEL and the Tavistock and Portman so we have some overlap! :smile:

I seem to remember from the IOE virtual open evening that they don't shortlist for interview until the end of February which seems like a lifetime away... Hoping the others may be a little sooner but who knows!

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Me651

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Original post by Oh Hi

@mswks @tiggypage @monaar @LAM511

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! Am I the only one who is finding the wait agonising already?! Where did you all end up applying? :smile:

Hi
I’ve just come across this forum as I was searching to see when would be the estimated time for the interview. I’ve applied for the first time too and I was waiting to hear for the interview. But unfortunately a family emergency has happened and I need to travel and stay abroad for a while. I’m a bit worried if I get invited to the interview and I cannot not make it.
Does anyone know estimated date to hear back from them? and how long would be the interview warning?
I’ve applied to Birmingham, Nottingham & Sheffield.

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Mnur03

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Hi , the waiting is also driving me crazy. I've applied to UCL, UEL and IOE aswell. Good luck to all of you.

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OP

Original post by Me651

Hi
I’ve just come across this forum as I was searching to see when would be the estimated time for the interview. I’ve applied for the first time too and I was waiting to hear for the interview. But unfortunately a family emergency has happened and I need to travel and stay abroad for a while. I’m a bit worried if I get invited to the interview and I cannot not make it.
Does anyone know estimated date to hear back from them? and how long would be the interview warning?
I’ve applied to Birmingham, Nottingham & Sheffield.

It’s probably best to contact the relevant uni department(s) in this situation as they all seem to have slightly different shortlisting timeframes (from late January through to late February/early March). I think the only guarantee is that all interviews must have taken place by March 30th (as per AEP’s guidance). If you have mitigating circumstances concerning interview attendance it’s definitely worth letting them know sooner rather than later! Good luck.

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Me651

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HiI’ve just come across this forum as I was searching to see when would be the estimated time for the interview. I’ve applied for the first time too and I was waiting to hear for the interview. But unfortunately a family emergency has happened and I need to travel and stay abroad for a while. I’m a bit worried if I get invited to the interview and I cannot not make it.Does anyone know estimated date to hear back from them? and how long would be the interview warning? I’ve applied to Birmingham, Nottingham

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OP

FYI it looks like Tavistock are currently shortlisting for interview - I got an unsuccessful email earlier.

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Yas901

I got the dreaded unsuccessful email from Tavi too unfortunately

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OP

Original post by Yas901

I got the dreaded unsuccessful email from Tavi too unfortunately

Sorry to hear - I feel your pain! Fingers crossed for the others.

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PesMar

Hi everyone, I got an interview at Tavi and don't know where to begin prepping for it! Found this thread looking for hints and tips from people who have been through the process.

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The Pale Dreamer

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The sorts of things they are likely to cover are your knowledge of the role, your interpersonal skills, issues in education/psychology, and your application of psychology in your work

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PesMar