Top unis - what do each specialise in?

BSC- Bachelor of Science
BA-Bachelor of Arts

Reply 7

LatinMachine

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With 3 As you should try for Experimental Psych. at Oxford :biggrin:

The BA/BSc thing is sometimes irrelevent - the Oxford Psych degree is a BA, despite the fact it is very biological/neuroscience-y/cognitive. No Freud in sight at Oxford. I think they just like to give BAs :smile:

My insurance choice, Royal Holloway, was a BSc, but it was less science-y.

EDIT: to answer your question a bit more, Unis themselves don't generally specialise in one thing particularily, but the lecturers do have specialisms. The degrees can be more artsy/sciencey though. We can't tell you everything, you have to do your own research, that's a better way of finding stuff out than asking for it all on a nice little silver platter :wink:

Reply 8

shredoholic_strat

OP

PsychologyJen

With 3 As you should try for Experimental Psych. at Oxford :biggrin:

The BA/BSc thing is sometimes irrelevent - the Oxford Psych degree is a BA, despite the fact it is very biological/neuroscience-y/cognitive. No Freud in sight at Oxford. I think they just like to give BAs :smile:

Yeah that's what I thought having researched. Im thinking different universities courses are more/less sciencey but has no relationship between the classification BA/BSc

We can't tell you everything, you have to do your own research, that's a better way of finding stuff out than asking for it all on a nice little silver platter :wink:

Heh yeah I am already that's why I posted. I was hoping people would know the emphasises of theior own particular university, but alas the old ac.uk websites here I come once again...

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With 3 As you should try for Experimental Psych. at Oxford

For some reason I feel like I'd have to work harder at Oxbridge. Maybe Im just scared having 7 A GCSEs not like 10 A*s... What a-level subjects you do?

Reply 9

LatinMachine

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cartleman

Heh yeah I am already that's why I posted. I was hoping people would know the emphasises of theior own particular university, but alas the old ac.uk websites here I come once again...

For some reason I feel like I'd have to work harder at Oxbridge. Maybe Im just scared having 7 A GCSEs not like 10 A*s... What a-level subjects you do?

It's good you're doing your own research, kudos to you :smile:

I don't have 10 A*s - of course, you get the intimidating people with 6 A Levels etc, but here are my stats, hopefully will make you feel a bit better :wink:

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Psychology, Biology, English Language A2s
AS Level Maths --> E :biggrin:

and proud of it

6 A*s, 3As, 1B, 1C at GCSE.

Yes, Oxbridge is harder work than other places (mainly because of term length), but if you want to be stretched and work with some of the best in the field, and get a degree from one of the most renowned Universities, then it's a good place for you :biggrin:

Reply 10

mipmapped

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Cognition is King, in Sussex, at least.

Reply 11

to be a psychologist your undergraduate study will have to be similar where ever you go since (i believe) the bps have a set path.

oxford and kings do a doctorate in clinical psychology
ucl do a doctorate in educational psychology

cambridge, lse and imperial offer nothing.

this might be something to bear in mind if you want to be a psychologist afterwards.

Reply 12

Epoch157

The Boosh

to be a psychologist your undergraduate study will have to be similar where ever you go since (i believe) the bps have a set path.

oxford and kings do a doctorate in clinical psychology
ucl do a doctorate in educational psychology

cambridge, lse and imperial offer nothing.

this might be something to bear in mind if you want to be a psychologist afterwards.

What do you mean by 'psychologist'? There really aren't any jobs as a psychologist - you specialise in an specific area. And BPS accreditation isn't the be all and end all - less than 1% of the lecturers in my department are members. EPS is (apparently) a much better society to join.

Reply 13

what? is that a serious question? are you really telling me that psychologists dont exist?!!?!? every single local education authorities employ educational psychologists, every single health authority employs clinical psychologists, larger hospitals employ neuropsychologists. for every one of these jobs you need (a) a professional doctorate and (b) registration with the bps. professional psychology doctorates are for professional psychologists. i cant believe you just said that there arent really any jobs available for psychologists. nutter. it doesnt matter if less than 1% (a wierd figure - did you make this up?) of lecturers at your department are bps registered - you HAVE to be bps registered if you are an educational, clinical or neuropsychologist - i think its the law.

Reply 14

nhs jobs
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/advsearch

general psychology jobs:
http://www.mentalhealthjobs.co.uk/index.html

Reply 15

Kate85

The Boosh

what? is that a serious question? are you really telling me that psychologists dont exist?!!?!? every single local education authorities employ educational psychologists, every single health authority employs clinical psychologists, larger hospitals employ neuropsychologists. for every one of these jobs you need (a) a professional doctorate and (b) registration with the bps. professional psychology doctorates are for professional psychologists. i cant believe you just said that there arent really any jobs available for psychologists. nutter. it doesnt matter if less than 1% (a wierd figure - did you make this up?) of lecturers at your department are bps registered - you HAVE to be bps registered if you are an educational, clinical or neuropsychologist - i think its the law.

Yep this is all correct, plus there is a difference between being a member of BPS and having a BPS accredited degree. You cannot become a psychologist if your undergraduate degree is not accredited by the BPS (unless you undertake a conversion course).
The BPS gives you Graduate Basis for Registration which is the first obstacle to becoming a Chartered Psychologist, be it clinical, educational or otherwise :smile:

You can check for accredited courses at www.bps.org.uk

Reply 16

Kate85

Yep this is all correct, plus there is a difference between being a member of BPS and having a BPS accredited degree. You cannot become a psychologist if your undergraduate degree is not accredited by the BPS (unless you undertake a conversion course).
The BPS gives you Graduate Basis for Registration which is the first obstacle to becoming a Chartered Psychologist, be it clinical, educational or otherwise :smile:

You can check for accredited courses at www.bps.org.uk

....and to add to that, the bps state that a specific route is needed for them to grant GBR after your degree, ergo, to be a psychologist your first degree will almost be the same where ever you go (please tell me if i am wrong...)

Reply 17

shredoholic_strat

OP

Ok I found too that they're fairly similar really. Though I did see advanced statistics modules perhaps in the 2nd year, where as some do it in the first which doesnt count for the final grade, and some maybe not at all?

I dont like maths that much so I could advoid these courses....

Of course stats and research methods are very much a part of psychology - I cant escape that. I just dont wanna be tested on it!

Reply 18

Kate85

The Boosh

....and to add to that, the bps state that a specific route is needed for them to grant GBR after your degree, ergo, to be a psychologist your first degree will almost be the same where ever you go (please tell me if i am wrong...)

Yeah this is right too :smile:

All degrees given GBR really all have the same/similar units because that way the BPS know you have the particular knowledge they require :smile:

Reply 19

Kate85