Edinburgh's MSc in Psychological Research?

Hi!

I received an offer to do this course this coming sept but I'm still thinking about it as my other choice is Durham.

What are your long term goals?

Denise

Firstly, congratulations on the offer! Which Durham course have you applied for?

I'm inclined towards neuropsychology and that's why I like Edinburgh's program since it has many modules in that area. But I also want to keep my options open for research in other specializations, so I figured a more general course made sense. What about you?

And how long did Edinburgh take to respond to you, if I may ask?

I took that course a few years ago. It was a good programme in terms of the structure of the programme, courses offered etc and I had the opportunity to do a very fun dissertation with a great supervisor. I will say though that I wasn't very happy with other aspecs of the course but as someone said that's very personal and besides that was a few years ago now.

Thank you!

I applied for an MSc by Research at Durham as well. So I'm a little confused about which offer to accept.

Although as far as I'm aware, I think Edinburgh's programme has taught modules such as statistics and research methods which would be useful if you want something more general. But I'm keen on going full on research as I think it would help me get onto a PhD course.

I'd say I'm more inclined to social psychology but would like to venture into a more clinical approach. Edinburgh took around 4 weeks if I remember correctly. And Durham took around 6 weeks.

I plan on applying for a PhD too, and in that regard, I was wondering whether it would be better to do a more specific course in Neuroscience/ Neuropsychology since I know I am inclined towards it or whether the general research methods course would be appreciated more. What do you think? Especially since you want to go down the clinical route, why aren't you doing a course specifically in Social/ Clinical Psychology?

Also, good luck with your final decision!

Perhaps if you know neuroscience is what you want to do for you PhD then maybe look into a masters for that? For me I have a very specific research interest (hormones and mental health) and I picked supervisors who matched that. Also I don't want to be doing lectures in social or clinical psychology as I want to embark on a pure research degree. Additionally social/clinical routes to me seem to end up in applied settings (i.e. clinical psychologist) however I want to focus on research and academia.

And thank you! I think I'm leaning towards Durham as it is pure research. As much as I am nervous about not having lectures to structure my degree, I think it'll be best.

Goodl uck too!