Psychology degree prospects

Hello, I’m currently doing my undergraduate degree and am coming to the realisation that I would want to avoid data science where possible which has unfortunately limited me in terms of progressing to roles such as clinical psychology. Does anyone have any recommendations for career paths after psychology that would utilise the degree but avoid data science?

Hello, I’m currently doing my undergraduate degree and am coming to the realisation that I would want to avoid data science where possible which has unfortunately limited me in terms of progressing to roles such as clinical psychology. Does anyone have any recommendations for career paths after psychology that would utilise the degree but avoid data science?

Hello, I’m currently doing my undergraduate degree and am coming to the realisation that I would want to avoid data science where possible which has unfortunately limited me in terms of progressing to roles such as clinical psychology. Does anyone have any recommendations for career paths after psychology that would utilise the degree but avoid data science?

Hello, I’m currently doing my undergraduate degree and am coming to the realisation that I would want to avoid data science where possible which has unfortunately limited me in terms of progressing to roles such as clinical psychology. Does anyone have any recommendations for career paths after psychology that would utilise the degree but avoid data science?

Hello 👋🏻

By data science I am assuming you mean research methods? If so there are plenty of opportunities! 😃

Psychology is a transferable degree where you can transfer many skills to other fields such as recruitment, education and marketing! If you wish to do something more psychology based maybe look at being a support worker, a recovery worker, a helpline worker or a psychological wellbeing practitioner. For the psychological wellbeing practitioner you will have to complete a trainee role which requires a postgrad certificate but there isn't research!

I hope this helps! 😁

Hannah 🐄
DMU Student Rep
MSc Psychological Wellbeing Student 🧠

I'm confused. You're studying an undergraduate degree in Psychology, right? Yet you say you "want to avoid data science". Why would that be the natural (or even potential) career of a Psychology graduate?

If your interests lie in "roles such as clinical psychology", then what you need is experience in a relevant setting. Have you spoken with the your unis careers office yet? They likely have plenty of useful advice about a career in Psychology.

Hey!!

As others have suggested, psychology is a widely transferable degree which gives you many skills, including research, communication, critical thinking etc. 😀

Psychology is also relevant to a wide range of business-related careers. You could go in to these either through a graduate scheme or even specialising through a postgrad course. I personally did an MSc in Organisational and Business Psychology ant Kent and my peers went in to a really wide range of careers, such as HR, consultancy and even roles within the NHS/police.

Best of luck with everything!
Natalie

Hi, your masters sounds interesting. When you did it did you need to use a coding language to complete your project?

Hi,

It was really interesting! It was good to see psychology applied to a range of real-world issues eg hiring decisions. 🙂

We did use R, which was completely new to me at the time (had previously used SPSS)! However we were very well supported as people on my masters came from a range of backgrounds (some non-academic, just people doing the course to advance their career). I also know one person who did actually use qualitative methods as they struggled too much with quantitative.

If you have any other questions, let me know! I’m happy to help 🙂

Natalie

Thank you I’ll look into psychological wellbeing practitioner roles!

That's useful to know thank you. I am quite concerned about using R, it's interesting that you say someone used qualitative methods. Would you mind me asking you to elaborate on what that entails?

Hello 👋🏻
By data science I am assuming you mean research methods? If so there are plenty of opportunities! 😃
Psychology is a transferable degree where you can transfer many skills to other fields such as recruitment, education and marketing! If you wish to do something more psychology based maybe look at being a support worker, a recovery worker, a helpline worker or a psychological wellbeing practitioner. For the psychological wellbeing practitioner you will have to complete a trainee role which requires a postgrad certificate but there isn't research!
I hope this helps! 😁
Hannah 🐄
DMU Student Rep
MSc Psychological Wellbeing Student 🧠

hi !
i see youre studying psychological wellbeing. if you dont mind answering some questions for me, im graduating soon with an undegrad psychology degree and im stuck on what to do. what work experience did you do and do you enjoy your course ? do you work along with studying ?

Hi
Of course I can help! During my undergrad degree in psychology I worked as an Autism Support Worker. I really loved this job and it helps you learn more about the mental health system and you are in a multidisciplinary team with psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and more! I also volunteered at The Mix which is a support helpline for children and young people. You get extensive training and it’s a good opportunity to get your foot in the door.
I have enjoyed my masters! It’s been intense and it’s a lot of hard work and I have also worked alongside it. I would advise if you need to work to support your masters doing it part time as it’s very intense! I work at my university alongside studying and was also a research assistant and DMU looking at psychiatric detention in public spaces!
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions!😊
Hannah🐄
DMU Student Rep
MSc Psychological Well-being🧠

thank you so much for replying. this helps a lot !

Hi,
It was really interesting! It was good to see psychology applied to a range of real-world issues eg hiring decisions. 🙂
We did use R, which was completely new to me at the time (had previously used SPSS)! However we were very well supported as people on my masters came from a range of backgrounds (some non-academic, just people doing the course to advance their career). I also know one person who did actually use qualitative methods as they struggled too much with quantitative.
If you have any other questions, let me know! I’m happy to help 🙂
Natalie

Hi. i understand that this is a late response. But for your masters application could you let me know how you structured your personal statement and if submitting CV is mandatory and if so what did you put on there. This doesn't have to be detailed and I appreciate your help btw!!

Hello, I’m currently doing my undergraduate degree and am coming to the realisation that I would want to avoid data science where possible which has unfortunately limited me in terms of progressing to roles such as clinical psychology. Does anyone have any recommendations for career paths after psychology that would utilise the degree but avoid data science?

Hi @ThyNDS ,
Unfortunately Natalie is no longer a rep but I hope I can help as I submitted my application for a masters at Kent a few months ago (Developmental Psychology) and got a conditional offer with one condition (as long as I get 2:2 in my undergraduate).
I did submit a CV and a personal statement. My personal statement included mainly why I want to study developmental Psychology, what I hope to do with the masters degree and why my experience is a good fit for the degree. Here is a link that I hope will help as it contains a lot of what I would say in text (https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgraduate-applications-personal-statements). In my CV I made sure to only include relevant things to the degree (including any qualifications, job roles, volunteering etc.)
I hope this helps and wish you all the best! I did my undergraduate at Kent so if you have any questions about the university itself I am happy to answer any questions. I am also quite familiar with the masters course as I have friends that are currently on it (I took a placement year so they are a year ahead).
Alia
University of Kent Student Rep