Second degree

Hi There!
It's great that you are considering furthering your education.
If you want to study a course in Psychology, unfortunately you won't be able to get a student loan for another three year undergraduate degree, however, you would be able to get funding for an MSc in Psychology. This would be the next level up from an Undergraduate degree, and it will be a Masters course.
This would be a further education course and you'd have to check the course entry requirements to see if you will be eligible for the course you want to study as you have not studied Psychology as an undergraduate degree.
I'd suggest to attend some post graduate open days and speak to current students/ lecturers of the course you want to study to get further advice about studying an MSc in Psychology and how to prepare for this level of study.
I hope this helps.
From Josh
Official LJMU Student Rep

Hi There!
It's great that you are considering furthering your education.
If you want to study a course in Psychology, unfortunately you won't be able to get a student loan for another three year undergraduate degree, however, you would be able to get funding for an MSc in Psychology. This would be the next level up from an Undergraduate degree, and it will be a Masters course.
This would be a further education course and you'd have to check the course entry requirements to see if you will be eligible for the course you want to study as you have not studied Psychology as an undergraduate degree.
I'd suggest to attend some post graduate open days and speak to current students/ lecturers of the course you want to study to get further advice about studying an MSc in Psychology and how to prepare for this level of study.
I hope this helps.
From Josh
Official LJMU Student Rep

Could you advise if funding would be available to me to study cognitive science?

You can do a MSc Psychology Conversion, there are quite a few around, lots are online but there are in person ones too . It will give you full BPS accreditation in one year. And you can get a master's loan to cover it.

Thankyou, would i receive full student finance if I applied for MSc psychology conversion?

Hello,
Yes you can receive full tuition fees funding and maintenance loan (amount will be assessed individually) if you do a MSc psychology course. As above, you aren’t entitled for a second tuition fee funding for BSc psychology because it’s not an exceptional course but you are entitled for MSc funding.
All the best
-Sarah (Kingston Rep)

Thankyou that's great 👍

The advice above regarding MSc funding for psychology is incorrect. You don't receive a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan. Masters course funding is a fixed amount of £12,858. You decide how you spend it - on course fees or living costs. It doesn't go far. If your course is spread over two years, you will receive half the amount each year.
https://www.gov.uk/funding-for-postgraduate-study