Psychological Science of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education MSc

This MSc will consider mental health and wellbeing in education through a psychological science lens. With our world-leading, research-active team, you will critically consider theoretical and empirical psychological approaches to understanding the unique and complex context of education for mental health and wellbeing. This course aims to provide you with a depth of critical scientific understanding of mental health and wellbeing in education. Key theoretical and empirical grounding in developmental and educational psychology will be used. Together, we will examine specific aspects of educational contexts (e.g., classrooms, playgrounds, teacher-student relationships) and their interaction with individual characteristics, home, community, and services for the development and maintenance of mental health and wellbeing. The course will stimulate evidence-based and critical understanding through taught content, facilitated discussion and group work, conducting research, and independent learning. Optional modules allow you to explore psychological and educational issues of pertinence to the field, including specific educational needs, literacy, positive psychology, and applied work and practice. The course is suitable for psychology graduates (or graduates from related fields, see entry requirements) who wish to progress to PhD studies, academic, practical or policy-making careers in this emerging field, or those wanting to improve their understanding of theory and empirical evidence that will underpin and inform future policy and education. It is well-suited to those with a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited undergraduate or Master's degree who wish to improve their chances of success when applying for one of the professional psychology doctorates which are often over-subscribed, and highly competitive. (In itself, this course does not lead to Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the BPS and is therefore not suitable for those aiming to embark on a career in educational or clinical psychology unless they already hold a GBC). This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

A minimum of a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an equivalent overseas qualification, either in Psychology or a related subject. Alternatively, a minimum of a second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an equivalent overseas qualification, which contains at least 60 credits of Psychology and provides some training in research design and methods, or related methodologies. A minimum understanding of probability, hypothesis testing, comparison of means and ANOVA designs, correlations and linear regression is required.