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Educational Psychology Courses - Doctorate in Educational Psychology

Course Directors: Professor Peter Farrell and Dr Rea Reason

The taught doctoral programme for practising educational psychologists, in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manchester, is now recruiting students for the academic year 2004/2005.

The course offers an opportunity for participants to develop advanced skills and knowledge in the theory and practice of educational psychology and to pursue original lines of research. It combines taught elements, covering new and innovative developments in educational psychology with training in contemporary approaches to applied research.

Taught elements:

The taught elements consist of workshops totalling 5 days per year and associated research training. The workshops encompass psychological assessment and intervention for individuals, groups and institutions. Their precise nature and content reflect current developments and new initiatives in the field and, also, the needs and wishes of the cohort of students on the course. The workshops are offered as freestanding courses for practising educational psychologists.

Students usually attend seminars at the university for half a day per month. The contents include:

• Seminars on research methods
• Presentations from students about their project work
• Follow-up discussion of workshop

Tutorial support:

Students are allocated a tutor who supervises their work throughout the course. Other staff with relevant expertise may be asked to support students on particular aspects of the course. Tutorials are arranged at a time convenient to the student and the tutor.

Assessment:

Students are required to submit the following for assessment:

• Three assignments linking theory, research and professional practice as an educational psychologist (8-10,000 words each).
• A thesis (40,000-50,000 words)

Detailed guidelines for the presentation of assignments and the thesis are given to students at the start of the course. All assessed work is expected to be of a standard suitable for publication in a refereed journal.

Length of course: Four to six years part-time.

Fees for 2002/2003: Home £1,435.00; overseas £3,825.00