LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Welcome to UCL Psychology and
Language Sciences!
Dr Julie Evans, Faculty Tutor, Brain Sciences
Why UCL?
 Perfectly located to ensure you fully benefit from all
London has to offer
 Access to cutting-edge technology and facilities
 Huge range of clubs and
societies
 Smaller community within
London, where you will find
all the support you need
Worldwide Reputation
• UCL is rated as the top UK university by research strength
(REF2014)
• UCL Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience are rated first
in the UK for research power (REF 2014)
• UCL is ranked joint 5th with Oxford in the QS 2014 World
University Rankings.
• UCL Neuroscience is ranked second worldwide (behind
Harvard), in the field of neuroscience and behaviour.
This expertise allows us to design and deliver a firstclass education in a global environment.
Student Support and Wellbeing
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Personal Tutors
Peer Mentors
Faculty Tutor
UCL Central Support
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Student Support and Wellbeing
Disability Services
Gower Place GP Practice
Chaplain and Multi-faith Adviser
Student Funding Welfare Adviser
UCL Advances: enterprise
UCL Careers and Employability
UCLU (including Rights and Advice)
Transition programme
The Transition programme supports all new students in
adapting to university life, assisting first years with social,
academic and personal issues. This is done through:
Advice before you enrol
Mentoring Scheme
Study Skills Workshops
Peer Assisted Learning
General guidance and support
UCL Managed Accommodation
Two types: halls of residence (catered) and student houses
(self-catered)
Approximately 3,700 study-bedrooms - most within 20
minutes walk of College.
A safe and secure environment: live-in wardens for pastoral
support
Shared room in student house: from £96.60 pw
Shared room in hall of residence: from £129.50 pw
Single room in student house: from £105 pw
Single room in hall of residence: from £160.65 pw
Accommodation Application Requirements
All single first-year undergraduate students entering UCL
for the first time and requiring accommodation are
guaranteed a place provided:
Received and firmly accepted an offer of a place at UCL,
conditional or unconditional by 31st May
UCL is your first choice
Have not previously lived in HEI accommodation in London
You apply using the online application before the 31st May
deadline: www.ucl.ac.uk/apply-for-accommodation
£150 deposit required on acceptance of offer
UCL Careers Service
Nearly 900 employers come to our
events each year
Average starting salary of UCL
graduate is £27,975 (national avg
£20,903)
UCL was 4th in the UK for
employment prospects (Guardian
2013)
86% UCL graduates enter graduate
level work (national avg 66%, HESA
2013)
The British Psychological Society (BPS)
(bps.org.uk)
•Since 1987 the BPS has established and maintained
the Register of Chartered Psychologists
•Only those on the Register are allowed to use the
title ‘Chartered Psychologist’ (C.Psychol.)
•First step in becoming a Chartered Psychologist is
obtaining a min 2:2 degree from an accredited
course, this gives Graduate Basis for Chartership
which is one of the entry requirements for
postgraduate professional training.
•You cannot practice as a professional Psychologist
without going through the BPS training.
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• analysis, synthesis, evaluation / problem-solving / critical analysis
• information management - collecting & working on data
• autonomy - critical responsibility for own work
• communicating - in a professional manner, producing reports
• group working - capacity to work constructively in a team
• IT literate
Human Resources
Personnel Management
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Today, find out how you can be part of this
exciting and stimulating environment!
BSc Psychology
• Dr Keith Langley
BSc Psychology and Language Sciences
• Dr Caroline Newton
… plus, one of our current students
• Dani Astbury
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
BSc Psychology
Dr Keith Langley
cognitive
developmental
personality
& individual
differences
biological
social
research
methods
*these are the compulsory BPS & QAA main topic areas
Term
Year 1 Courses
1
Statistical Methods
Psychological Experimentation
Concepts and Methods
Two Subsidiary Courses
2
Social Psychology
Psychology of Individual Differences
Memory and Decision
Term
Year 2 Courses
1
Design and Analysis of Psychological Experiments
Research and Quantitative Methods
Brain and Behaviour
Developmental Psychology
2
Health and Clinical Psychology
Perception, Attention & Action
Cognition and Language
One Subsidiary Course
Laboratory Work - Progression
• Year 1:
– All students run the same experiments
• Year 2:
– Assigned a demonstrator & 4 topical subject areas
– Mini-project
• Year 3:
– Final year project (1 Unit ~ 15% final degree)
– Many projects are published!
Year 3 Courses
Research Project
Plus 6 options from:
Topics in Neurobiology
Personality & Intelligence
Human Computer Interaction
Language and Cognition
Organisational Psychology
Human Learning and Memory
Advanced Multivariate Statistical
Social Psychology
Speech & Hearing
Brain in Action
Applied Decision Making
Eye and Brain
Genes and Behaviour
Attention and Awareness
Cognitive Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology
Psychology and Education
Developmental Psychology
LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
BSc Psychology & Language Sciences
Dr Caroline Newton
Years 1 and 2
Year 1
Year 2
Evidence and Enquiry in Psychology
Language and Cognition
Introduction to Research Methods
Development of Communication and
Cognition
Introduction to Language
Introduction to Speech Science
Memory
Neural Basis of Perception, Memory
and Language
Perception, Attention and Learning
Social Psychology
Introduction to Generative Grammar
The Psychology of Individual
Differences
Research Design and Experimental
Methods
Speech Production and Perception
+ 1 Option
BSc Psychology & Language Sciences
Early Years Placement
Development of Communication and Cognition
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Placement in an Early Years setting
(i.e. age 3-5 years)
One morning a week in the Spring Term
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Requires a DBS check / police check in home country
Placement assignments
Making structured
observations
Using standardised
assessments
Designing your own tasks
BSc Psychology & Language Sciences
Academic Tutorials
Year 1
Year 2
BSc Psychology & Language Sciences
Year 3
Research project
The role of the motor cortex in the
perception of vowel quality
The relationship between family
factors and children's theory of
mind development
Linguistic effects on children´s
number knowledge.
Mental health literacy: Public
knowledge and beliefs about
mental disorders in South Korea
BSc Psychology & Language Sciences