CLEARING HOUSE FOR POSTGRADUATE
COURSES IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Worsley Building Room 8.27
University of Leeds LEEDS LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 2737 Fax: 0113 343 4840
chpccp@leeds.ac.uk www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp
We welcome applications from people from ethnic minority
backgrounds, people with disabilities and men as these groups
are currently under-represented in the profession.
15% of applicants got a place on a course starting in 2014. All
the courses have excellent completion rates.
WHAT IS THE CLEARING HOUSE?
The Clearing House works with 30 clinical psychology course
centres in Great Britain. Our website provides information
about how to apply, and publishes the information provided by
each course centre about their programme. We process your
application and monitor its progress with each course centre
you have applied to. We do not make decisions about who is
successful: this is done by each course centre.
We are a non-profit making registered educational charity
(number 1018336) funded solely by the fees we charge to
applicants and to course centres.
HOW DO THE COURSES WORK?
All the courses are approved by the Health & Care Professions
Council and make you eligible to apply for registration with
them as a clinical psychologist. They are also all accredited by
the British Psychological Society. The qualification is a
doctoral level degree which combines academic and practical
training, including both clinical placements and research.
The courses are full-time for three years. There are no parttime courses and there are no distance learning courses.
WHAT ABOUT FUNDING?
The National Health Service (NHS) provides the funding for
most of the places on clinical psychology courses. People
accepted on NHS funded places are currently employed by the
NHS as Trainee Clinical Psychologists while they study. The
minimum salary paid in autumn 2014 was £25,783 pa. NonEuropean Economic Area applicants are not usually
considered for NHS funded places because the NHS is
unlikely to be able to employ anyone as a Trainee Clinical
Psychologist who does not have the right to work in the UK.
There are some places available that are not funded by the
NHS at some course centres. For these non-funded places
you will need to provide your own funding eg by funding
yourself, by getting a scholarship, by organising sponsorship
etc. To apply for most of these non-funded places you must
have overseas fees status.
WHERE CAN I STUDY?
You can choose a maximum of four NHS funded course
centres to apply to, from the following:
Bangor University - North Wales
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
Universities of Coventry and Warwick
University of East Anglia
University of East London
University of Edinburgh - NHS Scotland
University of Essex - Tavistock
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow - NHS Scotland
University of Hertfordshire
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London
Lancaster University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
Newcastle University
North Thames - University College London
University of Oxford
Plymouth University
Royal Holloway, University of London
Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
South Wales
Universities of Staffordshire and Keele
University of Surrey
Teesside University
Trent - Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham
WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS?
You must have studied psychology to the breadth and depth
needed for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership
(GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). If you
studied in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and are unsure
whether your qualification was accredited at GBC level, you
should check with the institution where you studied. If, after
checking with them, you are still unsure please contact the
BPS for advice. If you have not studied enough psychology
you will need to take a conversion course. The BPS website
has a list of conversion courses.
You also need good grades for your qualifications eg a 1st or a
good 2:1. Some course centres consider applicants with a 2:2
but they usually ask for further evidence of academic ability eg
an academically demanding masters degree.
You need some clinically-related experience (full-time or parttime, paid or voluntary work) involving a caring or service role
with a relevant client group. Applicants often work in mental
health in the NHS, but work in other areas and in other roles is
also relevant eg: Social Services, services for people with
disabilities, the charitable sector etc; or working as a Support
Worker, Health Care Assistant etc. Research experience in a
branch of psychology or a related discipline can also be
relevant if it gives some direct involvement in a clinical area.
The following websites advertise relevant posts. BPS
Psychologist Appointments and PsychMinded advertise jobs in
psychology. NHS Jobs, HealthJobsUK, Fish4Jobs Health and
Team24 advertise jobs in the health sector. Community Care,
other nursing and social services journals, or Local
Government Jobs advertise jobs in social care. CharityJob
and ThirdSector advertise vacancies in the charitable sector,
and you can also check the websites of relevant charities such
as Mind. The Guardian and Job Top also advertise suitable
vacancies.
HOW DO I APPLY?
Information for the autumn 2015 intake is available at our
website and we also have an online application system. If you
do not have access to the internet please contact us to discuss
how best you can obtain the information you need.