Clinical Neuropsychology, PgDip

• be HCPC registered (or equivalent) Practitioner Clinical or Counselling Psychologist (you will need to provide a HCPC registration number and doctoral level training equivalent education with postgraduate teaching, practicum and thesis)
• be a member, or have eligibility for full membership, with British Psychological Society (BPS) division (i.e., DCP or DCoP) or equivalent
• be employed (part-time or full-time) in a service that provides assessment and/or intervention for individuals with neurological conditions, brain injuries, or conditions with neuropsychological presentation in which clinical neuropsychology represents a component of the service
• have access (and likelihood of permission and client consent) to cases that can be written up for assessment of your clinical competence, for educational purposes, toward completion of the PGDip award
• have a minimum of one-year post-qualification / HCPC-registered experience in the/a clinical neuropsychology service
• demonstrate how to work effectively in teams, taking a compassionate and client-centred approach, and have capacity for reflective practice – you will have the opportunity to showcase these skills in the interview with our course directors.

Online competencies form

Please complete this online competencies form in addition to your CCCU online application. In this form you are asked to show us that your training, research, supervised practice, and/or CPD meets selected generic competencies which were set out in the ‘Competencies Framework for Clinical Neuropsychologists’ (CFCN: 2012).

This additional online form is needed in order to evaluate your application, so we ask that you complete this at the same time as completing your CCCU online application, and in any case before the application deadline.

In order to progress beyond the PGDip toward the SRCN, you will also need to qualify for a research exemption. This is evaluated from the online BPS pre-competencies form in the first instance and will be discussed with each applicant how they can achieve this exemption.

Interviews

Applications and online BPS competencies forms will be reviewed by the Course Team, then qualified applicants will be invited for an interview with the course directors. Interviews will be held in June 2026 (apply by 31st of May 2026) and October 2026 (apply by 10 October 2026), with last minute interviews scheduled for January 2027 if necessary.

Please direct any queries to the Course Director, Dr Jerry Burgess, at: jerry.burgess@canterbury.ac.uk

International students

If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 7.0 with no element below 6.5 for HCPC registration and this postgraduate course. Please see our English language requirements page for more information.

Alternatively, you will have completed a professional doctoral level equivalent higher education degree that was taught and assessed entirely in English.

Additional information

Please note that if you have a clinical neuropsychology Master's, doctorate, and/or license as a clinical neuropsychologist from a non-UK country you should seek HCPC registration and full division membership or proof of eligibility with the BPS.

'Clinical Neuropsychologist' is not currently a protected title in the UK, and therefore your credentials should be assessed by the HCPC to see if they qualify you for HCPC registration. Cross borders agreement and equivalency exists with Ireland. Chartership with PSI is viewed as equivalent to HCPC registration for admission onto the course.