Behavioural Science Skills

Entry requirements

2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in Psychology or a related discipline. Your degree must have covered some Research Methods modules.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Develop the very latest data analysis and research skills to make sense of human behaviour through psychological evidence. We offer a distinctive focus on the modern research workflow, enabling you to step into any research role, from critically evaluating evidence, to planning and implementing data acquisition, to applying advanced statistical modelling or in-depth qualitative techniques. Working through a portfolio of real-world problems, we build your psychology foundations, then develop your advanced research skills so that you graduate with the opportunity to progress into a range of careers.

• Critical thinking and the systematic evaluation of evidence
• The ethics of good practice
• Advanced statistical modelling techniques for research used in universities, industry, healthcare and government
• The application of reproducible methods to meet modern expectations of best practice in open science
• Working in research groups and as an independent researcher on real-world problems
• How to explain and present your findings effectively

• Develop skills in the systematic review of research literature, to distil the latest understanding on psychological topics
• Build coding skills from the foundations of statistical analysis to the most cutting-edge statistical modelling techniques
• Work with data that captures human experiences in the qualitative analysis of talk and text
• Gain in-depth insights into the real-world challenges of research in the cognitive sciences, in the study of social processes and in neuroscience

Your experience culminates with the dissertation project and the opportunity to contribute evidence to answering real research questions, as independent researchers or working as part of research teams.

• Work with researchers who draw together the latest research to understand psychology in practice, such as the effect of autism on learning, how memory affects education, or human interactions in conflict situations
• Join us in promoting the latest approaches to open and ethical behavioural science
• Recent student dissertations have investigated effective communications in healthcare, or emotional processing of marketing communications, or the effects of sleep on boosting problem-solving skills