Our work stands at the intersection of neuroscience, cognitive, and behavioural psychology. We share our expertise and enthusiasm with over 800 students, making the school one of the largest centres for psychological research and teaching in the UK.
We're international (in the last RAE, 85% of the school's activity was judged to be of international standard), cosmopolitan (30% of our postgrads are from outside the UK), and friendly.
Two members of the school of psychology were nominated for the UPSU inspirational teaching award in January. This prize is awarded by students at the University of Plymouth, and "celebrates an engaging and inspirational teacher who demonstrates great levels of enthusiasm and passion about their area of expertise". Find out more about Becky's work and teaching
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as short courses for professionals.
Undergraduate: BSc single and combined honours courses in psychology and applied psychology are available, both of which have been recognised by the British Psychological Society as providing a Graduate Basis for Chartered Psychology Status (GBC).
Postgraduate: We have a strong postgraduate community with around 35 PhD students and 20 MSc students. We welcome applications from the UK, EU and overseas.
Our placements scheme is distinctive among UK psychology courses: a significant proportion of our students spend their third year working alongside professional psychologists in the NHS, prisons service and elsewhere. More about placements
First-year psychology students at Plymouth University are taking advantage of an innovative digital book project, believed to be the first of its kind in the higher education sector. In September 2011 the school launched a scheme to provide all new entrants to the first year of our BSc Psychology and BSc Psychology Major programmes with a FREE eBook copy of the main recommended text for all their core lectures in Psychology.
We are making two permanent academic appointments: a Lecturer, and a Professor of Psychology.
We also have 2 new research assistant/technician vacancies available. We're looking for people with some skills in EEG and ERP who are keen to develop their experience. The job description is available here, but for more information please contact Dr Haline Schendan or Dr Giorgio Ganis
Research and research training has a high priority in the school. The school has established expertise in several fields, with research organised around the recently recognised University Research Centre in Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. The school attracts substantial external research funding from UK research councils, charitable organisations, government and industry and European Framework funding initiatives. More about our research....
Feb 01 Prof. Emily Holmes: Emily Holmes
Feb 08 Prof. Liz Robinson: Liz Robinson
Feb 15 Dr. Uma Shahani: Uma Shahami