Course summary

Overview Psychology with Politics has been designed to develop you as the psychologist of the future. From innovative and career-focussed assessments to understanding the challenges global societies will face in the future, your course will equip you with the skills, real-world experience, access to cutting-edge research, and aptitude to make a difference. Alongside studying psychology your course will have a political edge, in that your studies will be contextualised within a wider focus on Westminster, European, and global political philosophies, systems, and challenges. Indeed, in your Psychology with Politics degree not only will you be able to explore whatever interests you most, you will also experience a genuine taste of the work you could be doing after you graduate. Key features

• A welcoming, professional community of students and lecturers, with regular guest speakers, group trips, social nights and a peer mentoring scheme

• A personalised learning journey, choice of modules, skills development and personal and academic tutoring based as much on your career as your studies

• Modules and assessments designed with an emphasis on experiential learning which will help you be an active and passionate learner and to apply psychological understanding to real world questions, including in relation to contemporary Westminster, European, and global politics

• ‘Assessments for life’ designed to reflect the key skills that employers of Psychology and Politics graduates value helping to increase your employability prospects and making you prepared for today, tomorrow and beyond

• Innovative and cutting-edge modules delivered by practitioners working in their specialist fields through research inspired and practitioner-based teaching

• For almost three decades, the University of Worcester has been educating professionals to work in the health and social care sectors, from Nurses and Midwives to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Paramedics to Physician Associates. Each year, hundreds of professionals graduate from Worcester and go on to make a significant contribution to society. The University’s new medical school welcomed its first cohort of students in September 2023. The Three Counties Medical School will help to address the pressing need for more doctors in this left-behind part of the Country.

• Worcester rose to become the number one English university (excluding specialist institutions) for sustained employment, further study, or both, three and five years after graduation in the 2022 Government-published Longitudinal Educational Outcomes survey, having been in the top 10 in 2020 and 2021. 96% of our graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022).

• The University of Worcester has been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Quality Education in the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings every year since its inception in 2019. The University has also been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Gender Equality in all years of the rankings and currently holds the number one spot (2023).