PSYCHOLOGY

We have been teaching psychology in East London since 1962 and are proud of our location and the diversity it brings in ideas, community, our students and staff. The School of Psychology at the University of East London is one of the largest in the UK in terms of academics, researchers, and students.

We have wide expertise in multiple fields of research and practice, focusing on ‘real world’ impact, engaging with local communities on issues of global concern like child development, gambling and addiction or mental health treatments. Our academics lead in teaching our students to become excellent thinkers, responsible citizens, accomplished consumers and producers of psychological knowledge in our diverse, modern societies. We’re leading the way in everything we do – from the areas we research to the programmes we design and some of our postgraduate courses were the first of their kind in Europe.

Accredited

Our courses are accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and other relevant bodies. This is a mark of outstanding quality in teaching, ensuring you’ll be eligible for chartered membership of the society.

Top Facilities

Access our state-of-the-art Neuroimaging kit, such as EEG, tDCS, fNIRS, Eyelink 1000 eyetracking and Virtual Reality systems. Our library is open 24/7 and we have a dedicated psychology librarian.

Research Led Teaching

We’re at the cutting-edge of psychology reseach, changing people’s lives, impacting communities and influencing policy at all levels. You will be taught by researchers who are world-leading experts across a spectrum of topics.

Community

We offer plenty of learning opportunities that helps you enhance your employability skills, with many students benefiting from internships within the University and beyond.

Network

You will benefit from being part of a vibrant community and supportive network with regular events created to benefit your future. You will also have access to our Career Zone services.

Whatever it takes, we’ll give you the support you need to make it. For some courses we offer evening and part-time study, so you can fit learning around placements and work. Our teaching team are experts and active researchers too. One member of the team (Sam Wass, Professor in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience), is the star of “The Secret Life of 4- and 5-YearOlds”, the Channel 4 TV show exploring the inner developmental world of children. We have award winning lecturers such as Dr Paul Penn, 2021 winner of the Higher Education Psychology Teacher of the Year Award.

Every course is geared towards helping you build professional skills. You will be equipped with many graduate worthy competencies and proficiencies by the time you graduate.

No matter what you do next, you’ll be able to make an impact straight away by completing placements and internships enabling you to apply the theory you learn to invaluable practice first-hand.

“We’ve had solicitors, health professionals, marketing directors, people who run their own companies and people with PhDs in areas such as history, anthropology and astronomy come and lean on our course.

Dr Mary-Jane Budd, lecturer, Department of Psychological Sciences