Our MSc Psychology of Mental Health will give you practical mental health knowledge to support coworkers, service users, and employees.
Why study with us
- Gain workplace and community focused mental health training which develops relevant psychological knowledge to boost your employability.
- Ideal for busy working professionals, your learning is condensed and flexible with only one day a week on-campus.
- This course offers in-person applied training in community and workplace mental health to non-psychologists.
What you'll do
- Engage with complex ethical issues in mental health support, preparing you to make confident, ethical decisions in real-world scenarios.
- Learn how to apply psychology in the real world and boost your employability by completing a workplace-based research project and targeted micro-credentials.
- Gain practical skills in planning, delivering, and evaluating workplace-based wellbeing programs.
Modules
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. We may also make changes to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
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Future careers
This course will prepare you for progression within your current role and career development. It will teach you to recognise common mental health difficulties in yourself and others. Including, how to: support colleagues and service users more confidently, contribute to wellbeing initiatives, and apply trauma-informed and resilience-focused approaches across a range of sectors.
Some roles you could pursue include:
- Mental health and wellbeing roles in schools, colleges, and universities
- Support, advocacy, and community outreach roles in the charity and voluntary sector
- Wellbeing, inclusion, and people-support roles within HR and organisational development
- Roles supporting emergency service staff wellbeing and resilience
- Health promotion and public mental health roles
Entry requirements
Open to applicants from a range of educational, professional and community backgrounds, including those without a Psychology degree.
Prospective students would usually have at least a 2:1 degree but those with relevant work experience in a related field or a 2:2 should email the Course Enquiries Team.
Minimum qualifications:
- Applicants should hold at least 2:1 degree in related subject including sufficient psychology content and research skills. This need not necessarily be a degree accredited by the British Psychological Society as applicants from related subject areas will be considered for a place on the course. The admissions policy of the School is, however, to consider every applicant on their own individual merits therefore prospective students with a lower second class degree and a final year project and/or research methods and statistics grades at a higher level will be considered.
- IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5
Scholarships and bursaries
We offer many scholarships, bursaries and funds to support you during your studies. Select your country or region to see if you are eligible and how to apply.
We offer many scholarships, bursaries and funds to support you during your studies.
This course is delivered by the School of Psychology and Humanities
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