Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology
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Professional Placements
The 70 days of placement in Year 1 are arranged by the Programme Team. In the autumn term TEPs have four weeks of observational placements connected to the modules on the Role of the EP and Child Development. These Placements are usually local to UEL and provide an initial orientation to the work of an EP. In the spring term TEPs have approximately 20 days on weekly placement within an EPS. This placement allows TEPs to practise the skills they are being taught this terms in a safe and secure environment. In the summer term the TEP usually returns to their spring placement and begins to undertake supervised pieces of work, including consultation, assessment and interventions. The TEP will be appropriately supervised both from within the service and also by their Field Tutor and Professional and Academic Tutor.
In Year 2 and 3, trainees have bursaries as TEPs working in Local Authority Educational Psychology Services for 3 days a week (130 days each year). A substantial part of the placement in both years is committed to undertaking the placement activities of the programme, which include the development of consultation, assessment and intervention skills and working with groups and organisations. In addition, it is expected that TEPs will have a range of learning experiences, including shadowing opportunities, joint work and individual work that will be negotiated between the trainee and EP supervisor in the service.
It should be noted that although EP Services vary in their model of service delivery, emphasis and methods of reporting TEPs are expected to develop to meet the BPS Standards and the HPC’s Standards of Proficiency. This is achieved through intensive supervision from the EP Service’s named Supervisor, the Field Tutor and the Academic and Professional Tutor. The development of the TEP’s Standards of Proficiency is closely monitored over the three-year programme, with learning opportunities specifically developed, if required, to ensure proficiencies are developed.
Tutors
The Tutors Team comprises:
- Dr Mark Fox (Programme Director)
- Dr Mary Robinson (Assistant Programme Director)
Academic and Professional Tutors
The planning and day-to-day running of the programme are the responsibility of the Programme Director, the Assistant Programme Director and the Academic and Professional Tutors. This is known as the Tutor Team. Dr Mark Fox has direct responsibility for the running of the programme, selection procedures, quality assurance and complaints procedure. The Academic and Professional Tutors are all practising EPs. They undertake the majority of the teaching of the modules as well as having the responsibility for supervising individual TEPs.
The Programme team comprises the above staff and the following Fieldwork Tutors:
- Dr Ruth Lubel (Barnet)
- Dr Julia Crane (Buckinghamshire)
- Anna Teuma (Wandsworth – maternity leave)
- Louise Harries (Islington)
- Amanda Holgate (Islington)
Fieldwork Tutors are based in Educational Psychology Services. They secure and monitor placements and undertake regular observations of the practice of trainees. Through this they assess the trainee’s progress and provide written reports to the trainee and their Academic and Professional Tutor.
Programme Development
There is a Programme Operations Committee comprising tutors, nominated trainees and Senior and Principal Educational Psychologists from Educational Psychology Services. The Programme Operations Committee meets once a term to discuss larger-scale issues related to the programme and educational and child psychology training in general. The ongoing quality enhancement includes regular trainee evaluations and obtaining the views of trainees.
The Graduate School
The Graduate School is integral to the experience of all postgraduate research students. The remit of the school is three fold: to provide a quality-assured infrastructure and focus for research activity across the institution, to support students as well as academic staff in the production, development and application of new knowledge, and to enable research students to fulfil their potential and contribute toward institutional, national and international research. To these ends, the school seeks to foster a strong research community whilst preparing students for the rigours of academic or professional practice.
The Graduate School offers students a comprehensive support service from the point of application through to conferment of their award, as well as advising on funding and offering research skills training.
For more information on the Graduate School and how we support postgraduate research students, please visit the Graduate School web site.
Susy Ajith
Tel: +44 (0)20 8223 4480
Fax: +44 (0)20 8223 4937
Email: psychology@uel.ac.uk
