Graduates of our MSc Psychology: Mental Health Sciences programme are well placed for careers in mental health professions as practitioners, researchers or managers.
Graduates of the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have excellent career prospects, with 100% in employment or further study within six months of graduating, 87% of those in employment are in highly skilled jobs and 62% are earning over the median salary. The average UK salary for our postgraduate students 15 months after graduating is £27,395 (HESA GOS, 2020/21.)
During your studies you'll have access to support at every stage in your degree, including one-to-one academic guidance, tailored workshops and external guest speakers. The school also has a dedicated Careers and Enterprise Team, who can offer specialist advice and organise subject-specific events.
From your very first day till up to two years after you graduate you will have access to the team. They’ll work with you to:
The course itself has been designed with employability in mind and aims to enhance each of the core employability elements of knowledge, attributes and skills that are highly valued by a wide range of employers from a wide number of careers in the public and private sector.
The modules will provide graduates with the most recent evidence-based knowledge of the causes and consequences of mental health. This is an extremely valuable for those pursuing careers related to psychology such as social work, coaching or education. However, an up to date, evidence-based understanding of mental health is becoming increasingly important for those with management responsibilities across all employment sectors.
The programme also aims to develop a wide range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers including critical analysis, communication, organisational, and IT skills. Specific training in research skills will be provided in Academic Skills In Mental Health Part I and II including communicating complex ideas to basic scientists and clinicians and the general public.
Each of the modules in the programme will provide specific training to enhance the IT skills of graduates. This will include the use of literature searching and referencing software, software for statistical analysis, working in the command line, as well as basic programming in MatLab.