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Psychological literacy for employability

Psychological literacy for employability. Discipline Lead for Psychology. Dr Julie Hulme. Psychological literacy and employability. Issues in employability in Psychology. 15-20% of UK Psychology graduates enter professional Psychology (QAA, 2010);

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Psychological literacy for employability

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  1. Psychological literacy for employability • Discipline Lead for Psychology • Dr Julie Hulme

  2. Psychological literacy and employability

  3. Issues in employability in Psychology 15-20% of UK Psychology graduates enter professional Psychology (QAA, 2010); DLHE data – high proportion of UK Psychology graduates not employed in graduate level jobs 6 months after graduation (relative to other disciplines). What do your Psychology students want to do when they graduate? What do you do to prepare them?

  4. Skills: how and where? • Analysis of scientific reports in the media (UEL, Sussex); • Research methodology and related skills (Stirling); • Independent learning and final year projects (everyone!); • Psychology in the workplace (GCU, Huddersfield); • Internationalisation (Liverpool); • Ethics and professional values (everyone!);

  5. Knowledge – the UK curriculum Research Methods and Statistics + Project Social Psychology Cognitive Psychology Biological Psychology Developmental Psychology Individual Differences CHIP + Applied and specialist areas – health, clinical, educational, sport, organisational etc, usually as options.

  6. Opportunities from the new BPS accreditation criteria Consideration of first year curriculum; Depth, breadth and progression; Not independently and separately assessed core areas; Increased flexibility and opportunities for integration of areas and space for extra activities such as placements, study abroad, etc.

  7. To what extent can psychological literacy underpin your employability work? • Thinking about one area of Psychology in which you specialise and teach most: • What are the possible employability benefits for students of knowing about your area of Psychology? • What skills do students develop when learning about this area? • Would integrating with other areas be useful? • Can you use assessment to measure employability and/or psychological literacy?

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