MSc Psychology (Conversion)
To help you feel prepared for your postgraduate studies, we’ve gathered together a range of course related activities including suggested reading, useful websites and some great things to do right now.
Suggested reading
You will be given far more information about which textbooks to read and introduced to the University Library, as well as the many ebooks we have for you to access, when you begin your studies.
We don’t recommend rushing out to buy texts before you arrive. And all of the suggested reading will be available in the University’s library. But before your course begins, if you can pick some up second hand, borrow from a library or access online, you may want to prepare with the following suggested reading:
If you do want purchase any textbooks, we suggest buying older editions as these will generally be much cheaper.
Useful twitter accounts
Depending on your areas of interest, you might want to visit the following twitter accounts:
- The Psychologist: @psychmag
- British Psychological Society @BPS Official
- BPS Student Members @BPSStudent
British Psychological Society divisional Twitter accounts:
- Clinical Psychology: @UKDCP
- Health Psychology: @divhealthpsych
- Neuropsychology: @DONBPS
- Cognitive Psychology: @BPSCognitive
- Developmental Psychology: @BPSDevSection
- Social Psychology: @socialpsychUK
Suggested things to do
To help you prepare for your studies, you may find it useful to try the following activities:
Activity one:
Join the Psychology department SONA system to be able to take part and experience different psychological studies currently being run by academics in the department.