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PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology at Kent offers a supportive, dynamic
and diverse environment for creative research
and learning. We conduct both basic and applied
research in several areas, and we are highly
regarded as a leading European centre for
postgraduate research. We have a long-established
international reputation in social psychology, and
this is complemented by our strengths in cognitive,
developmental and forensic psychology. The School
attracts excellent visiting scholars and postgraduate
students from both within the UK and overseas.
Our taught MSc programmes offer you the opportunity to enhance
your understanding of specialist topics and techniques in preparation
for doctoral study and also employment in the fields of health and
education. The MSc in Forensic Psychology at Kent is also accredited
by the British Psychological Society as providing the first (academic)
year of professional training for those who pass the course and wish to
qualify as Chartered Forensic Psychologists. The School has a strong
track record of attracting Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC) research studentship funding, which involves partnerships with
external organisations such as Age UK and The Anne Frank Trust and
collaborative studentships with partners such as People United.
Postgraduate resources
The School has excellent facilities
for both laboratory and field
research, including advanced
laboratory and teaching facilities.
Resources include:
• the Kent Child Development
Unit (including a database of
children who participate in
developmental research) and
research team focusing on how
children learn about their world
• a social cognition laboratory
• three fully equipped colour
video laboratories for face-toface
group research, together
with ten satellite laboratories
connected via remote-control
CCTV and two-way audio links
• 58 research laboratories, all
with networked computers
• a further 80 PCs available
exclusively to Psychology
students, including a
designated MSc computernetworked
room providing
full email and internet access
• shared offices and a personal,
networked computer for
research students
• a full range of computer-based
experiment generators and
productivity software installed
on all the School’s systems
• an upgraded laboratory suite
with equipment for digital
sound and vision recording
• four Brain Vision EEG labs
including one for simultaneous
Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (TMS) and EEG,
and one portable EEG system
• two trans-cranial direct current
electrical stimulators (GVS,
Magstim)
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